November 2011
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Content With Contently: Case Study: How... →
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According to Nieman Journalism Lab, Social Marketing is changing internet business models for the better. “When your customers are your advertisers,” they explain, “a hobby can become a sustainable business.”
This was the case forCraig Finlay’s Wedding Photography business; Every…
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Content With Contently: Facebook Expanded its... →
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Mashable wrote a great piece on Facebook’s newly expanded “Page Insights” features.
The site chose to include new metrics that provide businesses with not only information about how people are interacting with a brand Page, but also a how their page’s content does in other parts of…
Why Digital Talent Doesn’t Want To Work At Your... →
I agree with caveats. Merely having cool project(s) is not enough. Management has to be open to clear messaging, branding and failing fast. And pay has to be good.
The Beginner’s Guide To Blogging →
Blogging is like exercising. You know it’s important. You don’t really doubt it will produce results at some point. But you’re also probably going to quit after 3 weeks. That’s just how it goes with anything that requires long-term, consistent effort. The reason most people don’t look like Arnold (back in the glory days) is […]
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-20) →
NPR (8)
Marvelous 3 (4)
Interpol (2)
Morphine (2)
Merlin Mann (1)
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An SEO Guy Walks Into a Bar
Prompted for the best one-liner joke by Zee, Tom Walsham responded with:
An SEO guy walks into a bar, bars, pub, public house, Irish pub, drinks, beer, wine, liquor, grey goose, cristal
Whats your favorite one-liner?
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Should Your Blog Sound Professional or Personal? →
Voice is often seen as the mysterious something that can make or break writing. An important part of that is tone, or the general feel of how you use words. Do you write formally, professionally? Or do you take a more colloquial, conversational tone? There is no single right or wrong answer. In fact, there […]
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-13) →
Kristoffer Ragnstam (12)
Elefant (7)
Band of Horses (4)
Dan Benjamin & John Siracusa (2)
NPR (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Content With Contently: Do Short Term Incentives... →
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According to a recent Poynter article, A TV news team in Connecticut is running a contest this month on its Facebook page, where visitors who click the page’s “like” button can enter a drawing to win a new Nissan Maxima. This is becoming common practice for bigger brands, they explain.
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Yay for Kennesaw State (near Atlanta) having an individual quoted! And for...
52.3 MPG on November 11, 2011 →
Miles: 443.0 Gallons: 8.465 Price: $3.90 Notes: tripometer said 111.9
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Google and Startup Weekend Partner to Startup... →
This is huge! I’m so happy for them. And very fortunate that I was able to be a part of the first one in Boulder, CO in 2007. In a space above University Bicycles, something magical was created by +Andrew Hyde and the Boulder community.
Use Pinterest To Keep Your Users Craving Visual... →
Pinterest is the virtual version of a designer’s inspiration board. It’s growing at a time when curation and cataloging is inherent to human digital behavior – now that we are finding what we love, we want to share it with others. The platform is growing – and marketers should consider integrating it into their marketing strategy […]
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4 Brands That Use Instagram For Killer Social... →
From The Content Strategist:
Instagram allows people to create visually appealing content and brands can do the same. Here are four brands using Instagram in creative ways to expand their business: NH Hoteles NH Hoteles uses the tag
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Dirty Coal, Clean Future →
Interesting article about U.S. and Chinese energy businesses are working together to try to reduce carbon emissions from coal.
The article basically states that all of the creative and innovative solutions are dreamed up mostly in the U.S. and are then tested / put into practice in China.
Tumblr's Block Party
merlin:
Tumblr has a spam problem. Which means I have a spam problem.
And, right now, I feel like I’m alone in fighting this problem, which drives me crazy.
Thing is, this should also be driving Tumblr crazy. Crazy enough to get on this junk. Big time. Fast. Hard.
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Time to get on it David and Co. lest ye become the next MySpace.
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Instapaper and Marco Arment Have Ruined iOS UI
First, if you are not using Instapaper, you should. The ability to read things I find on the Internet whenever I want, wherever I want, is huge.
Using the Instapaper iOS app is such a joy for long-form reading, or as Merlin Mann calls it, choosing to read.
The key feature of the app for me is the tilt to scroll function. I now find myself in Safari for iOS, Mail and any other Apple-made iOS app...
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There is no such thing as CEO of a pre-product... →
This is very true. Being hung up on having a C title is dumb.
Designer Nick Felton has worked with Australian...... →
I’m not sure an inforgraphic for a wine label is a great idea. But I’m also not in the wine retailing business.
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A guide to typography (Infographic) →
Absolutely essential. Especially for Facebook Fan Pages and such.
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Coffee chains urged to improve takeaway cup... →
It’s good to talk about it but let’s start doing something about it. As Merlin Mann says, if it were a priority it would be done by now.
Also, Starbucks not revealing the number of disposable cups they sell isn’t a surprise. And its not difficult to figure out how many they sell. Look at earnings over the time period, assume roughly 75% are hot beverages, average the prices of their hot beverages...
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Top Gear Thursday: Hammond Delivers Award to... →
We should do similar for our brave kids but also for math & science students.
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Learn Your Coffee Roasts →
What exactly does roasting do? The sugars, fats and starches that are within the bean are emulsified, caramelized and released. This creates the delicate coffee oil. This oil is what gives coffee its distinctive aroma and taste.
Fuel-up on October 27, 2011 →
Miles: 151.0 Gallons: 1.913 Price: $3.66 Notes: did not get to full
150.4 on tripometer
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The Believer - Interview with Jason Schwartzman →
An excellent interview with Jason Schwartzman.
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Sphero Pre-Orders are Open →
Congrats to the Sphero team!
Hattip to Monlezun.
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Does Drinking Coffee Lower the Risk of Breast... →
All of these studies about coffee’s benefits in the last few months seem “perfectly” timed to coincide with the cold weather. :)
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BBC News - Coffee may prevent depression,... →
Yes I know. Yet another study supporting the saying “everything in moderation.”
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5 Steps to Creating Killer Infographics →
Want to create easily shareable content that boosts page views and backlinks? Consider infographics (or data visualizations), which get 30 times the page views of a comparable article, according to Lee Sherman, co-founder and chief content officer of Visual.ly, an online community for sharing and promoting infographics. Sherman describes these data visualizations as “the perfect […]