Seize the Moment media trainings begin today!
August 27, 2009 by admin
Filed under Media and Marketing, The Other Blog, Websites and Technology
The Bay’s been bubbling about this conference for the last few weeks and now it’s finally here!
The Seize the Moment Media training is two days of budget conscious media trainings focused on community and ethnic media (but all are welcome).
There’s a long list of training sessions, including one on using online tools to promote your brand, which, ahem, I’m leading the with most fabulous Sarah Dopp.
The trainings are bring together some serious using media muscle with sessions being led by the likes of Susan Mernit, David Cohn, JD Lasica, Kara Andrade and a lot of other internet famous smart as hell new media types.
From four hour work week to building a better blog
July 8, 2009 by admin
Filed under Media and Marketing, The Other Blog, Websites and Technology
You probably have heard of Tim Farris already-he of the the 4 hour work week, tango dance floor assassinator and business adventurer extraordinaire. Tim rolled through SF for the most recent Wordcamp and gave this talk on how to build an audience for your blog. Being that “how do I get people to read my blog” is one of the top two questions we hear (right along with “Okay, social networking is cool, but how do you make money“) I thought this vid was appropriate. Sit back, grab a pen and paper and take notes.
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Latest links and news
June 21, 2009 by admin
Filed under Media and Marketing, The Other Blog, Websites and Technology
From the unveiling of the new iPhone 3GS and the Palm Pre to the recent protests in Iran, the tech and social media worlds have been busy lately. Here are some of our favorite Twitter links from the last few days. Read and pass on this great info.
Stop doing things you hate!
February 27, 2009 by admin
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By now this video by Gary Vaynerchuk, WineLibrary founder has become the stuff of internet cult legend, and for good reason. In a down economy companies big and small are asking themselves how to stay afloat, how to make a profit and the best ways to position themselves for the upcoming years. It’s a strange time for the force, folks. Yes, the economy’s in the tank. Yes it’s becoming harder to make it as a start up, small business/business/idealistic entrepreneur. But on the flip side, now’s the time to get everything together-what’s that crazy business idea you’ve been mulling over? Do it. That new direction you’ve thinking of taking? Now’s the time.
Wikipedia’s fundraising coup
January 8, 2009 by admin
Filed under The Other Blog, Websites and Technology
Wikipedia thanks you
In a great example of how creating a genuinely useful product and building a dedicated online community can result in big payoffs in the long run.
In what’s undoubtedly the worst financial times in recent history, open source online everything Wikipedia announced Friday that it has reached it’s goal of raising $6 million in donations.
Everyone knows and just about everyone uses Wikipedia for everything from quick fact checks to in depth research, and while the open format means that you run across the occasional obvious factual error and ultra-biased article, for the most part it’s an extremely useful service. And judging from the way the money rolled in-$4 million from individual donors and another $2 mil from “major gifts”- a service worth paying for, even though it’s free. Read more
