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Entries from July 2008
Writing Mafia is back!
July 31st, 2008 No Comments
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CodeIgniter Book Hits the Shelves
July 29th, 2008 No Comments
My Professional CodeIgniter book from WROX is in the book stores now.
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Is the Web 2.0 Groundswell Affecting your Business?
July 22nd, 2008 No Comments
Are you part of the conversation, or just standing around watching the cool kids interact?
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Web 2.0 and the Death of the Online Sales Letter
July 22nd, 2008 No Comments
Hi there! Welcome to our blog. Don’t forget to sign up for our free RSS feed. We Triple Dog Dare Ya! And thanks for visiting!Michel (pronounced Michael) Fortin is a prominent Web copywriter. He’s written an interesting ebook titled The Death of the Salesletter. In it he makes some pretty good comments about how [...]
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Linkbaiting for Fun and Profit
July 21st, 2008 No Comments
In a white paper on how to write your way to the top of the search engines, I state that linkbaiting is just about the most fun you can have with your clothes on. Those of you who know me aren’t surprised by statements like this, but really, its the truth. Furthermore, linkbaiting isn’t just [...]
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Social Media = Old School
July 21st, 2008 No Comments
I’m always amused when I read the headlines about social marketing, social media, or social what-have-you. It’s always the same, isn’t it: social media represents the cutting edge in marketing communication. Social marketing is now and wow. Social media provides us all with deeper understanding of what’s happening with prospects and customers.
Listen, all social media [...]
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Creating Content in Four Easy Steps
July 13th, 2008 No Comments
Didn’t you just hate those people in school, who, when given a paper assignment, knew exactly what to do and created sparkling prose well ahead of the deadline? Leaving you and everyone else you knew to fight and struggle to the bitter end, pulling all-nighters until it was all done?
Sorry to say, I’ve always been [...]
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Some Random Musings in the iPhone Line
July 13th, 2008 No Comments
“You know, if traditional marketing were as effective as everyone thinks,” I told the five complete strangers within earshot, “I would give up my iPhone for a cute little top right about now.”
All of us chuckled. We’d been in line for an iPhone at the Domain’s Apple Store for well over an hour. Our place [...]
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A snow globe’s chance in….
July 4th, 2008 No Comments
“Snow globes? It’s July 4th weekend, why is Tom talking about snow globes, for crying out loud?”
Well, I’ll tell you. I had lunch with one of my favorite people just a few days ago, and she used a perfect analogy for how most companies manage change. It was such a beautiful analogy that I asked [...]
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