Archive | May, 2009

Seamless Transition – moving WordPress to a new host

May 31, 2009

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There was a saying I used to use to put client at ease “seamless transition”. This meant that everything would be transferred over, with little to no down time, no loss of data and analytics, and of course hit the ground running on the other side. This is how I mapped out my blog transition [...]

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Switching Hosts

May 30, 2009

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I am changing web hosts at www.marketing.fm and if you are reading this things have gone well!  More details to follow but so far so good. A few notes: Hosting has progressed in some ways, and in others has not budged from the first cPanel I ever used. Cloud services make moving a host easier [...]

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Just Bing It

May 28, 2009

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Bing is the new launc of search engine features from Microsoft rolled up into Bing.com. In preview for some time under the name Kumo, Bing has integrated a number of features including travel, local search, maps, health, and other results pages based around the structure of your query. Microsoft of calling it a decision engine [...]

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Brave New Consumerism

May 28, 2009

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Guest post from my friend Scott Sigel see more posts from Scott. I wasn’t exactly a model student. There were a few occasions in high school and amidst my university days in DC when I might have evoked my inner Bueller and taken a day off. Although it’s certainly healthy to take the convertible for [...]

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Alumni Networking

May 27, 2009

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I recently updated my alumni profile (or created one actually) at GW and have been thinking about the idea of alumni networking. I have been contacted a few times by entrepreneurs via my USV profile that shows this info which always leads to a semi-warm connection vs. a cold call – and I think this [...]

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10 Great Presentation Resources

May 21, 2009

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I have seen my fair share of presentations in my life, both presented to me and those I have created and given. I have been collecting a number of resources and thought I would share them here. 1. Presentation Zen – Making your presentations in the TED style If you have not seen a TED [...]

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Noisier Than Ever

May 19, 2009

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This is a guest post from my good friend Scott Sigel (@ScottSigel). Silencio!!! by LuisVilla When marketing began its relationship with technology over half a century ago, it didn’t take long for businesses to embrace technology as a medium of promotion and sales. Not long after radio, television became an integral piece of the marketing [...]

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Participate in the Conversation

May 18, 2009

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There are many ways to participate in conversations happening about your company or brand – but first you have to find them. Whether by using blog search, real time search, a dashboard approach, or something entirely new you should be able to listen to conversations about products and companies that matter to you. Commenting on [...]

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Don’t forget to ask questions

May 17, 2009

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Question Mark Squircle by Xurble Chances are if you have questions someone else in the room does too. Do not be afraid to ask questions as they are a great way to get clarity, show interest, and prove your own understanding of whatever is being discussed.

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Subscribe to Marketing.fm on your Kindle

May 16, 2009

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Image via CrunchBase Amazon is now allowing bloggers to add their blogs to the Kindle directory to let people subscribe. I added Marketing.fm to the Kindle Subscription Directory to test out the implementation and see how it all worked. For the record, my blog is FREE via RSS and email delivery, so paying for it [...]

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