Power 150 Adds Alexa Metric

In response to your constructive feedback, the Power 150 ranking of marketing and media blogs is evolving yet again with the addition of an Alexa traffic metric. The Ad Age Power 150 team and I have been discussing and testing improvements for the last few months and this morning the Alexa addition was rolled out. ...

CNN Aces Horticulture Journalism 101

Posted by on Nov 29, 2007 in Media, Social Media, Video | No Comments

I’m fascinated by the social media uprising after last night’s YouTube/CNN Republican debate. Apparently, CNN is pulling weeds… they cut Keith Kerr from the debate rebroadcast because it was later discovered that he has ties to Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Check out the report of the “disappearing Hillary plant” by Hot Air. And, according to Fox ...

A Very Special Star-Spangled Banner

Posted by on Nov 27, 2007 in Video | No Comments

This is one of the most moving renditions of our national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner. I don’t think I’ve ever heard a crowd sing it that loud. Amazing. Share This

How to Sell Soap

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The Age of Conversation Going Amazon

More than 100 authors generously gave their time and content free of charge to make The Age of Conversation, a book that was released in July 2008 and has since raised over $11,000 for Variety the Children’s Charity. The book was the brainchild of Drew McLellan and Gavin Heaton. Today, we have some more exciting ...

A Million Ways To Go Viral

Posted by on Nov 23, 2007 in Marketing, Public Relations, Video | No Comments

There are a million ways to go viral, but here is one of my favorites. What I loved about this viral effort was the compilation climax. Check it out… Share This

‘Tis The Season For Traffic, Stress and Crazy Shoppers

Posted by on Nov 21, 2007 in Video | No Comments

Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Shopping Season! Share This

The Best Social Media Tool Thanksgiving Cooking

Posted by on Nov 19, 2007 in Educational, Social Media, Technology | No Comments

Forget digg, flickr, YouTube and Facebook. The best social media tool of the week is allrecipes.com. After learning about the site from my wife (who reminds me that she’s known about this site for years), I’ve probably cooked more this week than I have my entire adult life… and will definitely be using it for ...

Washington, DC on $85 a Day

Posted by on Nov 18, 2007 in Marketing | No Comments

Here is a cool flickr image (by Musely). The US $5, $10, $20 and $50 notes feature the Lincoln Memorial, US Treasury, White House and Capitol respectively. Source: Neatorama Share This

Perfect Gift Ideas for That Special Marketing Professional in Your Life

I recently received an advance copy of Now is Gone (a primer on new media for executives and entrepreneurs), by Geoff Livingston (with Brian Solis). You can buy it here. Geoff was kind enough to reference me and the Power 150 in the book. Thanks, Geoff. I look forward to reading it soon. It seems ...