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Webby Awards Winner’s Gallery

May 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The Webby Awards, the leading international award for internet greatness, has a sweet Winner’s Gallery.

The gallery was designed as a fun and interactive way to see all of the Nominees and Winners from the 12th Annual Webby Awards and includes links to the work and the ability to filter entries a number of ways. For instance, the “trends” filter shows entries with the top 7 tags entered by users during the People’s Voice voting. And the “Winner Type” tab allows you to select from Webby Winners, People’s Voice Winners and Nominees.

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Posted by toddand | Filed Under Advertising, Blogging, Design, Links, Marketing, Media, Public Relations, Social Media, Technology

RSS, Printers, Comedy and Twitter

April 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Seven Tips for Making the Most of Your RSS Reader (ReadWriteWeb)
“RSS is a big deal, as anyone who’s subscribed to even a few feeds probably knows. Once you get past just a few feeds, though, it can quickly get overwhelming. RSS can leave you feeling inadequate, brain-dead and uninspired.”

Newspaper Vendors Worry About Downturn (AP)
“As newspaper publishers build up their online operations and struggle through an advertising slump, one group is worried about being left behind — the folks who make printing presses and other equipment used to make newspapers.”

The 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time (Nerve.com)
“But of the sketch comedy that remains viewable, this is some of the best. Is the list definitive? That’s for you, the audience to tell us. And we’re sure you will, loudly and angrily. Before you do you, though, remember: it’s comedy. Best not to overthink it.”

How to Get Customer Service via Twitter (ReadWriteWeb)
“But what we wanted to find out is which companies are using Twitter for customer service? And how can you get a company’s attention via Twitter?”

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Posted by toddand | Filed Under Humor, Links, Media, Social Media

Age of Sharing Industry Secrets, Manifestos, Tactics, Tragedies and More

March 27, 2008 | 3 Comments

In 2007, more than 100 authors - from 10 countries and four continents - joined forces to write The Age of Conversation, a book about emerging media and marketing. I was one of those co-authors.

Social Computing Magazine called it an “e-blockbuster.” Business Week said “Little did we know that social media would soon begin to tie us together digitally in ways that we are only just now beginning to understand. That’s why a new book called The Age of Conversation may be important to comprehending what’s going on in our society, economy and even polity today.”

If you don’t own a copy of the original, please consider ordering one this Sunday, March 29 from this Amazon link. Dozens of bloggers around the net are promoting that purchase date in order to push the book up the Amazon charts. As a reminder, all book proceeds go to Variety, the children’s charity.

In 2008, the sequel will hit the shelves. This time, nearly 300 authors - experts of all walks - will collaborate on what will likely be the most massive authorship undertaking in history. We’re talking Guinness Book baby! I’m honored to be participating again.

The sequel’s theme is “Why don’t they get it?” and will include manifestos, secrets, transitions, tactics, ideas, tragedies, business concepts and life stories. Stay tuned for more updates. In the meantime, here are the 275 co-authors:

Adam Crowe, Adrian Ho, Aki Spicer, Alex Henault, Amy Jussel, Andrew Odom, Andy Nulman, Andy Sernovitz, Andy Whitlock, Angela Maiers, Ann Handley, Anna Farmery, Armando Alves, Arun Rajagopal, Asi Sharabi, Becky Carroll, Becky McCray, Bernie Scheffler, Bill Gammell, Bob Carlton, Bob LeDrew, Brad Shorr, Bradley Spitzer, Brandon Murphy, Branislav Peric, Brent Dixon, Brett Macfarlane, Brian Reich, C.C. Chapman, Cam Beck, Casper Willer, Cathleen Rittereiser, Cathryn Hrudicka, Cedric Giorgi, Charles Sipe, Chris Kieff, Chris Cree, Chris Wilson, Christina Kerley (CK), C.B. Whittemore, Clay Parker Jones, Chris Brown, Colin McKay, Connie Bensen, Connie Reece, Cord Silverstein, Corentin Monot, Craig Wilson, Daniel Honigman, Dan Goldstein, Dan Schawbel, Dana VanDen Heuvel, Dan Sitter, Daria Radota Rasmussen, Darren Herman, Darryl Patterson, Dave Davison, Dave Origano, David Armano, David Bausola, David Berkowitz, David Brazeal, David Koopmans, David Meerman Scott, David Petherick, David Reich, David Weinfeld, David Zinger, Deanna Gernert, Deborah Brown, Dennis Price, Derrick Kwa, Dino Demopoulos, Doug Haslam, Doug Meacham, Doug Mitchell, Douglas Hanna, Douglas Karr, Drew McLellan, Duane Brown, Dustin Jacobsen, Dylan Viner, Ed Brenegar, Ed Cotton, Efrain Mendicuti, Ellen Weber, Emily Reed, Eric Peterson, Eric Nehrlich, Ernie Mosteller, Faris Yakob, Fernanda Romano, Francis Anderson, G. Kofi Annan, Gareth Kay, Gary Cohen, Gaurav Mishra, Gavin Heaton, Geert Desager, George Jenkins, G.L. Hoffman, Gianandrea Facchini, Gordon Whitehead, Graham Hill, Greg Verdino, Gretel Going & Kathryn Fleming, Hillel Cooperman, Hugh Weber, J. Erik Potter, J.C. Hutchins, James Gordon-Macintosh, Jamey Shiels, Jasmin Tragas, Jason Oke, Jay Ehret, Jeanne Dininni, Jeff De Cagna, Jeff Gwynne, Jeff Noble, Jeff Wallace, Jennifer Warwick, Jenny Meade, Jeremy Fuksa, Jeremy Heilpern, Jeremy Middleton, Jeroen Verkroost, Jessica Hagy, Joanna Young, Joe Pulizzi, Joe Talbott, John Herrington, John Jantsch, John Moore, John Rosen, John Todor, Jon Burg, Jon Swanson, Jonathan Trenn, Jordan Behan, Julie Fleischer, Justin Flowers, Justin Foster, Karl Turley, Kate Trgovac, Katie Chatfield, Katie Konrath, Kenny Lauer, Keri Willenborg, Kevin Jessop, Kris Hoet, Krishna De, Kristin Gorski, Laura Fitton, Laurence Helene Borei, Lewis Green, Lois Kelly, Lori Magno, Louise Barnes-Johnston, Louise Mangan, Louise Manning, Luc Debaisieux, Marcus Brown, Mario Vellandi, Mark Blair, Mark Earls, Mark Goren, Mark Hancock, Mark Lewis, Mark McGuinness, Mark McSpadden, Matt Dickman, Matt J. McDonald, Matt Moore, Michael Hawkins, Michael Karnjanaprakorn, Michelle Lamar, Mike Arauz, Mike McAllen, Mike Sansone, Mitch Joel, Monica Wright, Nathan Gilliatt, Nathan Snell, Neil Perkin, Nettie Hartsock, Nick Rice, Oleksandr Skorokhod, Ozgur Alaz, Paul Chaney, Paul Hebert, Paul Isakson, Paul Marobella, Paul McEnany, Paul Tedesco, Paul Williams, Pet Campbell, Pete Deutschman, Peter Corbett, Phil Gerbyshak, Phil Lewis, Phil Soden, Piet Wulleman, Rachel Steiner, Sreeraj Menon, Reginald Adkins, Richard Huntington, Rishi Desai, Beeker Northam, Rob Mortimer, Robert Hruzek, Roberta Rosenberg, Robyn McMaster, Roger von Oech, Rohit Bhargava, Ron Shevlin, Ryan Barrett, Ryan Karpeles, Ryan Rasmussen, Sam Huleatt, Sandy Renshaw, Scott Goodson, Scott Monty, Scott Townsend, Scott White, Sean Howard, Sean Scott, Seni Thomas, Seth Gaffney, Shama Hyder, Sheila Scarborough, Sheryl Steadman, Simon Payn, Sonia Simone, Spike Jones, Stanley Johnson, Stephen Collins, Stephen Cribbett, Stephen Landau, Stephen Smith, Steve Bannister, Steve Hardy, Steve Portigal, Steve Roesler, Steven Verbruggen, Steve Woodruff, Sue Edworthy, Susan Bird, Susan Gunelius, Susan Heywood, Tammy Lenski, Terrell Meek, Thomas Clifford, Thomas Knoll, Tiffany Kenyon, Tim Brunelle, Tim Buesing, Tim Connor, Tim Jackson, Tim Longhurst, Tim Mannveille, Tim Tyler, Timothy Johnson, Tinu Abayomi-Paul, Toby Bloomberg, Todd Andrlik, Troy Rutter, Troy Worman, Uwe Hook, Valeria Maltoni, Vandana Ahuja, Vanessa DiMauro, Veronique Rabuteau, Wayne Buckhanan, William Azaroff, Yves Van Landeghem

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Posted by toddand | Filed Under Authors+Books, Blogging, Educational, Links, Marketing, Media, Social Media

The Last Handwritten Newspaper in the World

February 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment

According to a Wired article (see photo gallery), the Musalman is possibly the last handwritten newspaper in the world. Four professional calligraphers spend three hours on each page every single day to put out this daily paper.

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Posted by toddand | Filed Under Educational, History, Links, Media, Video

Power Profile: Todd And

February 22, 2008 | 11 Comments

To kick start my next 500 posts, I thought I’d profile myself, author of Todd And, which sits at No. 115 on the Power 150 (02/21/08). It’s been almost a year and a half since I started blogging and I don’t talk about myself much on this thing, so why not?

The photo was taken at 5 p.m. this afternoon while my colleague demonstrated his Ricoh Caplio GX100 camera. As you can see, I’m listening intently… and now I want one. Here is my Power Profile:

What blogs do you read most often?
I imported the OPML file of the Power 150 into my Google Reader so I just read the entire river of news from all 575 marketing and media bloggers. When I’m not browsing them all, I tend to read Matt Dickman, David Airey, Kami Huyse, Neatorama, Boing Boing, Techcrunch and the rest of my blog roll.

THE Q&A WITH MYSELF CONTINUES - Read more

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Posted by toddand | Filed Under Blogging, Links, Marketing, Media, Music, Power Profiles, Public Relations, Social Media

FIVE HUNDRED POSTS!

February 21, 2008 | 22 Comments

Today is my 500-post birthday!

I originally planned to share a bunch of historical stats and write a lengthy post about why I blog and what I’ve learned. After several drafts, I decided against it. It just seemed to be too much. Too wordy. So here is my cliff notes version:

By now, most of you know this is a hobby blog for me, not a business. I post random personal thoughts and discoveries relating to the very serious but often comical crossroads of marketing and media.

This blog started out as an experimental archiving system for me to document cool marketing and media stuff I found online. Over the last two years, it evolved into much more.

Blogging has forced me to stay on top of marketing trends and new media tactics. It has been a school of social media and I’m very thankful to all my fellow marketing and media bloggers for being so generous with their knowledge and thought leadership. So much of what I’ve learned has been applied to my career or assisted my tactical decision making in one way or another.

Beyond what I’ve learned and taken away from the blogosphere, I’ve also attempted to give back. In addition to my own regular posts and a few tiny projects like my phone-phriendly website list and accreditation analysis, I’ve also made one major “legacy” contribution - the Power 150.

More important than any post or product, I’ve made several new blogger friends and acquaintances. As a hobby blogger with a nine-month-old daughter and full-time job, I don’t have as much time for blog conversations and extensive commenting. And frankly, the nature of my posts (mostly multimedia and short insights) doesn’t encourage comments. So, while I may not be the most conversational blogger at times, I greatly value the relationships I have made with such incredible authors like Drew McLellan, Kami Huyse, Chris Thilk, David Airey, Charlie Moran, Gavin Heaton, David Armano, David Meerman Scott, Chris Brown, C.B. Whittemore, Matt Dickman, Scott Baradell, Ann Handley, Daniel Honigman, Todd Defren and several others.

I’m also very thankful to all those who have linked to me and sent hundreds of new visitors my way. Here several of my best referrers:

Brand Flakes for Breakfast
Marketing Facts
Communication Overtones
Marketing Vox
Creative Generalist
Branding and Marketing
Greg Verdino’s Marketing Blog
Online Marketing Blog
CustomersAreAlways
Brendan Cooper
Duct Tape Marketing
B.L. Ochman
Search Engine Journal
Emergence Marketing
The Publicity Hound’s Blog
Strumpette
Experience Manifesto
PR Blogger
‘Cross The Breeze
Influxinsights
ExperienceCurve
The Social Media Marketing Blog
the brand builder blog
adliterate
Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang

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Posted by toddand | Filed Under Advertising, Blogging, Links, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Public Relations, Random, Social Media

Phone-Phriendly Websites

February 15, 2008 | 1 Comment

Using your cell phone to browse the web can be frustrating when you don’t know the best mini-sites.

To make mobile surfing easier, I’ve compiled a one-stop shop of my favorite phone-phriendly sites.

Check out toddand.com/m and bookmark it in your cell’s browser.

As you can tell from the recommended posts below, I created similar pages in the past - back in the day when I got my Moto Q and my first unlimited data package. Ahhh, Verizon knows how to rip you off! I can’t believe how much they charge for unlimited data.

Anyway, this is just the most updated and comprehensive version.

As you can see from the screenshot on the left, I’ve included links to several great small sites, as well as a link at the top to a search engine that will shrink any site to the cellular basics.

If you have any link recommendations for the list, please let me know. Thanks.

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Posted by toddand | Filed Under Links

Power Profile: Inside the Marketers Studio

January 10, 2008 | 10 Comments

Meet David Berkowitz of the Inside the Marketer’s Studio blog, currently holding the 131 spot on the Power 150 (1/10/08).

You just finished your visit to the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), what is the coolest new gadget you’ve seen?
The coolest gadget I played with is this visor you wear to view movies and play video games. I’m assuming it’s for while you’re in transit, and it provides some home theater feel. I’m not quite sure of the practical value of it though, unless you travel alone on some long flights.

What’s the weirdest thing you’ve seen at CES 2008?
I was surprised to see Heineken exhibiting at the Showstoppers press event, as they had some home fridge for their mini kegs. For a mix of the unexpected and clever, I like Microsoft explaining home servers through a children’s book, which you can read online at http://www.stayathomeserver.com/book.aspx.

The interview continues! Read more

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Posted by toddand | Filed Under Advertising, Blogging, Links, Marketing, Media, Power Profiles, Social Media, Technology

77 Design Gifts Under $77 - 2007

December 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment

2007 gift guide
2006 gift guide

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Posted by toddand | Filed Under Design, Links, Random

101 Essential Blogging Resources

August 21, 2007 | 1 Comment

If you haven’t already bookmarked this, it’s great stuff. From concept to creation to monetization, this is the one-stop shop for blogging. Everything from domain registrars, hosting, content management, communication, research, customization, stats, ranking, feed readers, social media, advertising and more.

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