Archive for February, 2008

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Is Google Sites poised to take on 37Signals?

I received a notice today that Jotspot is relaunching as Google Sites. After taking a quick look at the sample sites, it seems pretty clear that they’re positioning the new application as a competitor for collaborative sites such as 37Signal’s Backpack.
The example sites include use of Google Sites as a company intranet, project [...]

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Great crowd, great discussion at SMC Louisville last night

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New Online Reputation Monitoring tool from Andy Beal of Marketing Pilgrim

This morning, I received an email update that Trackur, the new online reputation management tool from Andy Beal, had gone live.
I immediately trucked on over to the site to check it out. There’s a nice video demo available that takes you through the basics, and it’s available for a free 14 day trial. [...]

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The Psychology of Social Media: Or “Why Twitter is so darn addictive”

When people talk about social media, you often hear it described as addictive. “I’m addicted to Twitter/Facebook/StumbleUpon.” One reason people lose track of time when posting on various social media sites, such as blogs, forums, news engines, and social networks, is because such participation actually is highly addictive.
I’m not being metaphorical here. [...]

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A look ahead, and word of thanks

The smart and hardworking Gabriel Goldenberg of SEO ROI Services just published an interview with me. Gab was extremely gracious, and asked some really smart questions (to which I hope I gave some intelligent responses). So I figured I would say thanks, and share a little link love.
One way that Gab perhaps doesn’t [...]

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Online Community Moderation: It’s Social. It’s NOT Personal.

I’ve not gotten off to the high-volume start I’d hoped here at the ‘net Bard. New clients and a new promotion at work has increased my workload, prompting some reorganizing and rethinking of my routines (including blogging). It’s taken me a week or so to adjust to the new pace of things and [...]

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