Learn How to Optimize Your Videos

January 3, 2010

Don’t you wish you knew what the magic trick was to going viral?  Wish you could get your video viewed by more than your mother, best friend, and dog?  While there is definitely more advanced advice available, it does all start with the basics.  Matthew Liu, the YouTube Product Manager over at Google, explains some [...]

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A Cartoon Recap of Social Media in 2009

January 3, 2010

All across the interwebs over the past several weeks bloggers have been posting their recaps of what happened in social media during 2009.  But, one of these recaps, in my opinion, stood out from the rest of the pack.  That recap was the one that Rob Cottingham recently published.  Why?  Not only did it capture [...]

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Celebration and Donation

January 2, 2010

At about this point during the New Year’s holiday many are relaxing with their friends and family, recovering from hangovers after a night of partying, making resolutions and setting goals that will guide them, hopefully, for the rest of the year.  While I’m not hanging out with family or friends and therefore not having to [...]

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Google and FriendFeed Celebrate the New Year in Style

January 1, 2010

By now, we’re used to seeing a new Google logo on holidays or other special occasions.  But today Google has added in an extra treat.  Head over to Google and without anything in the search field, click on the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button.

If that wasn’t enough, visit FriendFeed for another welcome to 2010.  Once you [...]

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Online Marketing Predictions for 2010 [eBook]

January 1, 2010

Recently, Jason Peck of eWayDirect asked me and a handful of other people what our 2010 online marketing predictions were.  Jason then rolled all of those predictions up into a pretty cool eBook.  I really enjoyed reading what the other contributors think will happen in the online marketing world over the course of the next [...]

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A Simple Thank You

December 8, 2009

I just wanted to take a minute out to say thank you for everyone who took some time out of their day to wish me a Happy Birthday!  It means a lot to me and I look forward to what we’re able to accomplish over the next 12 months before we do this all over [...]

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Adding More Value Around Here

December 7, 2009

As a way of trying to add more value for you and giving us another way to connect on a regular basis, I have decided to launch a monthly newsletter.  The newsletter will focus on topics such as: social media, marketing, business, time management, productivity and other topics that are hopefully helpful to you.
The content [...]

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Social Media Marketing in the Restaurant Business

December 6, 2009

I’m often asked about the story of my little steakhouse, Caminito Argentinean Steakhouse, in Northampton, MA.  It’s not often that I write about our full story.  Well, recently I was asked to contribute a case study to the WOMMA Metrics Guidebook.  I thought it may provide for an interesting read for you and may give [...]

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Using Social Media to Manage Adversity

December 3, 2009

This was originally posted over on workshifting.com which is a project that New Marketing Labs works with Citrix Online on.  David Baeza of the Citrix Online team wrote the following post and I thought you would find it interesting ’round these parts.  It showcases how Citrix Online chose to use social media, as opposed to [...]

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Making Lemonade

November 30, 2009

Have you recently been laid off?  Going through some difficult times?  Today Bob Collins, who I work with at New Marketing Labs, showed me this cool project, Lemonade, that he has been helping out with as a side project.
Lemonade is about “what happens when people who were once paid to be creative in advertising are [...]

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