One of the 5-minute “lightning round” sessions at Web 2.0 Expo on Sunday night was the folks from Nitobi demoing their brand new Robot Replay technology. All I have to say is… WOW!! Every one of you readers HAVE to go check this tool out. It is a free beta, so there is no excuse […]

I’m here at the Web 2.0 Expo. Sat in on the session today “An Overview of Badges and Widgets: The Fast Rise of Viral Web Parts”. Before I get into the content of the session, I have just a couple of remarks. These come from me and not from the session presenter… Badges and widgets […]

I am a sucker for cool gadgets like the multitouch display that I blogged about last month. The latest cool gadget that I just discovered is a laser light crayon from Philips. Mostly it’s a toy for kids. But I think it also has applications in the workplace, particularly for those executives who can’t express […]

I am a diehard Mac fan, so you can bet that I watched Steve Jobs’ keynote from start to finish (Well, except for the part at the end where John Mayer came out on stage and sang. That didn’t do much for me.) Wow, that iPhone was pretty darned cool. I can’t wait to get […]

You’ve probably heard the old adage that “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know”. One contact that you have in your network could make the difference between fast-tracking your career path or spending five years in hard slog getting to the same opportunity. There has been a lot of buzz in the blogosphere […]

Inspired by yesterday’s New York Times article “Some Bling for Your Blog”, I put together a list of my favorite blog widgets: Swicki “Hot Searches” Buzzcloud (from Eurekster) Recent Readers (from MyBlogLog) Flash Photo Stream (from Flickr) Preview Anywhere (from Snap) “What Am I Doing” Twitter Badge (from Twitter) Film Loops (from FilmLoop) Number of […]

Some of the gurus out there are offering paid subscriptions to screencasts, podcasts and other educational materials. For example, Eric Ward recently launched a subscription-based service, The Ward Report — promising how-to podcasts, video training modules and other resources on link building, all at an annual subscription rate of $149. Debbie Mayo-Smith, in a similar […]

As I mentioned in my previous post about marketing on MySpace, one of the critical factors of success is having “Friends”. Here are a couple of success stories I thought I’d point out. First, consider the various flavors of Apple’s iPod Nano that are on MySpace, such as the Pink Nano, which is enjoying a […]

Last week I conducted a fascinating interview with SEM expert Alan Rimm-Kaufman. You can find the output of it here. Alan made many great points; this one, regarding common mistakes in Paid Search, really stood out: Typical mistakes made by newcomers to paid search include using an insufficiently large term list, not understanding the strengths […]

If you’re burned out from business travel but still want to partake in conferences / trade shows on ecommerce and online marketing, then a virtual trade show like eComXpo might be just the thing for you. eComXpo opens today and will go on for three days (Oct 24-26). With such intellectual powerhouses as Chris Anderson […]