Entries tagged with “blog”

Welcome to episode #102 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. This is an entire episode with Garr Reynolds who has the most-awesome Blog (and book of the same name), Presentation Zen. We discuss the power of...

There were two moments in the online world that looked to change the way we look at Blogs and Blogging. One, was when video started gaining ground. It seemed like both audio and video Podcasting was going to trump text-based...

"I actually had Mitch in my Twitter list, but he didn’t follow me, so I took him off. I might put him back though," says Ryan Deschamps from The Other Librarian Blog in a comment posted on the Open Stacks...

Whether it's in meetings for client work, business development opportunities, speaking to a group of people, or doing some kind of community work, I'm being asked very similar questions, like: "should we be Podcasting?", "what could we do with twitter?",...

Welcome to episode #101 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. Another week, another conversation. We've got a new Greenfields Report and audio comments from Germany, Wisconsin, Arkansas and more. We dive deep into the struggle Government...

Just a blip in the history of the world. Didn't really mean much of anything, and was only the first generation of Marketing, Advertising and Communications. Think about that. Marketing, Advertising and Communications had really not changed all that much...

I've spent the past few days speaking at two very different Government events (one in Ottawa and one in Toronto). Both groups asked questions about the many challenges they face - as individuals - who would like to leverage their...

Welcome to episode #100 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. While it's exciting to be hitting episode #100, I think we'll all benefit from the incredible surprise conversation that takes place within this MP3 file. There...

There are many reasons why companies should Blog. It's a topic that has been written, discussed and disseminated to death. The net result has been that more and more companies are looking at the power of corporate Blogs, and how...

I'm wondering if this question keeps popping up because there is serendipity around the fact that I'll be recording the 100th episode of Six Pixels of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast this weekend, or if it's because there's an...

Welcome to episode #99 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. My conversation with Brett Hurt from Bazaarvoice could well provide some of the most fascinating insights into Consumers, and how they buy online that I have...

With more than ten thousand entries and fewer than fifteen percent being distinguished with an Official Honoree award, I'm proud to announce that our little Blog, Six Pixels of Separation - The Twist Image Blog, took home an "Official Honoree"...

There was some very positive feedback from the two-hour session I ran today at the Shop.org Online Marketing Workshop in Scottsdale, Arizona. The session was called, Web 2.0 University (which I quickly renamed Web 2.0 YOUniversity). Here's the session description:...

Say goodbye to browsers. Say goodbye to your "my favourites" folder. Say goodbye to online destinations. How is it that Yahoo! Pipes did not take off the way we would have thought? Are millions of people really downloading widgets and...

If you're interested in checking out this Six Pixels of Separation - The Twist Image Blog on your iPhone, the good people here at Twist Image have launched a mobile-friendly version of the Blog over here: Six Pixels of Separation...

Welcome to episode #98 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. After spending the week at emetrics in Toronto and then a couple of days with Bryan Eisenberg and Avinash Kaushik, I think you'll hear plenty of...

David Usher started a new Blog called, CloudiD, where he plans on Blogging about all things art, technology and communications. He's got my attention and, based on the many comments he's getting on every Blog posting since it launched, others...

This is no April Fool's joke. Both Joseph Jaffe (author of Life After The 30-Second Spot and Join The Conversation, plus Blogger and Podcaster over at Jaffe Juice) and I will be speaking at the ACA - Association of Canadian...

Welcome to episode #97 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. After a wild few days in Vancouver doing my full-day seminar on Social Media Marketing for IAB Canada, I am back and discussing everything from why...

How many requests a day do you get from other Bloggers requesting you to put their Blog on your Blogroll? I get it a lot. And, I'm fascinated by them. First off, what is a Blogroll? (for those currently not...

"Not embracing social networking is like saying I'd rather hide my money under the mattress than put it in a bank. Companies make a big mistake when they prohibit these tools out of the sheer fear of what employees will...

Just before recording the latest episode of Six Pixels of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast this weekend, I had two thoughts: 1. What am I going to record this week? 2. What am I going to Blog about? I...

Welcome to episode #96 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. There a little flub at the beginning of the recording. I hit the pause button and didn't unpause (it's an ugly story, and you don't want...

If we're all trying to get more people to read Blogs and listen to Podcasts, but our core audience is fellow Bloggers and Podcasters, how do we ever get this content out to the mainstream and bust the echo chamber...

Welcome to episode #95 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. Whoops! I totally screwed up the intro and said, "welcome to episode #85" - I have no idea what I was thinking. Actually, that's not true...

Just this week I gave my full-day seminar on Social Media Marketing for IAB Canada - Interactive Advertising Bureau - in Montreal (I'm doing it again in Toronto next week on Wednesday, March 19th and then in Vancouver on Friday,...

At TED 2008, I had the pleasure of meeting Jenny Lam (Founder of Jackson Fish Market - they do "branded software experiences"). After a little email back-and-forth, I decided to check out the Jackson Fish Market Web experience, and came...

Welcome to episode #94 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. The bottom line is that I am still trying to recover from everything that went down in the past two weeks. From sharing the stage with...

In the past few days, I've given a lot of public speeches on the Digital Marketing landscape to some varied audiences (including university students, government and big business). I'm continually amazed by how new all of these channels are to...

There's a famous saying that goes something like, "integrity is doing the right thing when nobody is looking." It's like that old chestnut, "to thine own self, be true." In the past few days I've seen countless examples in places...

Welcome to episode #93 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. From 35,000 feet in the air, here's my first PlaneCast (hat tip to Joseph Jaffe). It was a crazy week from performing on stage at the...

Fact: if people can figure out a way to make more money, they will. And, it doesn't matter if it's online, offline or otherwise. Bloggers love to engage in flame wars, and why should Bloggers who have a focus on...

There are a couple of thoughts rattling around my noggin' today. For perspective, I'm currently bouncing around on a United flight from Halifax to Chicago (lots of turbulence). The flight was severely delayed, so I have no idea if I...

As part of my commitment to IAB Canada - Interactive Advertising Bureau (full disclosure: I sit on the Board of Directors), I will be teaching my full-day seminar on Social Media Marketing on the following dates across Canada again this...

Welcome to episode #92 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. Whoa. I really thought this was going to be a quick fifteen-minute episode, but it turned into one very long rant about how technology is actually...

If people like Avinash Kaushik are all excited over the notion of Web Analytics 2.0 and getting beyond the "what are they doing" and into cool metrics like sessions, downloads, actions and other telling ways of seeing who's doing what...

Welcome to episode #91 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. This episode hit me like a ton of bricks. Lots of great conversation points and all sorts of insightful audio comments. Without hesitation, this one could...

I love the publishing business. I started my career as a Journalist and quickly became the Publisher of three magazines. To this day, I love walking into magazine stores. The sad reality is that there is simply less and less...

As Valentine's Day comes to a close, it felt like the right time to focus on passion. With all of these channels to be connected to - from Blogs to twitter - I'm constantly amazed by what people are passionate...

How are your New Year's resolutions coming along? We tend to talk about those a lot all through January, and then never mention them again from February on (I think we all know why). The main resolution I made was...

I've been Blogging about my Sony Vaio ultra-portable laptop for a long time. I'm also extremely tempted to grab a new Apple MacBook Air. As I contemplate my purchase, I thought I would demo what my Sony Vaio can do,...

Welcome to episode #90 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. I had the distinct please of finally meeting Jim Sterne in person. He was in town to give a keynote for the Web Analytics Association and...

There was a lively discussion last night over dinner here in Calgary. I met up with Doug Walker (World Rock Paper Scissors Society, Webwalker Blog, Shill Podcast) and the always awesome, Lisa Walker (Hill And Knowlton). We were discussing how...

With all of the excitement surrounding online social networks like Facebook, MySpace and Bebo, a couple of chinks in the armour are already appearing. Most recently, Mark Zuckerberg appeared on 60 Minutes and said that advertising is the main revenue...

Long-time followers of the Six Pixels of Separation Blog know about our tireless efforts to continually pound into and each and every Marketer's skull the importance of managing your brand online. Chris Anderson (author of The Long Tail and Editor...

In the midst of one of the craziest months we've had at Twist Image (and I mean that in the best possible way), Joseph Jaffe - author or Life After The 30-Second Spot and Join The Conversation and Blogger/Podcaster over...

Welcome to episode #89 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. I got some good ranting going on here about whether or not Bloggers (and other Social Media types) really do own the brand? I think we...