Entries tagged with “podcast”

After listening to one of my favourite Podcasts, For Immediate Release - The Hobson and Holtz Report, I was struck with a thought about those who have become Citizen Journalists (pretty much any one of us who can report on...

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...

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...

Lee Lefever and the good people over at Common Craft recently (like, yesterday) launched their latest video, Podcasting In Plain English. These videos are great on so many levels. If someone bolts into your office and asks, "what's RSS?", "what's...

Have you ever received extremely candid feedback? You know, the type of insights and comments you would never normally see/hear? I don't know if the general public knows this, but people who are asked to speak at an event are...

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...

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...

As part of my never-ending journeys, I'll be in Ottawa next week speaking at the Government of Canada Communicators Conference (I'm doing both the opening keynote address and a two-hour workshop on Personal Branding). Robin Browne over at DaBizBlog caught...

Have you noticed that Oprah Winfrey is pretty much owning the top slots in the Podcast world lately? Oprah's Book Club chose, A New Earth - Awakening To Your Life's Purpose, by Eckhart Tolle and is driving the message of...

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...

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:...

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...

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...

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...

My other passion (granted, there are others on top of that) is a Podcast that I host and produce called, Foreword Thinking - The Business And Motivational Book Review Podcast. The show is sponsored by HarperCollins Canada and I just...

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...

There is a common belief in Marketing circles that for the Digital Marketing industry to grow, we need to be spending more time on college and university campuses educating young people on the opportunities available within the Digital Marketing sector....

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...

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...

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 you're in or around the Greater Toronto Area this weekend, and are looking for some Social Media, Web 2.0 and/or Podcasting inspiration, please make sure to head over to Ryerson University and attend the always-free and self-organizing unconference glory...

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...

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...

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...

By the looks of this news item from eMarketer: Heard The Latest About Podcasting? it seems like Consumer adoption to audio Podcasts is definitely on the rise. The news is based on the recently issued eMarketer report, Podcast Audience: Seeking...

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...

Everybody has multiple customer service complaints. It's human nature to tell and share a story once you feel that you have been wronged. In a Social Media world - where sharing that story with the world is only a Blog...

According to Wikipedia, "A shill is an associate of a person selling goods or services or a political group, who pretends no association to the seller/group and assumes the air of an enthusiastic customer. The intention of the shill is,...

Welcome to episode #88 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. I had an great time at the Shop.org Strategy And Innovation Forum in Orlando, Florida this week and you get to reap the benefits of it...

It was done with the best intent, but failed. Yesterday en route to the Shop.org Strategy And Innovation Forum in Orlando, Florida, I had two Blog postings (now viewable below) ready to go. When I checked into the hotel, there...

Okay, there must be more than one thing (I think we've all seen "those" Websites), but when it comes this Six Pixels of Separation Blog, my Podcast and my ever-pending first book, the one thing I will never do is...

Have you attended an unconference yet? Do you even know what an unconference is? You should. The unconference movement has been picking up serious steam over the past two years and Toronto is about to get the second PodCamp Toronto....