sometimes i hate blogging. scoble nailed it this morning (scobleizer.com).
thinking about rolling it all up into one crispy paper ball and throwing it into the fire.
whatever it is… i guess i’m referring to the blogging aesthetic. so completely fucked up and unncessary.
didn’t we invent this blog shit to counter the stogedy crap that was flowing from the pro’s?
what happened to punk blogging?
we sold out.
for shame.
fix it?
D’oh.
McCain staff person gets the boot after sending out a troublesome tweet…
McCain Staffer Out, Spread Obama Video – Politics News Story – WCVB Boston:
Republican Sen. John McCain’s campaign suspended a staff member who sent out a provocative video linking Democratic presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama to the comments of his spiritual mentor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
“The staffer, a low-level aide named Soren Dayton, sent out a link Thursday to the YouTube video, titled ‘Is Obama Wright?’ on the social messaging Web site Twitter.”
Lesson?
Don’t staff your social network duties with low level employees or temps. Take it upon yourself to make sure that your company is being represented by the best and brightest possible on these emerging social platforms. They do have sharp edges.
(Title refers to a Pink Floyd song if you are uncool and didn’t get it).
I noticed on Google Trends that one of the hottest terms this morning was “coupon mom.”
So, I dug a little deeper and it looks like the site received coverage from a local news outlet in Pittsburgh, PA…
kdka.com – ‘Coupon Mom’ Offers Tips For Shopping Online: “Searching for great bargains doesn’t have to be about spending hours hunting for the best prices in local stores. Instead, it can be done with just a few clicks of the mouse.
KDKA’s Consumer Editor Yvonne Zanos talked with ‘Coupon Mom’ Stephanie Nelson about some internet surfing secrets that can save consumers money. “
So while we continue to talk mostly about online social networks or web2.0 traffic, don’t forget to include more mainstream outlets if you’re trying to grow your brand.
n the night of 2008-03-20 (UT) we observed the optical afterglow of GRB 080319B (GCN 7427, Racusin et al.) with Gemini-South + GMOS in g, r, i, and z filters (4x180s in each filter). The source is well-detected in all bands. Magnitudes, calibrated to SDSS DR6, are: UTstart UTend t(hr) filt mag err 06:52:17 07:10:19 24.808 g 20.95 0.09 07:11:19 07:26:11 25.099 r 20.55 0.03 07:27..
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sometimes i hate blogging. scoble nailed it this morning (scobleizer.com).
thinking about rolling it all up into one crispy paper ball and throwing it into the fire.
whatever it is… i guess i’m referring to the blogging aesthetic. so completely fucked up and unncessary.
didn’t we invent this blog shit to counter the stogedy crap that was flowing from the pro’s?
what happened to punk blogging?
we sold out.
for shame.
fix it?
Gary Vaynerchuk of WineLibraryTV
is at it again… this time schooling all of us on how to market through Twitter.
Pay attention, folks. Class is in session…
Santa GaryVee: “A couple days a week (and sometimes much, much more!) the benevolent Santa GaryVee will direct you to exclusive mind-blowing deals, available only via Twitter.
Gary Vaynerchuk loves EVERYONE and wishes happiness and most importantly health to all. But once that’s granted, he wants nothing more than to put together incredible deals on wine and other merchandise.
Free shipping, discount codes, unbelievable prices… all will come as your gift from the one and only Santa GaryVee.
Friend up Santa GaryVee on Twitter today and reap the benefits of these wild, generous offers!”
Should be fun and yet another reason for you to check out Twitter. And if you’re already on Twitter, here’s your reason to join the Very Green Team.
From heaven Utu replied to him: “Young man, you are noble already in your own right — but what would you want with the mountains?”
Today is Wayne Porter‘s birthday. Everyone take a moment and wish him well and many more years of pushing the envelopes and pulling the virtual puppet strings.
If you’re in Chicago on June 9, this could be a “fun” talk to hear…
Affiliate Marketing: Far More Dangerous Than You Think: “For many years, Alan has been (and remains today) highly critical of the affiliate channel, so this promises to be a lively session!
Joining Alan on the panel will be Barbara Hurd, VP of Business Development, Harry and David; and Vicki Updike, VP of Merchandising and Marketing, Miles Kimball.
Affiliate fan or foe, come watch the fireworks!”
Or you could head over to the Oriental Institute at Univ of Chicago and ponder how, much like the consultants, false confidence in their own superiority (instead of developing better chariots) cost the Assyrian empire it’s position as a super power in the ancient near east. Both would accomplish the same thing.
Big news out of Linkshare today.
LinkShare Announces Executive Management Team Changes: “NEW YORK, March 18 /PRNewswire/ — LinkShare, a leading pay-per-action
marketing network, announced the resignation of Stephen R. Denton as
President of the company and two promotions in its executive management
team.”While a search for Denton’s replacement gets underway, his duties will
be assumed by John J-H Kim, who will become Interim President in addition
to his role as CEO of LinkShare’s parent company, Rakuten USA.
(As a side note, it’s always heartening to find this sort of thing on press release outlets instead of from a phone call… don’t you hire out very expensive PR firms? Thanks, networks).
The comment solution I use here at CostPerNews is called Disqus. It’s fantastic and the best of both worlds for building a community out of your commenters.
Today, Disqus is announcing a new funding round and a slew of new (and very cool) features that enhances the platform:
Disqus Blog » Disqus releases Beta 2 – New features, lots of bug fixes, improved performance: “Bloggers are some of the most opinionated and vocal people out there. So when creating a product for bloggers, expect them to significantly shape the thing every step of the way.
Disqus is very much such a product. Late last week, we release what we dubbed Beta 2. That’s the label we’re giving to one of the biggest Disqus updates in a long time. And credit goes to you, wonderful Disqus user, for all the help in improving your favorite discussion service.”
So what’s new?
For one the forum look-and-feel is gone and replaced by very nice “Community Pages.” Everything is much more coherently organized and easier to browse. You can see the CPN Comments Page here for an example.
Disqus is also making it easier for commenters to create their own profiles and add social networks like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn to that profile fairly easily. Since the crowd here tends to be the same commenters, this could be a neat feature for this particular blog and help you get some traffic to your other social networking spaces. That profile travels with you to other blogs that use Disqus.
There’s lots of additional goodness on the backend for blog owners that I won’t bore you with, but it’s easier to configure the look and feel of the place and easier to bake in the Disqus comments into the originating blog.
For example, the biggest request I had was for a “Recent Comments” widget that would display new comments here on the blog that were reflective of the forum. That’s baked in now, thank goodness.
So, if you’re a blogger and looking for something to spice the place up and bring in extra functionality for your readers and commenters, I highly suggest Disqus.
