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1. 7 Tips For Writing the Perfect Tweet

   (My Blog/Social Media)

   ... Remember that all tweets are limited to 140 characters. How might you take advantage of Twitter? LISTENING First, LISTEN to what is being said and benefit from readership. Search ( http://search.twitter.com/ ...

2. Your Brand Should Tell Your Story

   (My Blog/Design)

   ... and former Apple Evangelist Guy Kawasaki similarly says that companies should have "meaning". Stanley sums it up well: "Great companies read your soul. They give you something you didn't even know that ...

3. Experiences Matter More Than Things

   (My Blog/Behaviors)

   ... Cake - Luxury Is Personal I first came across this phenomenon when I read the book "Let Them Eat Cake: Marketing Luxury to the Masses - As well as the Classes" by Pamela N. Danziger. I was trying ...

4. Branded Social Media

   (My Blog/Social Media)

   ... matters less, because you like what you like and ignore what you dislike. Or worse, you may dole out a penalty when a brand annoys you by ignoring them or by spreading the word to ignore them. As a marketer, ...

5. The New Cost of Blogging: Old Media vs. New Media

   (My Blog/General)

   ... this ecosystem to build or retain audience. After all, the intelligent reader will follow links to the orginal source to understand context. The NYT describes "Fair Use" as follows: ...vague doctrine ...

6. Do You Speak Keyword?

   (My Blog/Relevance)

   Most of us probably already know that keywords (not just those in metadata) make a difference in your search engine battle to the top (organic SEO), and through that, to the top of your potential customer's ...

7. Auto Hashtag Is Not A Practice In Turkey

   (My Blog/Social Media)

   ... tweeting about? To the degree that I get into a hashtag "rut", I start to limit my audienece again to those who already know that I exist. One solution is to add a feature to my Twitter clients (TweetDeck, ...

8. What is Google Thinking With Nexus One?

   (My Blog/Design)

   ... is ready for market, as is true for applications on Macs and PCs generally. Where could Google fail? Numerous places. They tend to have an engineering mindset. They put new software out and let users ...

9. Does My Bank Respect Our Relationship?

   (My Blog/Behaviors)

   ... asking me to simply sign a document to take care of this issue. The only problem was, it was merely a sales pitch disguised as an official notice. It took several reads to fully understand that the urgency ...

10. To Android, Or Not To Android?

    (My Blog/Design)

    ... it's BLACK. Apple Style vs. MY Style Sure. It's a bit harder to read, but it makes me feel good. I even have the background slowly fade showing my wife and kids. I can customize icons to ...

11. eReader Wars & The Entertainment Panel

    (My Blog/Design)

    There's a battle rumbling over the horizon. Two players have already come into view and others prepare in the shadows. The question is are they trying to take the right hill? Quite a bit of effort and ...

12. iPhone AppStore Dynamics Revealed

    (My Blog/Effectiveness)

    ... extend their franchise to other contexts of their users' lives. The Piggy-Backer - Barnes & Noble's eReader is used as an example of a competitive offer leveraging the interest in Amazon's Kindle ...

13. Traditional Marketing Vs. New Marketing

    (My Blog/Effectiveness)

    ... online interactive marketing, it is are they ready for it? Do they have the talent to know what to do and what works in the conversation economy? It is a new, essential part of the marketing mix and requires ...

14. Loyalty - It's Earned Every Day or It's Lost

    (My Blog/Behaviors)

    I have a love / hate relationship with my Apple iPhone. It's a groundbreaking, marvelous experience and it's a broken one at the same time. Still, I'm not close to being ready to leave it for anything ...

15. United Breaks Guitars - The Lesson?

    (My Blog/Social Media)

    ... block of time, then think twice and read what this firm has to say. Now that we have our thoughts straight, what might United have done after the fact? Just last month, Dave Carroll and his band posted ...

16. Are you 90% Fluff &10% Gold?

    (My Blog/Relevance)

    I was reading about the book "E-Myth: Mastery" on Amazon and came across this review. As I was reading it, I thought about how applicable the reviewer's thoughts were when applied to website effectiveness ...

17. Are You Speaking Their Language?

    (My Blog/Relevance)

    ... effective is it to tweet? Conversely, if your audience is already tweeting and you are not in that conversation, how well are you maintaining a connection with them? Segment how you keep in touch just ...

18. Art That Communicates To Multiple Senses

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    When I traveled with Semester at Sea in 1983 and 1984, I was already in love with guitars. I had a Martin 12 string and a classical guitar and was inspired by the way that they look, feel and sound. ...

19. Protecting Wisconsin's Lakes - My Cause

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    As you may have read above, I have deep roots at the lake that I call home. When our local Village chose to site a high capacity well approximately 1,000 feet from the main source of the clean, cool water ...

20. They Made Me Stop And Pay Attention.

    (My Blog/Design)

    ... Who thinks this way? Who can take me beyond an advertising or simple web design mentality and into "thinking web sites"? Keep reading past the jump. I couldn't take my eyes off of these images. ...

21. Build Engagement

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    People connect with causes and their passions. I'm addicted to photography. Build closer relationships with your clients and make yourself contagious. Spread A Good Addiction.  ...

22. Website Terms & Conditions / Privacy Policy

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    ... do not submit any information to us or agree to the collection of your information. If you have already submitted personal information to us and would like us to remove it from our records, please contact ...

23. Backstory / History

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    ... the conversation goes. I hope that I've started it here. Now for a little about where I've been spending my time over the last twenty years. Read a little or read the whole thing. Whatever connects with ...

24. My Passions

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    ... If you love a photo deeply, then we can discuss options. Contact me. Protecting Wisconsin's Lakes - My Cause As you may have read above, I have deep roots at the lake that I call home. When our ...

25. News

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    Select a news topic from the list below, then select a news article to read. ...