Archive for October, 2007

“Softly, softly to catch a monkey” – We are connecting

In brief: Likemind group asks global question. Complied answers from around the world shows that we (global humans) are feeling more similar about our cities than we realize. NYT article challenges that all of us ‘young online folks’ (people without gray hair) are not participating enough in today’s politics to make a difference. But maybe [...]

Search the Social Media blogosphere with this handy custom search

So I saw this idea on the Account Planning Social Network that Michael Johnston of Things do not change, we change made two custom Google searches for Trends and Research. He got the idea from MisEntropy who created a search for the plannersphere blogs. And because I really needed to procrastinate at work right [...]

Mess of thoughts on effective mass brand communication using social media (kind of)

I’ve just been wanting to get some of this out -
Catching up on a couple of my daily read blogs that I hadn’t been reading daily came across a post of Rohit’s which lead me to his personal Facebook for his work and upcoming book (I think having his own group was clever). Clicking through [...]

links for 2007-10-16

Amazon.com: Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things: Books: Donald A. Norman
(tags: buy.it.books)

Discobelle.net
(tags: dailyread.music)

Good Weather For Airstrikes
(tags: dailyread.music)

Blog Action Day – My Car-less experience

A quick note before heading to bed. I’ve been car-less for over two years now. Yes, getting rid of a car was by choice.
There are many ups and downs to not having a car in Minneapolis. This town is currently not the best car-less friendly town in the world. But I’m making do. I have [...]

A post for Matt Dickman

Dear Matt,

yours,
Herb
— you can find more pics of heaven on earth here 

Social Advertising – a defintion

Reading through my tweeted links this morning came across Read/WriteWeb’s post SocialMedia Aims to Bring Attention Economy to Advertising discussing Seth Goldstein’s presentation of Seth’s new company SocialMedia.com at the Graphing Social Patterns conference. What caught my eye was the term Social Advertising and Seth’s definition of Social Advertising.
Lately I’ve been struggling with definitions, mainly [...]

links for 2007-10-03

Capstrat guide to social media planning
This guide to social media planning will outline a process for building and deploying effective social media-based concepts.
(tags: social media social.media.tools)

Online Internet Marketing Blog | iBlogMarketing
(tags: blogminneapolis)

links for 2007-10-02

Amazon.com: The New Influencers: A Marketer’s Guide to the New Social Media: Books: Paul Gillin
(tags: buy.it.books)

HYPERtext: 29 Essential Facebook Applications for Public Relations Professionals
I’ve developed a list of 29 Facebook applications PR professionals can use to maximize the value of this social networking site.
(tags: social.media PR social.media.tools facebook)

110 Ways Retailers are Using Social Media Marketing [...]