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How old is too old for commenting on a blog post?
Last week as a gift to you, Patsi and I hosted a free Q&A teleseminar about business blogging (replay here if you missed it) and received dozens of excellent questions from newbie and advanced bloggers alike. One question was sent...

"Why Local Radio is No Longer Local"
Here's a piece I was interviewed for in a local San Diego paper, The Reader, that is a fairly well-balanced take on the local/non-local issue.Check it out.

WTB Mortgage / Home Related Links (PR 3+)
Hi there I'm looking for sites related to mortgages and the home. Must have Page Rank 3 or above Let me know cost for 2 links for upfront payment for 6 and 12 months Regards M

Is Landing Page necessary ?
Hi, I am new be and would like to know it i am using a ppc campaign for any affiliate program is a landing page required ? or can i directly use the tracking code in the destination URL code? any good tool for creating landing page ? any more inputs about landing page would be helpful. Thanks Richi

Obama's Latino factor
January 3, 2009By Maria Elena SalinasIt was not exactly the position that he was expecting, but he was nevertheless grateful."To our Latino community, thank you for your support and confidence, for voting for our candidate and now our president-elect," said...

Consumer Internet Predictions for 2009 " Lightspeed Venture Partners Blog
Marketing - A discussion of best practices, budget, theories, positioning, recruiting, books, tools, outsourcing, strategy, marketing plans, integration, top marketers, etc.

Gary Vaynerchuk Keynote at Affiliate Summit Streaming Live on Ustream.TV
The keynote address at Affiliate Summit West 2009 from Gary Vaynerchuk, star of Wine Library TV and Director of Operations at Wine Library in Springfield, NJ, will be streamed live on Ustream.TV. Gary Vaynerchuk is the star of Wine Library TV and Director of Operations at Wine Library in Springfield, NJ, as well as the [...]

Social Marketing Operations Software Ideas -- The SMO "Wish List"
Let's consider how businesses are run. Businesses are made up of process, policies, people and technologies. Results of anything are analyzed on how it impacts the P&L, in an effort to increase the predictability of results. Efficiency is measured and improved, with practices such as Six Sigma. Prioritization is ruthless as everyone has more to do in a growing (or struggling) company. People have objectives, goals and processes to follow. They have daily activities that they report on to management, and dashboards with metrics they are responsible for. There are actions, owners, and deadlines. And accountability is a must. People are rewarded on progress and impact. That is the DNA of most corporations.From my observation, this 'DNA' of measurement and operational management is not manifested in most social marketing circles of discussion. I'm on a hunt for them and am posting to this blog and Twitter account on this topic.There are great thoughts from friends like Peter Kim, Jeremiah Owyang, and Charlene Li / Josh Bernoff ("Groundswell"). Yet I still think we're skimming the surface for what companies need on the inside to better manage their social activities on the outside. If anything is going to be sustained inside a business -- including social marketing -- it has to be grown, maximized and optimized. You need process, policies, people and tools/technologies to do that. If you're managing social marketing for yourself or your business, the biggest challenge is where to spend your time, how to maximize your time, and how...

Social Marketing Operations Software Ideas -- The SMO "Wish List"
Let's consider how businesses are run. Businesses are made up of process, policies, people and technologies. Results of anything are analyzed on how it impacts the P&L, in an effort to increase the predictability of results. Efficiency is measured and improved, with practices such as Six Sigma. Prioritization is ruthless as everyone has more to do in a growing (or struggling) company. People have objectives, goals and processes to follow. They have daily activities that they report on to management, and dashboards with metrics they are responsible for. There are actions, owners, and deadlines. And accountability is a must. People are rewarded on progress and impact. That is the DNA of most corporations.From my observation, this 'DNA' of measurement and operational management is not manifested in most social marketing circles of discussion. I'm on a hunt for them and am posting to this blog and Twitter account on this topic.There are great thoughts from friends like Peter Kim, Jeremiah Owyang, and Charlene Li / Josh Bernoff ("Groundswell"). Yet I still think we're skimming the surface for what companies need on the inside to better manage their social activities on the outside. If anything is going to be sustained inside a business -- including social marketing -- it has to be grown, maximized and optimized. You need process, policies, people and tools/technologies to do that. If you're managing social marketing for yourself or your business, the biggest challenge is where to spend your time, how to maximize your time, and how...