Archive for November, 2006
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Tuesday, November 28th, 2006My friend just read my RSS reader post from the other day and asked me “what is RSS?” I realize there are still a fair number of people that don’t realize the benefits that RSS provides. Quite simply, RSS stands for really simple syndication. It enables you pull data (using an RSS reader) rather than […]
Waiting for Your Cat to Bark? Book Review
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006Waiting for Your Cat to Bark? Pursuading Customers When they Ignore Marketing. Written by Bryan and Jeffrey Eisenberg.
Photo courtesy of Amazon.com
Full disclosure: I received this book for free at the Blog Business Summit a month ago as part of PR Web’s sponsorship of the event.
My views on this book are mixed–I found the 1st […]
Snowing in Seattle?
Monday, November 27th, 2006Crazy!! It’s actually snowing in Seattle. And to top it off…the Seahawks beat the Packers in a great monday night game. I’m sure most fans that tuned into the game were stunned the game was in Seattle and not Green Bay (where it ALWAYS snows) when they saw snow flurries. It wasn’t the prettiest game […]
iStockPhoto Case Study…
Monday, November 27th, 2006is now posted at Startup Review. I should note that the image in the header of this blog was purchased off of iStockphoto. Go check it out!
RSS: What Reader Do You Use?
Sunday, November 26th, 2006I found an interesting article this morning titled “Who’s Using What for RSS?” It doesn’t hurt that it contains a cool graphic (below). Personally, I’m in the “Others” category by using myYahoo! I’ve heard bloglines is great and have been contemplating switching readers. What RSS Reader do you use??
Interview with Digg CEO Jay Adelson
Sunday, November 26th, 2006Speaking of web 2.0, Techcrunch made me aware of an interview with Digg’s CEO, Jay Adelson. Here it is–happy viewing!
MySpace & Putting all Your Eggs in one Basket
Sunday, November 26th, 2006Face it–putting all your eggs in one basket is a horrible business strategy. The more pieces of the business operations that a company controls, the better off they are. Are bands promoting themselves on myspace making the mistake of putting all their eggs in one basket? Teresa’s “The Death of Myspace” post at Blog Business […]
Web 2.0 Checklist
Friday, November 24th, 2006Want to start a web 2.0 company? If so, the Web 2.0 Checklist over at Ideas for Indeapreneurs is a great resource for you to check out. Not that it matters, but they even mentioned my own employer, Zillow.com, in their “having an unpronounceable name” section.
Business Success in 2007
Friday, November 24th, 2006The most recent Business 2.0 magazine, included a great section detailing “How to Succeed in 2007.” There were certainly some great advice from the likes of Fred Wilson, Richard Branson, Kevin Rose, and Edgar Bronfman Jr. The content isn’t up on the business 2 website yet or I would have linked to the whole articles, […]
Happy Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006So I admit…I may suffer from blog addiction. Since the great turkey dinner I had several hours ago, I’ve been browsing around the web and reading a little bit about various non profit organizations.
Northwest Harvest
One.org
CARE
World Vision
It’s great to see that Leonardo DeCaprio has re-thought his values while filming Blood Diamond (his new movie).
The joy […]
Live to Tell
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006I just turned on NBC and came across a reply of Madonna’s Confessions Tour. The “Live to Tell” video was certainly hard to ignore–it’s great when celebrities use their star power to raise awareness of tough issues (Aids in Africa in this case with her Raising Malawi orphan care initiative). We really do have so […]
If I Were the CEO of MyBlogLog, This would be My Strategy…
Monday, November 20th, 2006Disclaimer: While I have exchanged messages on MyBlogLog with CEO Scott Rafer, I have not gotten his thoughts on the future direction of the company. These are just MY OPINIONS as to what direction MBL should go–with no insider information from MBL.
I also want to note the reasons for writing this–
1) I view MyBlogLog as […]
2006 Apple Cup - UW Beats WSU
Sunday, November 19th, 2006Sorry Cougar fans, but I just have to mention what a great game yesterday’s 2006 Apple Cup was–the Dawgs won 35-32!
Yahoo! Memo
Sunday, November 19th, 2006A memo from Brad Garlinghouse, a senior VP at Yahoo!, was published in the Wall Street Journal. The subject? Yahoo! spreading their resources too thin & other organizational issues. He states that they recognize the existing problems:
We lack a focused, cohesive vision for our company
We lack clarity of ownership and accountability
We lack decisiveness
I certainly recommend […]
Yahoo! Buys MyBlogLog
Friday, November 17th, 2006I’m at work at the moment- but this was such cool news I had to at least mention it (I’ll write more later tonight or this weekend). TechCrunch and Mashable are both reporting that MyBlogLog has been bought by Yahoo! for around $10 million. MyBlogLog is one of the most promising Web 2.0 companies out […]
Zillow Featured on the Scoble Show
Thursday, November 16th, 2006Robert Scoble visited the Zillow offices several weeks ago, right before the Blog Business Summit. He posted two videos filmed during his visit on the Scoble Show today–one with our CFO & VP of Marketing, Spencer Rascoff, and another with 4 of our talented developers.
Are You a “Connector”? And If So, Do you Blog?
Wednesday, November 15th, 2006Sorry for another short post with little insight, but Fred Wilson keeps cranking out great posts–the latest is titled “Connectors.” Fred mentions that connections are key to the VC industry (weird). However, the interesting part of the post is the effect blogging has had on his ability to network and connect people–he says blogging “has […]
Why Blog???
Wednesday, November 15th, 2006I’ve covered this subject a little bit before, but this is seriously VERY cool! A collage of great reasons to blog (you can download the PDF here). Go show this to the execs in your company–help all of us bloggers evangelize blogging!
I must admit, I found it here–but I’ve now added CK’s Blog to my […]
Blog Police
Sunday, November 12th, 2006There is a great conversation going on over on Dave Taylor’s blog regarding Wordpress acting as a blog police by not allowing wordpress users to post sponsored or paid blog entries. I think I agree with Jason Preston’s comment:
I think Wordpress.com’s actions, especially after the clarification, are completely reasonable.
They set up a service based on […]
The Evolution of Marketing is the Rising Importance of Customer Service
Friday, November 10th, 2006WOW. This post, titled “Customer Service is the New Marketing” by Brad at Union Square Ventures (and inspired by coffee with Craig Newmark of Craigslist), really hits home with me. In the web 2.0 environment, where companies are focusing on site users to spread word of mouth, I think customer service is critically important. Strong customer service […]
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