Flickr Source: David Harber by-nd/2.0 Contests are a great way to spread the word and spark excitement about a campaign. They can increase your audience reach, reward your fans and get people talking about you. But contests don’t run themselves; they need to be...
Want a stylish mustache for Movember? Boxcar Marketing is offering mustaches in exchange for donations. Step 1: Donate to my Mo’space page http://ca.movember.com/mospace/621500/ Step 2: Send me an email or post in the comments the link to your avatar. Step 3: We...
At some point with one of the iTunes upgrades there was a change to how the internet tethering works. For the last couple of weeks, I have not been able to connect to the internet by tethering my iPhone. My details: * Fido plan with unlimited data...
Friday, October 8 was Vancouver’s 3rd Interesting event. Interesting was founded in London, UK by Russell Davies and now has chapters around the world. Friend and former Vancouverite Brett Macfarlane founded the Vancouver chapter and kicked off the event this...
Just 16% of folks online generate 80% of the messages posted about products and services, according to Forrester Research’s Josh Bernoff and Ted Schadler, authors of Empowered: Unleash Your Employees, Energize Your Customers, and Transform Your Business....
October 1, 2010, was the second BookCamp Vancouver and it was a great success! Thank you to Crissy Campbell, our behind-the-scenes project manager extraordinaire, and the members of the organizing committee: John Maxwell, Sean Cranbury and Cynara Geissler. A big...
The second BookCamp Vancouver is this Friday, October 1. BookCamp is a conference that brings together 250 members from the technology and publishing industries to talk about digital aspects of book publishing and how online media is changing the game. The early days...
Starting Friday, I’m teaching at Simon Fraser University. PUB 355-4 explores online promotion and marketing in the creative economy with a focus on publishers. Students will learn about the formulation and analysis of marketing strategy, approaches to...
You can ignore this message. I’m testing the schedule post function because there seems to be a conflict with the server time and the localization settings. Dreary, I know. Skip down and enjoy the AT&T post instead.
This montage of AT&T ads came from a 1993 Newsweek CD-ROM, when Newsweek thought that one day, magazines would be sent to you in CD-ROM form, sponsored with ads. It’s an interesting view of the future. What is your business promising?