CNN: Send Us Your Racist Comments, We’ll Post Them On Our Site!

January 29, 2008

While CNN has been falling out of favor with me (I find them to be extremely sensationalistic, which is why I now gravitate towards MSNBC), I tend to alternate between CNN.com and MSNBC.com throughout the day to find quick news updates. When I headed over to that site just a few moments ago, I [...]

Read the full article →

Gallup: Opening Up The Electoral Process With Social Media

January 29, 2008

The great “predictors” of “what’s next” are always looking to tout “the next thing.”
2008, in particular, is rumored to be the “Year of Open Data.” 2008 also happens to be, I don’t know if you’ve heard, a presidential election year. I know, hold back your surprise. You must be asking yourself, “why hasn’t [...]

Read the full article →

Say It With Me: “Bloggers Are People”

January 28, 2008

The New York Times, what one might call a “traditional media outlet,” has decided to pick up a story that’s been circulating on many prominent marketing blogs over the course of the last ten or so days.
The story in question involves Target’s new ads, and a complaint by blogger Amy Jussel of ShapingYouth. Amy [...]

Read the full article →

Cha-cha-cha-cha-changes

January 27, 2008

What do I love more: video mash-ups or classic rock?
Why not mash-up videos that are based on music classics?
This one’s great. Everyone’s talking change these days, so why not make a music video out of it? Pretty fun.

Though it’s not quite up to par with this old one that I found this weekend. [...]

Read the full article →

1-800-Contacts and Google AdWords/David Beats Me To This Post As I Was Typing It

January 10, 2008

One of my favorite blogs is the Technology & Marketing Law Blog.  Why?  Because I like technology and marketing, and love learning about the legal implications of the things I do.  And yes, I have a disease.
1-800-Contacts (a site that I never use because my vision is so horrific, I actually can’t use contact lenses.  [...]

Read the full article →

Do You Include You Blog URL During Outreach?

January 8, 2008

One of the better ways of eliciting positive responses from bloggers when you perform outreach is to have it be known that you, yourself, are a blogger.  Bloggers then know that you’re “one of them” and that you understand what it’s like to blog and get “pitched” (I actually kind of hate it, and I [...]

Read the full article →

Our Moment Is Now

January 3, 2008

We can do something truly amazing today.

Technorati Tags: Obama, Barack Obama, politics, 2008, iowa, primary, election, caucus

Read the full article →

Weirdest Campaign Ad This Cycle

January 2, 2008

There’s been some crazy ones, but this takes the prize:

An attack ad on Chuck Norris?
Is that supposed to be funny, negative, or what?
Just…bizarre…
Technorati Tags: Romney, Huckabee, Iowa, YouTube, attack ad, bizarre, Chuck Norris

Read the full article →

Thinking About Campaign E-mails/Patrick Ruffini is Right

January 2, 2008

Yes, sometimes I even agree with those on “the other side.”
One of those people is usually Patrick Ruffini.
Yesterday, Patrick wrote an amazing post, entitled “E-mail’s Moment of Truth.”  In it, he points to the burst of last-minute fundraising appeals by candidates mere hours before the moment of truth in Iowa tomorrow.
He says:
“For many campaigns, it’s [...]

Read the full article →

Sick

December 18, 2007

My apologies for the lack of posting in the last few days.  I’m battling everything they list on the Nyquil box.
Hope everyone’s well.

Read the full article →

Hillary’s Pollster Polls Her E-mail List, Doesn’t Say Who Or Why

December 13, 2007

Interesting piece from TechPresident today:
“Hillary Clinton’s online operation is adapting the traditional tactics of polling and direct mail to survey subscribers of the campaign’s email list.  Political campaigns have always contacted donors and potential supporters via phone polls or direct mail appeals, but Clinton’s campaign is going one step further, applying similar techniques to obtain [...]

Read the full article →

Where Will I Be Tonight? The DC Blogger Meetup, Of Course!

December 12, 2007

Kami Huyse and Geoff Livingston have organized a small, informal blogger meetup tonight.
Check out Kami’s post if you’d like to attend.  It’s from 6 to 8:30 PM tonight, at Piola.
Looking forward to meeting everyone!

Read the full article →

How Accurate is the Blog Readability Test/What Does It Mean?

December 11, 2007

It’s caught fire on Twitter: a test that lets you know the reading level of your blog.
This is me:

It works pretty fast — in mere seconds.  It’s got me wondering: what’s the criteria here?  Word length?  Paragraph length?  Letters per word?
First, I did some quick pings to test accuracy.  Some results:
1) CNN.com: Junior High School
2) [...]

Read the full article →

Can’t Misses for December 10th

December 10, 2007

And just as soon as the weekend approaches,  it’s gone.
A few things that have my attention this morning:
1. Andrew Sullivan: One Way To Look At The Election: Andrew Sullivan takes a similar look at Google Trends, Ron Paul and Hillary Clinton.
2. The McCain campaign releases a Keynote presentation of their strategy: I’ve seen a few [...]

Read the full article →

The Swift Kids Are Back!

December 7, 2007

Oh, how I love these:

Technorati Tags: Hillary Clinton, cookie, cookies, swift kids, swift boat, Rudy Giuliani, 9/11

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →