Daily Archives: Monday, April 7, 2008

Congratulations, Hugh

After a weekend of avoiding endless posts by bloggers pointing to the NY Times story on how blogging can kill you, it was nice to learn* that while it may kill you, blogging can also help you land a book … Continue reading

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Social profiling students

If you are a high school or college student, here is how you are being described in the media these days: You are a super-brilliant over-achiever who scored a perfect SAT and found a cure for cancer by age 16 … Continue reading

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Statistics related to custom publishing, custom media and ‘content marketing’ in the U.S.

Over on the Custom Media Craft blog on Hammock.com, I just posted some highlights from the annual survey conducted by the Custom Publishing Council called “Characteristics Study: A Look at the Volume and Type of Custom Publications in America”. (Note: … Continue reading

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links for 2008-04-07

Using Twitter as an early-warning radar for your brand | TechCrunch Mike Arrington of TechCrunch twittered about Comcast-hell and “within 20 minutes of (his) first Twitter message (he) got a call from a Comcast executive in Philadelphia who wanted to … Continue reading

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