I just got back from the first PulverCamp/TwitterCamp SL Conference in Pulveria, Jeff Pulver’s island in Second Life. Interesting, great discussions with Britney Mason, Justine Ezarik, Chris Pirillo, and Chris Brogan. Talk about Playstation, virtual worlds, brand decentralization, Feedburner, and more. Some new ideas to consider going forward. Without Twitter, this event might not [...]

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iTunes finally updated - the consensus seems to be that the charts were delayed due to AppleTV’s release and subsequent traffic storm to the iTunes store.
US Rock #11
US Overall #99
Canada Rock #10
Canada Overall #53
Netherlands Rock # 2
Sweden Rock #7
Germany Rock #12
Germany #73 Overall
Holland #15 Overall
Norway #55 Overall
Norway Rock #10
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BRTC is winding down on the East Coast as a lot of folks pack off to bed. Overall, the results of the campaign were good, especially for a first effort of its class. Could they have been better? Absolutely. Could they have been worse? Absolutely. Here’s some thoughts and initial lessons learned.
First, I would have [...]

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After more than a month of intensive work, preparation, marketing, and craziness, Bum Rush the Charts is here. You know what you have to do.

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John Wall and I did the second beta test episode of Marketing Over Coffee this morning at a Dunkin’ Donuts in Natick. Today’s topic was Bum Rush the Charts, and I thought I’d blog a little about the marketing efforts going on behind the scenes, plus some thoughts so far.
First, a huge thank you to [...]

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Chris Brogan and I have been discussing the four rules of PodCamp and have agreed to expand this ruleset to include one more rule for current and future PodCamps, to insure continued trust from the new media community:
Rule 5: The financials of a PodCamp must be fully disclosed in an open ledger, except for any [...]

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I’m going to PodCruise. Hell, I’m sponsoring. This is such an awesome idea - because after you factor in hotel and meals, attending a PodCamp usually costs a fair penny anyway.
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At last count this evening, MySpace is about to overtake, in terms of “population” the nation of Pakistan. Now, some would argue that the raw number of MySpace profiles is not an accurate count of how many people actually use the service, but I’d argue that population census surveys aren’t all that accurate anyway - [...]

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Trust is the foundation of a relationship, and transparency is the currency of trust. Transparency is the open sharing of information among parties involved. I’ll start off by saying this:
People prefer transparency in a relationship and a lack of transparency outside of that relationship. As transparency increases, trust increases, and the converse is also true.
Think [...]

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Out sick today, but that’s okay. One thing that caught my admittedly drowsy eye was this - be aware of whitespace around words, especially links you create. Which will look better to a search robot, particularly one that isn’t terribly smart?

Another post on the Financial Aid Podcast…
Another post on the Financial Aid Podcast …

The answer [...]

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