Month: June 2008

  • Pitches that miss the mark

    I got a hilariously off topic pitch from a PR firm today to the Financial Aid Podcast. “Financial Aid Podcast Feature Topic – New Proposal Offers Free Cell Phone Headsets To Motorists Ticketed Under New Cell Phone Ban Law” Christopher, Here’s some information for a timely and interesting feature topic. The release below details how

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  • Woopra!

    I just got the Financial Aid Podcast approved for a beta of Woopra. Oh. my. goodness. This really is web analytics porn. There’s no better way to describe just how neat this is. Did you enjoy this blog post? If so, please subscribe right now! Get this and other great articles from the source at

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  • Zemanta is the coolest thing yet

    Image via Wikipedia Hat tip to Mashable – I found the Zemanta plugin for WordPress, which is just astonishing. It suggests contextually relevant content from around the web for your blog, all in a useful little sidebar. Let’s say I’m blogging about Sallie Mae, my archrival. Just by putting those words in my post, their

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  • Social Media and Business Ethics

    Social Media and Business Ethics Prior to my involvement in social media and new media, customers were exactly that – just customers. Rows in a database, indexed by various criteria, points of data making a beautiful line, so to speak. As an online business, my company, the Student Loan Network, never had to really deal

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  • Gas stabilizers, hurricanes, and $6 gas

    It’s hurricane season beginning today. A bunch of folks are predicting above-average activity, meaning more hurricanes than average. We’re already at $4/gallon for gasoline. How much would gasoline go up if we get another Katrina? Gas before Katrina was in the $2.25 range. Then it leaped to $3, $3.50 in places before the markets resumed

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