Content creates opportunities
07 September 2010So it's been a shade over a month since I started Meet My Followers. I've had a ton of support and retweets and all kinds of people wishing the success for the show. I've also had a couple people seriously doubt whether the show should continue. What hurts is that those folks who question it are those who I respect the most. I have to look at the results though: It's a lot of work daily to record, produce, edit, encode and blog. Yet I regularly find that it's the absolute highlight of every day. Some quick stats: Over 2,100 page views by more than 700 unique visitors from 28 countries who downloaded more than 1,000 episodes in the first 30 days of operation I've been introduced to or recommended to follow more than 3 dozen people "off air" in addition to the 2 dozen or so that were mentioned on the show who I already wasn't following I've received compliments from many people regarding my voice including someone who formerly hosted a morning radio show and a top blogger who said I missed my calling by not being in radio. All but 5 episodes have had a sponsor that are helping make the podcast possible. Those ...
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The Ren Men and SXSW
19 March 2010It's been a couple of crazy hectic weeks for me and I feel kinda bad about the fact that I've neglected this blog but hey, I'm sorry let's move on. The first bit of business I'm really excited to talk about is that I made an appearance on The Ren Men Show in last week's episode. I can not be more excited about this show and the principles that these guys are teaching and that's exactly why I decided to fly up to Las Vegas to interact with Alan and Grant and see if we couldn't learn from one another. My interview starts at 6:35 but seriously watch the entire episode. Episode 15 - The Ren Men Show from The Ren Men Show on Vimeo. These guys get lifestyle design and I couldn't be more excited about working with them in the future in some kind of capacity. Also a big shout out goes to Zach Daulton the Ren Men cameraman who I got to spend a little time with before he went to bed and the boys and I went on ...
@KadeRead – an experimental twitter account
15 February 2010Given all the news with Google's Buzz this week and the subsequent land rush of the new adopters racing to it as if it were a panacea I decided to take a peek at it. To be honest it like a lot of technologies doesn't strike me a game changing. Interesting, yes. Stolen features from two long dead micro-whatever platforms (Pownce & Jaiku) mashed together with a little bit of Twitter and Friendfeed envy baked in and you have an idea what the service actually provides. The big play here though is the install base. I get that this is an eyeballs play and that Google better than anyone can monetize eyeballs. There are just too many issues with the service and a few things I don't quite frankly grok which will prevent me from using it. I really had hoped that this platform had finally provided a solution to a request I get pretty regularly. I subscribe to over 250 RSS feeds and about a dozen blog alerts for specific terms. More than a few folks have asked me to give them the list (and I have after some slight modifications) and even more have asked me to use a ...
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Top 5 Podcasts I Benefit From
27 January 2010I listen to or watch some 30+ podcasts on a weekly basis and to be honest that's part of the reason I'm in the podcast backlog situation that I am. That stated the following question came in from James Robertson a couple of days back: That's a great question from James so here are the top 5 podcasts that I have learned the most from: 1. This Week in Tech hosted by Leo Laporte My week begins with Leo and the crew. Technology is something I love and follow with an absolute fervor but listening to some of the top minds discuss tech (and every once in a while politics and food) helps keep me appraised of what's going on out there. Specifically though this show has introduced me to great folks like Baratunde Thurston, Robert Llewellyn and got me through that dislike period with Jason Calacanis. Smart folks, talking about the tech of tomorrow is always a great investment. 2. Fast Money by CNBC Speaking of investments CNBC's Fast Money is a must watch for me. Maybe it's because I no longer work a night shift job ...
Content – Your ultimate resume and legacy
12 January 2010After a few self indulgent posts I've decided that this one will entirely be about helping you. I know from the stats and the folks who have spoken to me privately that a lot of folks reading this blog are new to social media. I also know that I primarily promote this blog on Twitter where I'm followed by a lot of sharp minds in the space. With that frame I'm going to try and speak to both sub-audiences simultaneously. The topic: content. A lot of social media folks who actually do this work professionally often feel hypocritical because they push their clients to produce content on a regular basis yet fail to do so themselves. While they can point at the fact that this is the fight they put up all day and all they want to do is watch TV or Hulu when they get home they're doing themselves a disservice. (I fell into this group in such a massive way and that's entirely why I'm taking part in the post-a-day challenge.) I would posit that content is the only thing that really lasts on the internet any longer. Ads in the form of PPC or display banners aren't ...
Student Branding TV: Having a blast with students
07 January 2010Some of you may already know that I am one of the co-hosts for the podcast "Student Branding TV". This is something I have a blast with each week and it's fun to relate to students my experience and perspective on a variety of issues that students care about. For reference here's the latest episode from SBTV: As you can see Amber and I love to mix it up and play off one another. We do one take and I do only some light editing on the content. The interesting part for me, away from being associated with a great set of writers on the blog, are the emails, tweets and other benefits I've received. Without it I wouldn't have been able to give a digital guest lecture to @drbret's class this evening. Additionally it's been a really interesting way for people to get to know me a little better. I find that this simple 2-3 hour exercise including all the editing, rendering and uploading is a lot of fun and seems to be helping build my personal brand inside the space. Honestly, if you have any ...
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