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Most amazing time lapse video (via @laughingsquid)
via vimeo.com
Great music and looks incredible on full screen (on an iMac, at least). Would gladly purchase the DVD of this.
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I'm given Gladwell's Outliers
My father just gave me a copy of Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. It was supposed to be here for my birthday in August, but everywhere - even amazon! - was out of stock.
Read the first chapter this morning and looking forward to devouring the rest. I find Gladwell immensly readable and fascinating. I read a friend's copy of Tipping Point and didn't want to give it back, and I read about half of Blink in the Waterstones in Heathrow Terminal 2 - still need to pick that up.
Recently, Gladwell got some bad press in the Social Media scene for his review of Chris Anderson's Free (which I did get for my birthday - more on this another time) and on the whole I would agree with Seth Godin's response. But that doesn't mean his writing is invalidated and I going to probably finish Outliers in a week or so.
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New Marketing Labs > Article > 5 Things Small Business Owners Should Do Today Online
Start a blog – I can’t think of any simpler website technology to start and master, and there are cheap and free platforms readily available. Why a blog? Because they’re easy to create, because they’re easy to update, because they encourage repeat visits, and because you can use them in many flexible ways. Need a good website address (URL)? Pick a name out at Ajaxwhois.com, which lets you search many variations at the same time. Then, click through to buy the domain at GoDaddy.com, and then decide if you want to buy hosting there, or from another site. The company Bloghost.me, run by my friend Andy Quayle, offers $10/year hosting for WordPress blogs. I think that’s pretty reasonable. You? Start listening – People are talking about you. Find out where they are and who they are. When you’re done with that, start finding new business opportunities. People tweeting or blogging about being in your neck of the woods? Reach out, if it makes sense. Free advice on how to grow bigger ears. Try Twitter OR Facebook – Let’s not rush things. Facebook has many more users, but it’s a bit harder to find customers, prospects, partners and colleagues. Twitter is easier to use and faster to connect with people, but there are far fewer users on there today. I’ll let you choose. If you go with Facebook, make a personal account under your own name, and then start a fan page for your business. Get the word out – If you’re going to spend time building these social sites, let’s presume that you want more people to contact you and interact with you through them. Print business cards with the company name, and/or the request for people to join your fan page or follow you on Twitter. Extra points if you give them a social-media-tool-only discount of some kind. Try moving the needle – now lets really get crazy. See if you can fill the place up with social-media minded folks. Okay, this won’t work for every business, but don’t be too quick to count out the idea. Let’s try inviting them to a store-only special event, or let’s give them a discount code. You know, the stuff you already know how to do. Any difference in the results? See if you can do some kind of really special one-day-only push, and what that brings to you.
Great article from the New Marketing Labs' Chris Brogan. I found about this via their email newsletter. Follow the link and sign up.
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10 Twitter Surfing tactics
Twitter Surfing: Jumping from one Twitter Profile to another via a the profile pictures under 'Following' - usually for the purpose of finding more Twitterers to follow.
10 tactics for Twitter surfing.
- By Star Wars (or other themed surf) - The coolest but difficult to perpetuate as not everyone is considerate enough to use a Star Wars themed profile. @darthvader @starwars @jasonswank
- By Logo - Follow the branding - though not everyone using a logo is actually anything to do with the company the logo belongs to. @microsoft @google
- By Famous person - Alot of fun, but as above, not everyone is who they say they are. @danny_devito @eddieizzard
- By Cuteness - The most common surf late at night when young men are feeling lonely.
- By Facial expression - Vacant, vacuous, supercilious or smiling are all prolific states.
- By Weirdness - Surprisingly ease to find...
- By Colour of picture - Why? Why would you do this?
- By Names beginning with a particular letter - Meh...
- By People who look like someone you went to school with - Everyone looks like someone I went to school with.
- By People who actually are someone you went to school with - Very difficult unless your school mates are very cool and wired. @caspar1
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What is SoulPancake? Intro vid (@imjustcreative)
via soulpancake.com
An engaging intro vid from SoulPancake. Agree with the sentiment on Spirituality being to important to fluff around with. Will be watching this site with interest.
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