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Social Media and the Mom-and-Pop Shop

By on Thursday, April 7th, 2011 | No Comments

Get Satisfaction CEO Thor Muller spoke at the Oakland Digital Literacy Center’s social media symposium for small business. Great excerpt from his blog post about small business and social media: [M]y father, a long-time restaurateur in San Jose, California, is currently in the process of resurrecting a restaurant called Lou’s Village after several years of [...]

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GoDaddy CEO Slaughters Endangered Elephant, Posts Video, Wrecks GoDaddy’s Brand

By on Thursday, March 31st, 2011 | No Comments

GoDaddy CEO Bob Parson’s relishes being a polarizing figure with his tits-and-ass fake controversy approach to selling commodity services like domain registration, advocating for torture and now posting a video of him killing an endangered elephant while vacationing in Zimbabwe. PETA and other animal advocacy groups are changing their registrars and NamesCheap is making a [...]

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Why A Blog Won’t Help Your Business

By on Thursday, March 31st, 2011 | No Comments

Veteran business blogger Rich Brooks unravels the ZOMFG BLOGS ARE MAGICAL fruit punch: A blog won’t help your business. Just like that StairMaster gathering dust in your basement won’t make you thin. Or a hammer won’t help you build those shelves if you don’t pick it up.   … When you start blogging it can be [...]

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Facebook Cheatsheet

By on Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 | No Comments

You’re not crazy: Facebook’s interface is hard to learn. Sure posting things and sharing is pretty straighforward, but if you want to figure out what goes where and who can see it, that is a bit more of a challenge. I took some time on the plane to Charlotte to put together a cheatsheet. Click [...]

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Nick Cernis on Online Business Models

By on Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 | No Comments

Great essay from Nick Cernis about the end of free content. The reality is this: while many people are building profitable businesses by leveraging their content, hardly anyone is profiting directly from the content itself. To me, that’s a real shame. More importantly than that, though: Traditional online business models force a conflict of interest: [...]

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James Arthur Ray Sweat Lodge Deaths: ‘It’s a Good Day to Die’

By on Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 | No Comments

James Arthur Ray was one my favorites of all the Attractionbots. Too bad he’s evidently an out-of-control maniac with a God-complex: The police report for the sweat lodge deaths at Ray’s retreat is out. The New York Times has the full document. 3 dead. 20 had heat-related injures (1 woman had scorched lungs). 3/4 of [...]

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