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Writing Content In A Web 2.0 World

You’ve heard all the hype about Web 2.0, but what does it all mean? How will it affect your business?
How do you communicate with potential readers and customers in this new era?
My free white paper, Writing Content in a Web 2.0 World, answers these questions and:

What exactly is Web 2.0?
How should your writing style change?
How [...]

eNewsletter Winners and Losers: Threadless vs. The New Republic

In the inaugural eNewsletter battle, I pitted Moosejaw vs. Cool Hunting. Today, I’m placing two more eNewsletters in a Mason jar, screwing on the cap, and shaking it until only one remains.
The winner: Threadless
Threadless is an online t-shirt manufacturer based in meat-space in my new home, sweet Chicago. They also possess an undeniable cool factor [...]

Super Bowl Ads Fumble

Hey, remember the Super Bowl and all those cool ads? Yeah, me neither.
I could have bookmarked the URLs of company’s whose ads I enjoyed or told my friends about cool microsites I experienced, but I didn’t because the web was largely forgotten in this year’s ads. URLs were printed small and almost always at the [...]

Online Life Game Amalgamations – Marketing To Detectives

Have you ever played an ARG? You might have and never known it. And it could be the most addictive thing in marketing in the last few years.
ARG stands for “Alternate Reality Game”, as written about in the January issue of Wired magazine. Just this past weekend, I stumbled upon one while trying to figure [...]

Good For Consumers (And Businesses): Social Media Gets A Glimpse Of Measurable ROI

We recently had one of the worst weeks ever. It included (but certainly wasn’t limited to) taking the car in to replace an insanely expensive hose, losing our heat during a Chicago winter, getting sideswiped by a Chicago trolley right after leaving the dealership, and the subsequent arguing with and lying from the trolley driver [...]