Monday, September 19, 2005

Direct marketing and RSS. How Direct Marketing Needs to Change for the Marketing Future. With marketing slowly transforming from a clear “push” to a “semi-pull” model, one has to wonder how direct marketing will need to evolve to survive on the long-term. In this article, we take a look at some of the possibilities, especially in relation to RSS. Direct and Related Links for 'How Direct Marketing Needs to Change for the Marketing Future' By rss_feedback@lockergnome.com (Rok Hrastnik). [Lockergnome's RSS & Atom Tips] 9:39:37 PM

You have your weblog set up and you have an RSS feed. Now what? Taking the Easier Route to Generating RSS Subscribers. RSS is certainly still far from being user-friendly, which is especially evident once you try and left-click on an RSS subscribe button. If you don’t want to waste potential subscribers, what other alternatives do you have? And what are the best ways of generating RSS feed subscribers? Direct and Related Links for 'Taking the Easier Route to Generating RSS Subscribers' By rss_feedback@lockergnome.com (Rok Hrastnik). [Lockergnome's RSS & Atom Tips] 9:38:24 PM

If you are an entrepreneur, you should be writing a weblog. Incidentally, this is an example of how Memeorandum makes it easier to follow conversations across weblogs. Global PR Blog Week 2.0:   Adding Your Voice to the Conversation. Why CEOs Should Blog. Adding Your Voice to the Conversation.  Why CEOs Should Blog  —  By Jeneane D. Sessum, The Content Factor |  Just how taxing is it to be one of today's chief executive officers?  Most are on call, in one form or another, nearly 24 hours a day.  According to an article in the Pocket Manager … Source:   Global PR Blog Week 2.0 Link:   http://www.globalprblogweek.com/2005/09/19/sessum-why-ceos-should-blog/ View discussion [tech.memeorandum] 9:37:13 PM

Watsawiki? elearnspace  points to a List of wikis (actually of wiki tools). Check it out. 2:44:58 PM

Getting Things Done with Google Desktop. Bob Walsh on GTD and Google Desktop, Part 1: Outlook. GTD ("Getting Things Done") is an approach to personal organization and task management that has gained an almost cult-like following in the tech and business communities. At To-Done, Walsh explains how to replace Outlook with Google's new Desktop Search (Beta 2) as a key part of your GTD routine. 2:41:30 PM

Laptops? We don't need no steenking laptops! Thumb Drives Grow Up. Linux distros that can be booted off a thumb drive LiveCD-style   Startup U3 is going to release a line of USB drives that allow users to take along their productivity environments.   Expandable thumb drives: Bonzai    [technology filter] 2:30:24 PM

Tired of having to find a coffee shop or bookstore in order to get a wireless connection? Vodafone may have some help for you. [Computerworld News] 10:20:07 AM

Ajax catching on at Microsoft, ClearNova. Just noting this because of all the attention Ajax is getting the last couple of weeks. Article quotes a Forrester researcher: "Ajax is just scripting. Although flexible and easy, it's difficult to maintain applications written with scripts because of a lack of structure... . 'It's not a silver bullet,' he noted.  [Computerworld News] 10:18:49 AM

TechCrunch reviews Memeorandum. " If you are a busy executive and only have five minutes a day to see what the blogs are saying, this is THE PLACE to come to every day." [TechCrunch] I've been using their feed for about two weeks now. It's great, but it takes some thinking to get the information you want.  Covers only tech and political issues (are there any others?). 10:11:37 AM

Web 2.0 This Week (September 11-17). TechCrunch offers this handy reminder not to take ourselves too seriously as bloggers. Woof! Tags: techcrunch, web2.0, web+2.0, delicious, del.icio.us, yahoo, google, skype, ebay, rss, ajax, blogs, blogging, tags, tagging [TechCrunch] 9:59:43 AM

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