Archive for January, 2010
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-31
RT @jacaldwell: woo hoo! MP Peter Kwaku of Ghana has selected me 2 move $19.5m out of Ghana b/c he trusts me. (Some folks have all the luck) # What's the best way to advertise consulting services without spamming? # . @VBalasubramani Yeah. I'm trying to blog more, and it's not working. # . @spamfighter666 [...]
Marketers are like teenagers
Image via Wikipedia Have you ever noticed how teenagers want to “be my own person!” and not “follow the crowd” even as they rush to do so? For everything ranging from their hairstyles and clothes to their cars and leisure activities, teenagers find stress in fitting in. Marketers are a lot like that too. Everyone [...]
Ken Magill Leaves Penton
I’m glad that my friend Al Iverson posted about Ken Magill leaving Penton Media. For some reason I never got this week’s copy of his email newsletter. I’m also really happy to see Ken go. There was nothing quite so sad as finding an email detailing the hack journalistic exploits of the town drunk trying [...]
How is this a win for Comcast?
Image via Wikipedia Well, I have gotten in a question about last night’s post on the e360 v Comcast settlement. The question comes anonymously, and asks me to explain remarks found in this post on usenet. That post quotes the final paragraph and says: I don’t understand that point of view. As far as I [...]
Settlement in Comcast v. e360Insight
Image via Wikipedia I’ve got a lot of catching up to do on Spamsuite.com, but there is a new document up there tonight. It appears that there has been a settlement filed in Comcast‘s counter-claim against David Linhardt and his (multiple) email marketing (and hosting) companies. I have a bit of analysis up there at [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-17
Finally kicked a bit of writer's block and am writing # RT @jacaldwell: @spamtacularcom Magill calling you "respectful" http://idek.net/wc5 (Classic Ken! And really we should all be respectful) # Got my American Red Cross instructor certifications in CPR for the Professional, Emergency 02 Administration, & Bloodborne Pathogens today # Can I now say that there [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-10
Finally getting the computers turned on after working with electricity all morning long. # "The reputation systems don't pay any attention to business models. They pay attention to results." http://bit.ly/6WR0MK # Thanks for RTs & Reposts @Jonathan_Kantor , @jacaldwell , @Port25Solutions, @tabsharani, @aliverson , and @Annalivia02 # New business cards from @Zazzle have arrived. A [...]
White Paper: Top 10 Delivery Tips for 2010
Image by Getty Images via Daylife As you may, or may not know, I left my former position as Director of ISP Relations for Informz, Inc., and have taken the plunge by starting the new year out as a consultant. Now what, may I ask you, is a more “consultant-y” thing to do than release [...]
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Image via Wikipedia One of the hardest things for marketers who claim to understand what they are doing is actually act like it. For people who supposedly understand that there is a flood of things to look at and listen to, they sometimes act as though theirs is the only message out there to be [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-03
Is it just me or is AOL's postmaster site not responding this morning? # . @douglim Exactly so. I guess it's just the URLs in the emails. Thanks. # .@amandaberkey They're all in mourning over yesterday's football loss. # Would it be overly pedantic to point out that the decade doesn't actually end until the [...]
