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Micro Persuasion

Steve Rubel explores how social media is transforming marketing, media and public relations.http://www.micropersuasion.com/

Steve Rubel is a senior marketing strategist with 15 years experience. He currently serves as senior vice president in Edelman’s me2revolution practice. Edelman is the largest independent global PR firm.

Rubel is charged with helping Edelman identify, test, incubate and champion new forms of communications that get people talking across new platforms and channels. He also explores these technologies on his well-read Micro Persuasion weblog and in a weekly column for AdAge Digital.

Widely viewed as an expert on conversational marketing, Rubel is often sought out as a speaker and appears frequently in the press. He has been named to several prestigious lists, including: Media Magazine’s Media 100, the AlwaysOn/Technorati Open Media 100 and the CNET News.com Blog 100. Prior to joining Edelman in 2006, Rubel spent five years at CooperKatz & Company.

A journey through knowledge.

Dave Cheong

A journey from Java Software Engineer to Entrepreneur and beyond

Learning when your are blogging, that what you will find out.

A world leader in the practical applications of business-narrative

http://www.anecdote.com.au/index.php

Anecdote is a consulting firm that specialises in helping organisations to tackle complex problems like organisational change, learning and project evaluation. We help to create the conditions for insight and empowerment.

Anecdote can help organisations when traditional methods have failed. Better still, we can help you to avoid failure. We use a range of contemporary but proven approaches that draw on group intelligence, participation, complexity thinking and the power of narrative. We believe that everyone in an organisation has something valuable to offer in making improvements and our techniques draw on this priceless and diverse resource.

Great gadget news, and a lot of funny things

http://gearlog.com/blogs/Gearlog/

Erstwhile Gearlog Radio hosts Robyn and Sascha have left the farm team for the big leagues: They’re now hosting PCMag Radio, available here. Along with PC Magazine’s Lance Ulanoff, Robyn says, they’ll “talk, argue, and joke about the latest happenings in tech. They draw on all the experts here at PC Magazine, and routinely pull them onto the show to discuss their latest product review or breaking news story. They bring you the news behind the headlines, and the scoop behind the reviews — and, they have fun doing it, too.”

Blog and selling place for art

http://www.artbyus.com/blogs/

Founded in March of 2004, ArtByUs.com is becoming the premier online art marketplace providing real artworks by living artists and their art representatives. The user-friendly platform allows artists to have an innovative showcase to display and sell their artwork.

With over 4000 registered sellers, ArtByUs.com creates the bridge between nationally and internationally recognized artists, artisans, photographers, fine art galleries, architects, interior designers, and art collectors.

Unlike other art and auction sites, ArtByUs.com does not allow the listing of mass produced artwork, unless the artist is selling their own high-quality, fine-art prints. Therefore you will find it easier to purchase real, original fine art, and to connect with the artists themselves. ArtByUs.com is the perfect place that provides works of art within the budget of every collector.

A Famous travel site.

http://www.gridskipper.com/

Gridskipper is the decadent guide to the best in worldwide urban travel. Hotels, restaurants, clubs, flights, and sights all get their due, but we also pay lascivious attention to sex, entertainment, events, and insider advice on where to find the hottest local debauchery. On or off the grid, Gridskipper spotlights the upscale and the underbelly of global city culture.

Advertising in Belgium

RIGHT-HALF CHOW http://ief.typepad.com/chow/

 

Born in 1975, Yves terminated his childhood by studying psychology (fortunately, his major was consumer psychology and he managed to save a part).

After his studies and internships with both Censydiam (research) and Quattro (then DMB&B) he went on to get an MBA in marketing management at the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management school (more destruction of childhood).

He stuck around Vlerick for another year researching interactive marketing and communication, and teaching the same subjects (do you see a trend here?).

Finally realising that the academic future was not for him (he could have figured that out 7 years before) he regained part of his childish interests while working as a brand strategist for The Reference.

Today he puts his curiosity at work for Saatchi & Saatchi on brands and companies such as Lexus, Carrefour, Visa, Palm, Rabobank.be, Brocom, University of Ghent, CD&V, Procter&Gamble, …

What you never knew about Boeing

http://www.boeing.com/randy/

Randy Baseler is the lucky guy who gets to travel the world talking about Boeing’s perspective on commercial aviation. As vice president of marketing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes in Seattle, Randy is always meeting with experts, analysts, and airline customers, and talking with aviation and business media.

Randy’s job is to talk about Boeing and its place in commercial aviation, and Randy’s Journal is a way to expand the conversation. He’s always thinking airplanes – even on those rare occasions when he’s not actually on an airplane. His journal is a place to share those thoughts, a dynamic place where the inside scoop about the Boeing family of commercial airplanes is combined with some images, information and insight into the commercial airplane business you won’t find anywhere else.

Throughout his career, Randy has kept a close eye on the competitive marketplace, and has helped guide Boeing’s planning and product development. He has had extensive involvement with airline customers and industry leaders in both selling and developing Boeing products.

Before he was named Vice President of Marketing, Randy was Director of Marketing for the Airline Profitability Analysis organization. He was also senior manager for the Renton Division Marketing Management organization, responsible for the Boeing 737 and 757 programs.

Randy has also developed product strategy for the 747 and 767 airplane programs. He helped develop the marketing and product strategy for the 767X, which became the Boeing 777.

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BlogWrite for CEOs

Debbie Weil on CEO blogs, writing a thought leadership blog and the corporate blogging phenomenon.

http://www.blogwriteforceos.com/blogwrite/

Debbie Weil has a unique background as a veteran journalist with an MBA and corporate marketing experience. As a consultant, speaker and trainer, she shows large companies and organizations how to brand themselves as customer- and employee-friendly as well as media-savvy… by using blogs, RSS, podcasts, wikis and other social media.

She is sometimes called the, er, MonaLisaofBlogging. And she’s an almost Top 5,000 blogger according to Technorati. To be precise, her blog ranks 5,787 out of over 45 million blogs. Her blog BlogWriteForCEOs was recently named #8 in a list of the top 25 most influential authorities on business blogging.

Debbie is the author of the forthcoming The Corporate Blogging Book: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know to Get It Right to be published in August 2006 by Penguin Portfolio. Visit the accompanying book blog where you can download a free chapter.

She is also the publisher of award-winning WordBiz Report, read by over 18,500 subscribers in 87 countries.

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Life is a venture

A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step …

http://lifeisaventure.wordpress.com/

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