Good advice, beautifully said, as usual, by doc . "To me the best of blogging isn’t measured by influence, popularity, traffic or the money that measurement of those bring in the from advertising. In fact, I’m not sure what makes blogging good is measurable at all. That’s because what makes makes blogging good is nothing more than being interesting, useful or both. .. "What makes a snowball roll is not influence. It’s participation. Barns are not raised by neighbors in thrall of “A-list” farmers. They are raised by people who know how to build barns, and who know and work with the farmer who needs the barn."
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social marketing - contest mashupFrom: allied.blogspot.com
Post Date: 2007-10-16 07:04:00
Cool idea for a contest pointed out over at Blog Nation . Leave it to those smart Canadians to think up an interactive where’s waldo hunt to promote a book, called The Frozen Thames , by Helen Humphreys. Questfortheicefox.com details the contest, which mashes up GoogleMyMaps and Facebook for a virtual treasure hunt that will award the winner a $2,000 travel voucher . I took an interactive approach to book reading when I started Gonzo Engaged in 2001 to chronicle my reading of Gonz...
more This City Just Doesn’t Get ItFrom: allied.blogspot.com
Post Date: 2007-10-14 21:13:00
Southern Metroginormous cities like Atlanta, which a few decades ago were towns without millions draining resources like mosquitoes at a blood mobile, have a hard time grasping when it’s time to DO something about a problem. Atlanta public officials are famous for letting problems fester and grow from annoyances into crises before they even think about dealing with them. Hence our dire situation in Georgia currently, and in Atlanta specifically: We’re gonna run out of water . "...
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