CarbonGraffiti - Email and Online Marketing

For many of us, answering the question ‘What are you doing’ is analogous to checking our email – we do it several times a day and it’s become second nature.  But for every new social network we jump on, there are friends, families, and colleagues who will ask us ‘Why are you doing it?’

They’re questioning what drives and motivates us to open up our daily lives to anyone and everyone, when it’s possible that no one’s listening.   They can’t imagine opening a Twitter account and talking to an empty room, so why do we bother? (more…)

The Curriculum Vitae. That all-important sheet or more of paper that represents your first ever point of contact with a potential employer. Your CV is an extension of your professional self and comprehensively consolidates and highlights your professional talents and accomplishments, as well as your skills, education, previous roles and abilities. But in today’s internet-powered marketplace, isn’t an 8.5” x 11” sheet of paper just ‘Employment 1.0’?

Why submit a static, physical document when it doesn’t even include numerous glowing referrals of your past or present work?
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I really identify with Gladwell’s ‘The Tipping Point’. With web tools like Twitter available to all, positive momentum can grow within hours, not days or weeks, potentially creating a success overnight.

So the same can be said about negative momentum – where a community backlash can reach a tipping point and something starts to happen. I’m hoping that by intentionally publishing this article alongside a recent post by Elliot Jay Stocks, a new script by Chris Coyier, a dedicated upgrade campaign, and a new browser from Google (to name but a few), we’ll all be riding the crest of a large wave that sees Microsoft’s bastard child IE6 finally come crashing to a halt.
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It’s safe to say that Wordpress is now officially more than your basic blogging platform. Often touted as a basic CMS (content management system), Wordpress offers SMB’s a great opportunity to get a professional-looking website up in minutes – allowing for easy creation, updating and editing of content with little to no technical knowledge.
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Woo hoo! Pretty impressed with wordpress’ new app for iPod/iphone. I shall never have an excuse not to blog from now on. Except for wi-fi. And the iPod’s predictive multitap is excellent!
Nice work Wordpress!

Janine Popnick, CEO of Vertical Response, has just created a great list on where you should always place your opt-in form to ensure quality newsletter subscriptions. Read the full post at the VR Marketing Blog, or scroll down this post the list itself.

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Have a new blog on Wordpress.org that you want indexed ASAP? Make sure you’re pinging!

By pinging the set of URLs below, you can notify blog directories and search engines like Google that you’ve just updated your blog. The more you post, the more you’re pinged, and the more you’re pinged, the more traffic you get. If you use Google Alerts, you probably already know that this service might be one of the most understated methods of generating qualified traffic to any site, so make sure that, if nothing else, you’re pinging the Google Blog service.

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