A Fun Way to Spend a Saturday: Going to BarcampDC
October 17, 2008 :: Steve FisherMany people may not have heard of BarCamp. It is a strange word if you haven’t ever heard someone explain it.
What is a “BarCamp”?
BarCamp DC is an ad-hoc unconference and is part of the larger BarCamp movement. While there are topics suggested for discussion, there is no set agenda until everyone gathers. Attendees are required [...]
Upcoming Event: SocialDevCamp East on 11/01
October 16, 2008 :: Steve FisherSocialDevCamp East is the Unconference for Thought Leaders of the Future Social Web.
Following up on the successful premiere of SocialDevCampEastSpring2008, held in Baltimore in May, SocialDevCamp East Fall 2008 once again invites east coast developers and technology business leaders to come together for a thoughtful discussion of the ideas and technologies that will drive the [...]
Network Solutions “How To” Series: How to Get Online
October 15, 2008 :: Steve FisherMany people are familiar with the “how to” sites out there like WonderHowTo.com, eHow.com and ExpertVillage. These sites offer a variety of cool and sometimes funny videos on how to make things, perform certain tasks or make like easier for you.
In a similiar vein, we here at Network Solutions decided that there were some things [...]
Social Media Campaign Success - Olympic Bloggers
October 14, 2008 :: Steve FisherAt this year’s Olympic Games in Beijing we saw world records shattered including Michael Phelps amazing eight gold medals won beating Carl Lewis and Mark Spitz for the most won in one Olympic games. Michael Phelps is from my hometown of Baltimore so I am very proud.
Another person who is very proud is Rohit Bhargava, [...]
Almost Live from Blog World Expo : Lara Kulpa Ginkgoconsulting.com
October 8, 2008 :: Shashi BellamkondaGinkgo Consulting is an SEO marketing firm but Lara is also a Virtual Assistant for Darren Rowse. Ginkgo is a new firm and they focus on web site overhauls to tune the
She points out that there are three things they should do when doing an overhaul or getting online:
1.) Add a blog
2.) Give something away
3.) [...]
Almost Live From Blog World Expo : Marissa Louie and Duc Haba of Ad-Village.com
October 7, 2008 :: Shashi BellamkondaAd Village is a new ad platform for bloggers that gives back 80-100% of ad revenue back to bloggers. They use crowdsourcing to refine the methods that people advertise on blogs and use sophistcated analytics to target better than ever. They just launched at Blog World and they have tons of sponsors with a team [...]
Building your Brand 101 Series
October 6, 2008 :: cbensenMy first series was an outline of Building your Business Online and listed the steps to get a presence established online. The last step was marketing. Establishing your brand online is a bit different than doing it for a brick & mortar. The virtual world allows for more creativity but it also offers some new [...]
A Must Attend Event in Atlanta if you have a Small Business
October 3, 2008 :: cbensenWith all of the concern about the possible recession, small business owners are wondering how they can compete. I’ve been writing about the importance of your brick & mortar small business having a presence online. That is a start, but without maximizing your efforts, you won’t see the most return.
People are finding that there are [...]
Almost Live from Blog World Expo : Sarah Carr of Mindtouch.com
October 3, 2008 :: Shashi BellamkondaMindTouch is an open source Wiki solution, but make no mistake, they are a serious company with a for-profit business model that has produced one of the top Wiki products out on the market today. I personally have done many Wiki implementations and I can tell you that MindTouch is easy to install, configure and [...]
Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy to speak at Web 3.0 Conference
October 2, 2008 :: cbensenWe all refer to Web 2.0 and have a sense for what that means to us. But many are starting to consider Web 3.0. Our own Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy will be speaking at the upcoming Web 3.0 Conference in mid October in Santa Clara, California. He will be on a panel discussing Knowledge Discovery from [...]
