Archive for January, 2007

StumbleVideo

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

Time suck alert!

StumbleUpon is a fun browser add-on that lets you randomly explore (and rate) all kinds of interesting and not-so-interesting Web sites. Now, StumbleVideo lets you randomly explore (and rate) all kinds of interesting and not-so-interesting video clips. It’ll help you while away a good chunk of a Sunday afternoon.

Sherpa Wisdom

Saturday, January 20th, 2007

Another goodie from Marketing Sherpa

Once again, Marketing Sherpa has assembled their annual freebee of real-life tips and wisdom from marketers. It’s 60 pages this year and available here, where you can also download wisdom from as far back as 2003.

Takeaway for marketers: Print it. Read it. It’ll be time well spent.

Quote o’ the Day

Friday, January 19th, 2007

William Wordsworth

“The best portion of a good man’s life is the little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.”
William Wordsworth

Age-O-Matic

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

Upload a monkey photo and watch THAT age!

Wondering what CareerBuilder would do as a follow-up to Monk-email? Visit the Age-O-Matic and wonder no longer.

The Price of Fame In the Internet Age

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007

You know, I kinda have to agree with that Joker thing

Rachael Ray has TV shows, books, magazine covers and more. Oprah answers her calls. Spam uses her name. She also has her detractors, many of whom have congregated over here.

“Rachael Ray is annoying for many reasons but here are a few: she is repetitive, she talks with her hands way too much, she giggles incessantly, she puts olive oil and chicken stock in everything, she wears really ugly clothing, she talks out of one side of her mouth like she’s had a stroke, she looks like ‘The Joker’ when she smiles, and she can’t stop talking about her family.”

It’s not just a Web site … it’s a community.

Takeaway for marketers: You think you can control the message? The entire message? Think again.