Entries from October 2009

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Nominated for an Open Web Award…

Yesterday I saw the message above appear in my Twtitter stream. To my complete shock, I had been nominated for “Best Blogger to Follow” on Mashable’s Open Web Awards. So, even though this is totally getting filed in the not-like-I-think-this-would-really-happen-or-anything category, I’ve been encouraged to post something about it here, and suggest that perhaps you, [...]

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Make More *UN*social Web Applications

Do you like Reggaeton? This was a question an old friend asked me while visiting in L.A. We’re both from Boston, where most people have never heard of Reggaeton. And I hadn’t either, until I moved to Southern California. If you don’t know what Reggaeton is, it’s: A form of urban music that became popular [...]

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Mad Men by Annie Leibovitz

Not that this has anything to do with marketing specifically, but I couldn’t resist.

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Flawless Application

This is a terrific initiative by Estee Lauder, seamlessly combining live + digital. From AdAge: The venerable Estee Lauder cosmetics brand has found a seemingly natural way to connect with social media: offering free makeovers and photo shoots at its department-store cosmetics counters coast-to-coast to produce shots women can use for their online profiles. The [...]

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Interview on Social Media, the Music Industry, & more

A quick interview with the Podcast Asylum done at AdWeek’s  Social Media Strategies 2009 conference a few weeks back. Hilary Read, EWI‘s VP of Creative adds her thoughts as well.