http://news.grokdotcom.com/around-the-net/today-include.rssVote for the most valuable marketing posts of the day, week, and month!en-gbMon, 05 Jan 2009 18:52:21 -0000http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/your-january-reading-list/1495/http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/your-january-reading-list/1495/I don’t do many “Hey! Read This!” posts like this these days, but some rules are made to be broken. And Tamar’s list of the best marketing articles/blog posts from 2008 deserves to be the exception: Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2008 I’m honored tMon, 05 Jan 2009 14:16:34 -0000http://www.grokdotcom.com/2009/01/05/calling-all-sports-fans-espncom-gets-redesign/http://www.grokdotcom.com/2009/01/05/calling-all-sports-fans-espncom-gets-redesign/ESPN.com - 2009 first major redesign In the first major redesign of the new year, ESPN.com unveils it’s latest redesign today, after two weeks in “private” Beta for it’s Insider subscribers.  Despite the two week focus group, today’s redesign doesn’tMon, 05 Jan 2009 20:34:22 -0000http://feeds.copyblogger.com/~r/Copyblogger/~3/G4uFlkWIA0g/http://feeds.copyblogger.com/~r/Copyblogger/~3/G4uFlkWIA0g/ Long gone are the debates from 2004-2006 about whether making money from a blog is ok. Now, instead of “should” it’s more a question of “how.” Ironically, the original blog monetization strategy of choice — advertisements — is the one that continuesMon, 05 Jan 2009 08:11:48 -0000http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/big-list-of-2008-recap-posts/1489/http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/big-list-of-2008-recap-posts/1489/This is a collection of 2008 year-in-review lists, articles, and blog posts that are at least somewhat related to online marketing, doing business online, running a small business, and the like. You all responded so favorably to last year’s Big List Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:21:35 -0000http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ducttapemarketing/nRUD/~3/gzSNPlJewAg/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ducttapemarketing/nRUD/~3/gzSNPlJewAg/This content from: Duct Tape Marketing Get Closer to Your Customers Now What the heck, the phone’s not ringing like it was this time last year, something must be up. In good times it’s easy to get lazy and one of the first things to go is that genuinMon, 05 Jan 2009 15:41:00 -0000http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1504-beauty-is-more-important-in-computing-thanhttp://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1504-beauty-is-more-important-in-computing-thanBeauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity. —David Gelernter, Machine Beauty: Elegance and the Heart of Technology Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:00:00 -0000http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/damn/~3/503813950/when-ad-targeting-goes-bad.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/damn/~3/503813950/when-ad-targeting-goes-bad.htmlI'm a huge fan of Hulu -- because it works, but mostly because they are the first company to prove to the ailing/blind entertainment industry that there is an intelligent path to thrive (if they stop fighting the future and...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:04:13 -0000http://www.maryschmidt.com/2009/01/05/the-obligatory-new-years-resolution-advice/http://www.maryschmidt.com/2009/01/05/the-obligatory-new-years-resolution-advice/Lists, tips, lists, more tips…consultant happy talk…”experts” guidance…blah-blah-blahhh… I love lists. I love lists of tips. But, here’s the thing. You’ve got to actually do something for anything to happen. So, write down one thing for today. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:00:00 -0000http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CompeteBlog/~3/FXPZN0F063o/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CompeteBlog/~3/FXPZN0F063o/Everyone knows about Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but few have heard about “Green Monday,” which is designated as the second Monday of December. Green Monday may be relatively obscure because it was named by eBay in a marketing campaign for late-seMon, 05 Jan 2009 17:15:00 -0000http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1505-where-should-we-take-37signals-live-wedhttp://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1505-where-should-we-take-37signals-live-wedWhere should we take 37signals Live? We’d like to do more live audio/video content, but what sort of topics or content or concepts would you like to see us cover in 2009? Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:43:49 -0000http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/rss-feed-is-fixed-i-think/1493/http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/rss-feed-is-fixed-i-think/1493/I’m not 100% positive, but I believe the RSS feed for this blog is now fixed. The feed’s URL now shows content, not a 404 error message. Hopefully that ugly “0 readers” in the widget at left will be back to normal by tomorrow. Thanks to all who emailMon, 05 Jan 2009 19:35:45 -0000http://feeds.womma.org/~r/womma/~3/503658288/http://feeds.womma.org/~r/womma/~3/503658288/With declines in viewership, subscriptions and recall of traditional channels, it will be more important than ever for marketers to cut through the noise and separate the hype from the truth about what the social Web is all about. With the uncertaintMon, 05 Jan 2009 19:35:48 -0000http://feeds.womma.org/~r/womma/~3/503658285/http://feeds.womma.org/~r/womma/~3/503658285/As more and more nonprofits take advantage of social media sites to connect with supporters and enthusiasts, security concerns are rising more to the forefront. Ken Pappas of TechNewsWorld sees a rash of new cyber-threats emerging in response to growMon, 05 Jan 2009 19:35:50 -0000http://feeds.womma.org/~r/womma/~3/503658281/http://feeds.womma.org/~r/womma/~3/503658281/One might have expected 2008 to bring a great many social marketing success stories, given the huge, engaged audiences amassed by the likes of Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, and Twitter. In other words, creating campaigns for social platforms is hard wMon, 05 Jan 2009 19:35:53 -0000http://feeds.womma.org/~r/womma/~3/503658277/http://feeds.womma.org/~r/womma/~3/503658277/Next week Forterra will release a white paper detailing the results of a joint experiment with members of The Masie Center's Learning Consortium on the use of training via virtual worlds. While the purpose of the study was to examine employee develoMon, 05 Jan 2009 19:35:59 -0000http://feeds.womma.org/~r/womma/~3/503658273/http://feeds.womma.org/~r/womma/~3/503658273/According to an annual report from WOMMA member company, ForeSee Results, Amazon.com and Netflix.com top the Online Retail Satisfaction Index. Overall customer satisfaction with sites such as Circuit City, Gap, Home Depot, HSN, Neiman Marcus, and OveMon, 05 Jan 2009 22:54:59 -0000http://blogs.omniture.com/2009/01/05/measuring-the-impact-of-rias-allurent-partnership-with-omniture/http://blogs.omniture.com/2009/01/05/measuring-the-impact-of-rias-allurent-partnership-with-omniture/I recently had the chance to sit down with Graeme Grant, COO of Allurent. Allurent delivers innovative Rich Internet Application (RIA) capabilities that drive impressive business results for online retailers like Borders. As Allurent recently partner