Hypewatch: “Leonardo was a blogger”

Inflated claims for technology #1:
Once you start to look for bloglike phenomena in the history of our civilization, you start to find them everywhere. The Talmudic tradition […] is […] a form of proto-blogging – scholars and thinkers debating the meaning of text passages from another era and creating commentaries, refinements, additions, and different shades [...]


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What are the seven deadly sins of writing for social media?

You are cordially invited to enter a social media experiment with me.
 
I’m speaking at the Online Marketing Show 2007 in a couple of weeks on the subject of the seven deadly sins of writing for social media.
 
Bear in mind this is a presentation to online marketing professionals and is very much in the context of [...]


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Human, warm, professional blah blah blah…

Does your site have a distinctive tone of voice? Does it matter? And if so, how do you get one?
As online copywriters, we are constantly asked to ensure that the words we produce for a client are “on-brand” or “in our voice” or “checked for style and tone”.
As the web has matured and big brands [...]


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Talking - the next big trend?

Last week was all about social media. At least, it was supposed to be.
 
On Tuesday I spoke at the Web 2.0 experience at Internet World and gave my (strong) opinions of what I think it all means for us copy content providers. Wednesday, I read a couple of positive posts about my talk and was [...]


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