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Jason Baptiste on Social Media and Press Releases

Jeremiah Owyang — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:01:15 +0000

Jason sheds some light on the benefits of standardization of Social Media Press Releases. Jeremiah Owyang interviews PR professional Jason L. Baptiste of Publictivity at Miami’s WeMedia conference at the University of Miami in Feb, 2007. Jason has some practical ideas on press releases and how it ties with Social Media for structured and unstructured information.

Tags: Social Media, Jason L. Baptiste, WeMedia

The Future of Media with AOL’s Community Blogger, Joseph Loong

Jeremiah Owyang — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:37:05 +0000

Jeremiah Owyang interviews Joseph Loong at AOL’s Community Connection at Miami’s WeMedia conference at the University of Miami in February, 2007. He’s one of the community folks at AOL Blogs and helps the community become more efficient bloggers and communicators and shares with us the challenges to big media corporations like AOL and what the future holds.

Tags: Jeremiah Owyang, Joseph Loong, Community Connection, WeMedia conference

Josh Hallett on Citizen Journalism and on effective Web Design

Jeremiah Owyang — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:12:43 +0000

Jeremiah Owyang interviews Web designer Josh Hallett at Miami’s WeMedia conference at the University of Miami, in February, 2007. Josh shares his observations on the clash between traditional media and social media. As a designer, Josh has shared his experience on web design, and tells us what to look for in a Web designer.

Tags: Jeremiah Owyang, Josh Hallett, WeMedia, social media

David Parmet on Social Media and the new PR

Jeremiah Owyang — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:00:35 +0000

Jeremiah Owyang interviews PR professional David Parmet at Miami’s WeMedia conference at the University of Miami, in February, 2007. David writes Marketing Begins at Home. David’s got some clients that embrace social media, such as English Cut, Stormhoek, and Scrapblog. He explains some of the things to look for when searching for a social media PR professional, and why some of the best consultants aren’t afraid to give their clients “bad news.”

Tags: Jeremiah Owyang, David Parmet, WeMedia, Marketing Begins at Home, social media

CNET’s Rafe Needleman, on the state of the Web Industry

Jeremiah Owyang — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:28:22 +0000

CNET’s Rafe Needleman spoke with Jeremiah at SXSW to share his thoughts on the state of the Web industry. The discussion covers the emergence of rich experiences, mobile devices, and the ubiquity of documents both — as that reality effects the Web and traditional desktop clients. He’s involved with WebWare: Cool Web Apps for everyone.

Tags: CNET, Rafe Needleman, Jeremiah, WebWare

How to Build “Hyper Local” WebZines

Jeremiah Owyang — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:01:08 +0000

There are quite few challenges for online newspapers, ranging from the reality of multiple authors and the usual workflow issues to creating editorial process. Christina Wodke, of Public Square, discusses some of the challenges facing digital newspapers (find out what she means by “Boxes and Arrows”).

Tags: Public Square, Boxes and Arrows

An Overview of the U.S. Army’s Web Strategy

Jeremiah Owyang — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 07:01:25 +0000

John Robinson, the chief of Media Services Center, manages the United States Army’s official Website. This is the fourth largest government site in the U.S., and the largest military site in the world. John shares with me the intention, features, and community reached at the Army’s site.

Tags: John Robinson

Tell better stories with Alternative Photography for your Web Marketing Programs with Lucky Oliver

Jeremiah Owyang — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:01:12 +0000

If you believe that the traditional stock photography industry has lost touch with the personal photographer, learn about some of the alternatives to larger stock libraries that may be overused. Bryan Zmijewski of Lucky Oliver shares with me.

Tags: stock photography, Bryan Zmijewski, Lucky Oliver

Internet Strategiest Bryan Rhoads

Jeremiah Owyang — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:01:59 +0000

Jeremiah Owyang interviews Bryan Rhoads, Intel’s internet and marketing strategist. He’s helping the company embrace social media, cultivate communities and use new conversational tools. This interview takes place at the Internet Strategy Forum Summit in Portland, in July 2007.

Learn how a large technology company adopts these new tools, improves from its lessons and embraces community. Robert Scoble chimes in with additional commentary and questions.

Tags: Jeremiah Owyang, Bryan Rhoads, social media, Internet Strategy Forum, Robert Scoble

Digital natives vs. digital immigrants: organizational culture with Allyis

Jeremiah Owyang — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 07:01:06 +0000

Jeremiah Owyang speaks with Mary Alice Colvin, senior marketing consultant and Kendrick Efta, founder and practice manager of Allyis, at the Internet Strategy Forum Summit in Portland in July 2007.

Social networking is important to many corporations, but adoption can quickly be segmented by digital natives and digital immigrants. Learn practical applications to encourage those that grew up with technology to help those that are adapting.

Tags: Jeremiah Owyang, Mary Alice Colvin, Kendrick Efta, Allyis, Internet Strategy Forum, Social networking, digital natives, digital immigrants

Information is power! How the Internet Broadband empowers low income cultures with Rey Ramsey

Jeremiah Owyang — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:01:57 +0000

Jeremiah Owyang interviews Rey Ramsey Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the One Economy Corporation multi-national nonprofit organization that brings broadband to the homes of low-income people and provides a multilingual web portal called The Beehive. This interview takes place at the Internet Strategy Forum Summit in Portland in July 2007.

Tags: Rey Ramsey, One Economy Corporation, The Beehive, Internet Strategy Forum

Measurement for the Modern Web, understanding Engagement with Tim Kopp CMO of WebTrends

Jeremiah Owyang — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:12:07 +0000

Jeremiah Owyang interviews Tim Kopp the CMO of WebTrends, one of the top web analytics companies in the industry at the Internet Strategy Forum Summit in Portland in July 2007.

As the web evolves, so does measurement, and Tim shares how the web has become more interactive and is resulting in new types of measurement needed for the live web.

Tim also shares some information about an upcoming product called Score that will help to measure engagement.

Tags: Tim Kopp, WebTrends, web analytics, Internet Strategy

Brian Oberkirch, Small Good Thing

Jeremiah Owyang — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:01:58 +0000

At SXSW, Brian Oberkirch shares with Jeremiah Owyang how to build Web apps by assembling the right “tribe.” He shares his strategies on social media, marketing, pr, and how companies have to change their communication styles to listen to them. Brian can be found at his Website, LIke it Matters. (Sometimes it matters more than other times — check out his Slidell Hurricane Blog…)

Tags: SXSW, Brian Oberkirch, Jeremiah Owyang, social media, LIke it Matters

From Hell to Swell, Dell’s Lionel Menchaca on Social Media Strategy

Jeremiah Owyang — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:01:46 +0000

Dell is a case study for doing it wrong — then right — in social media. As the Digital Media Manager at Dell, Lionel Menchaca is responsible for the social media programs at one of the world’s largest and well-known technology companies. Dell is an amazing case study for social media, from a rough start, launching a blog, and the recent release of IdeaStorm (check it out here). We also talked about customer evangelists, and how to embrace and deal with them.

Tags: Dell, social media, Lionel Menchaca, IdeaStorm

Jake McKee, Big in Japan

Jeremiah Owyang — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:11:28 +0000

Jeremiah Owyang talks with Jake McKee, the Lead Samarai at Big in Japan on Social Media Strategy. You can learn more about him at Community Guy.

Tags: Jeremiah Owyang, Jake McKee, Big in Japan, Social Media

How to Add Spicy Content to Your Boring Corporate Website

Jeremiah Owyang — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:02:15 +0000

Let the users of your site be more interactive! If your Website could benefit from having more content, syndicate more content into your Website. If your Website needs to pull in feeds from a variety of sites, there are tools out there to use. For corporations, integrating social media is not easy. Jeremiah gets a chance to speak with Eric Newman, vice president and general manager of Pluck about some of the solutions to build and bridge community.

Tags: social media, Jeremiah, Eric Newman, Pluck

Increase the mileage of your full-service Web Agency

Jeremiah Owyang — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:01:10 +0000

Rene Dechamps Otamendi and Aurelie Pols, from OX2, in Belgium, discuss what to look for in a full-service agency and how to maximize their value. Learn how to measure success, how to deploy this virtual partner, with this interview with Jeremiah Owyang.

Tags: Rene Dechamps Otamendi, Aurelie Pols, OX2, Jeremiah Owyang

Chris Baum on Information Architecture in the Modern Web Team

Jeremiah Owyang — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:01:22 +0000

Not sure what Information Architecture is? Learn how to use this important role and skill within a modern Web strategy, from business messaging, search and social media. Chris is the editor of popular IA webzine, Boxes and Arrows, and is well-versed in the industry. Chris can be found from his blog eXperience.

Tags: Information Architecture, Web strategy, Boxes and Arrows

Eric Peterson, Web Analytics Guru on Social Media Measurement

Jeremiah Owyang — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 07:01:59 +0000

Eric Peterson and Jeremiah discuss the future hot topics in the Web analytics industry. They argue engagement, touch upon discussions from top industry experts in the Web measurement industry. What is Web Analytics Web 2.0? Eric also talks about his new company, Web Analytics Demystified.

Tags: Eric Peterson, Jeremiah, Web analytics, Web 2.0

Steve Gehlen on the state of the Internet Strategy Industry

Jeremiah Owyang — Thu, 24 May 2007 00:25:39 +0000

Steve Gehlen is the founder of the Internet Strategy Forum. Here, he talks with Jeremiah about some of the issues and trends he’s seeing, and his take on some conventional wisdom (Do you manage a Website?). Gehlen is also hosting the Internet Strategy Forum Conference on July 19 and 20th, where he’ll present the data he collected in a recent survey of Web managers.

Tags: Steve Gehlen, Internet Strategy Forum, Jeremiah

Kicking off a Web Analytics Strategy for your Corporate Web Program

Jeremiah Owyang — Fri, 04 May 2007 08:05:59 +0000

Avinash Kaushik is a Web analytics guru, an author, a blogger, a speaker and he is now consulting for the Google Analytics team. He and Jeremiah Owyang discuss the basic steps for companies (big and small) to get started with a Web Analytics program, starting with the most basic (and using very few resources), Avinash spells out what’s needed.

Tags: Avinash Kaushik, Google Analytics

A Historical Look: From Disk Storage To Data Storage

Jeremiah Owyang — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:45:36 +0000

Hu Yoshida, CTO of Hitachi Data Systems, invited Jeremiah Owyang (web-strategist.com) to capture an historic lunch with Jack Harker, one of the innovators of Data Storage, accompanied by his son John Harker. Claus Mikkelsen and Eric Tibbard also join in. Yoshida shared his thoughts (and pictures from his blog).

Tags: Hu Yoshida, Hitachi Data Systems, Jeremiah Owyang, Jack Harker, Claus Mikkelsen, Eric Tibbard

Shannon Clark on Mobile Identity

Jeremiah Owyang — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:25:18 +0000

Shannon Clark gives Jeremiah Owyang time for a quick interview around mobile identity technology. Shannon helps to shed light on the multiple uses of the term “Identity” in the mobile space, and discusses how security validation will be critical.

Tags: Shannon Clark, Jeremiah Owyang

Doc Searls Hosts Mobile Identity Workshop

Jeremiah Owyang — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:03:16 +0000

In a world full of data that is quickly being accessed by mobile devices, ownership over that information — and over one’s own reputation and identity — rises in priority. Searls speaks with Jeremiah Owyang at the recent Mobile Identiy Workshop/ Unconference, produced by the Berkman Center and hosted by CNET in San Francisco.

Jeremiah’s notes from the event can be found at Web Strategy.

Tags: Jeremiah Owyang, Mobile Identiy Workshop, Berkman Center

Matt Toll of Factiva Dow Jones on Social Media Measurement

Jeremiah Owyang — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:12:05 +0000

Jeremiah Owyang interviews Matt Toll, director of segment marketing at Factiva, now a Dow Jones company, at Frost and Sullivan’s 2007 Sales and Marketing conference in Phoenix, Ariz.

Tags: Jeremiah Owyang, Matt Toll, Factiva, Dow Jones, Frost and Sullivan