http://disqus.com/by/derekshowerman/enTue, 11 Aug 2009 14:19:49 -0000https://www.ignitesocialmedia.com/widgets-and-plugins/rising-popularity-of-widgets-for-social-media-marketing/#comment-14646204<p>Great post- I love it. The future of platforms will be their ability to use widgets. I posted a blog about that this morning. Very relevant. Nice job. :) <a href="http://derekshowerman.com/2009/08/11/5-must-have-social-media-widgets-for-business/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://derekshowerman.com/2009/08/11/5-must-have-social-media-widgets-for-business/">http://derekshowerman.com/2...</a></p>derekshowermanTue, 11 Aug 2009 14:19:49 -0000http://www.authoritydomains.com/blogs/authority-domains/3-must-haves-for-online-stores.php#comment-14446346<p>Interesting convo! Janel, do you have a comment?</p>derekshowermanFri, 07 Aug 2009 15:41:28 -0000http://www.briansolis.com/2009/07/twitcam-lets-you-host-live-video-chats-in-twitter/#comment-13232892<p>I posted a Poll about this and it was met with a snooz. </p>derekshowermanThu, 23 Jul 2009 16:49:56 -0000http://www.briansolis.com/2009/07/facebook-slowly-taking-over-the-world-now-at-250-million-users/#comment-13232822<p>I wouldnt say it is taking over the world. Think about it, if the world population is just under 7 billion. Then in retrospect that is a very low number to say it is taking over. Especially when you consider that more then 50% of the Facebook users adopt the tool, but dont really do much with it. So for arguments sake, that would cut it down to 125M active users. That is much too small a percentage to say they are taking over. Google and Microsoft have taken over, Facebook is just starting to penetrate the global market. </p>derekshowermanThu, 23 Jul 2009 16:48:29 -0000http://www.chrisbrogan.com/kids-books-with-fresh-messages/#comment-10624318<p>This is a great blog post. The book industry is changing, much the way business is changing. It would stand to reason that something as standard as childrens books would evolve. We should do a TweetUp at the Andover Bookstore some time and talk about this. ;) </p>derekshowermanMon, 08 Jun 2009 15:47:35 -0000http://www.chrisbrogan.com/be-naked/#comment-10150967<p>A great post. I have found that every time I use my passions (star wars, sports, food) as metaphors with my clients they respond well. I always kind of chuckle that I can talk about nerdy crap in a business setting and get the point across. </p>derekshowermanThu, 28 May 2009 09:45:31 -0000http://www.chrisbrogan.com/as-marketing-shifts-back-to-the-everyman/#comment-9543110<p>Chris, love the post. I recently posted a blog about ROI. That is the driver in the end. I say it might be more cost effective to create user community where a a handful of loyal customers play with new products and transparently chat about their experience with the products. In the end it is cheaper to give a few products away and document their play time instead of conducting traditional push advertising. Along the way companies will no doubt get some valuable innovation suggestions for future versions. Cheaper and viral marketing campaign with innovation ops rolled in. I would say that is ROI! </p>derekshowermanTue, 19 May 2009 13:24:44 -0000http://www.jmorganmarketing.com/social-media-for-authors-ebook/#comment-8894261<p><a href="http://www.authoritydomains.com/social-media-consulting/social-media-ebook/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.authoritydomains.com/social-media-consulting/social-media-ebook/">http://www.authoritydomains...</a></p><p>We just finished our Social Media Strategy eBook. Feel free to download for free and share as you like. Would love to hear from you with feedback. :)</p>derekshowermanFri, 01 May 2009 10:14:43 -0000https://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/the-crowd-spoke-and-was-heard/#comment-8893973<p><a href="http://www.authoritydomains.com/social-media-consulting/social-media-ebook/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.authoritydomains.com/social-media-consulting/social-media-ebook/">http://www.authoritydomains...</a></p><p>We just finished our Social Media Strategy eBook. Feel free to download for free and share as you like. Would love to hear from you with feedback. :)</p>derekshowermanFri, 01 May 2009 10:02:04 -0000http://www.michaelfruchter.com/blog/2009/01/download-the-free-ebook-marketing-in-2009/#comment-8893912<p><a href="http://www.authoritydomains.com/social-media-consulting/social-media-ebook/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.authoritydomains.com/social-media-consulting/social-media-ebook/">http://www.authoritydomains...</a></p><p>We just finished our Social Media Strategy eBook. Feel free to download for free and share as you like. Would love to hear from you with feedback. :)</p>derekshowermanFri, 01 May 2009 09:59:43 -0000http://www.chrisbrogan.com/free-ebook-using-the-social-web-to-find-work/#comment-8893898<p><a href="http://www.authoritydomains.com/social-media-consulting/social-media-ebook/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.authoritydomains.com/social-media-consulting/social-media-ebook/">http://www.authoritydomains...</a></p><p>We just finished our Social Media Strategy eBook. Feel free to download for free and share as you like. Would love to hear from you with feedback. :)</p>derekshowermanFri, 01 May 2009 09:59:02 -0000http://shuaism.com/2009/04/social-media-for-authors-free-ebook/#comment-8893683<p><a href="http://www.authoritydomains.com/social-media-consulting/social-media-ebook/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.authoritydomains.com/social-media-consulting/social-media-ebook/">http://www.authoritydomains...</a></p><p>We just finished our Social Media Strategy eBook. Feel free to download for free and share as you like. Would love to hear from you with feedback. :)</p>derekshowermanFri, 01 May 2009 09:49:33 -0000http://www.chrisbrogan.com/20-free-ebooks-about-social-media/#comment-8893452<p>Great post, we have a free eBook available as well: <a href="http://www.authoritydomains.com/social-media-consulting/social-media-ebook/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.authoritydomains.com/social-media-consulting/social-media-ebook/">http://www.authoritydomains...</a></p><p>Please download and share as you like. I would love to hear your feedback too.</p>derekshowermanFri, 01 May 2009 09:39:04 -0000http://www.chrisbrogan.com/shaving-my-head-for-charity/#comment-8859734<p>Chris, if I didn't have a family reunion this summer I would join you on this rampage. Alas, I will blog about it instead. </p>derekshowermanThu, 30 Apr 2009 08:27:43 -0000http://www.chrisbrogan.com/build-how-to-material-to-grow-relationships/#comment-8859707<p>Chris, I have found making goals to be useful. Then as I learn, share what I have learned. Thus the "how-to" articles sort of come organically from my own professional goals. </p>derekshowermanThu, 30 Apr 2009 08:25:49 -0000http://blog.disqus.net/2009/04/24/featured-friday-chris-from-chrisbrogancom/#comment-8859677<p>Chris, is any part of your book including your peers expertise?</p>derekshowermanThu, 30 Apr 2009 08:24:05 -0000http://www.chrisbrogan.com/shaving-my-head-for-charity/#comment-8669089<p>Chris, are you going to go for the Powder look and shave the goatee, head and eyebrows?</p>derekshowermanFri, 24 Apr 2009 18:32:58 -0000http://www.chrisbrogan.com/pirate-moves-from-awareness-to-extended-action/#comment-8538654<p>All I will say is "content is king". Without compelling content to share-everything else is moot! Argh matey!</p>derekshowermanThu, 26 Mar 2009 07:32:39 -0000http://www.chrisbrogan.com/why-bookstores-are-my-office/#comment-8538527<p>Chris, well said man. My girlfriend (@hadley36) works at the Andover Bookstore (indie bookstore) and I have been saying live events/comfortable environment for virtual office folks to hang &amp; meet will keep Indie bookstores relevant in the Kindle/Sony eReader age. Thanks for this post, she can use this to push the point home. :)</p>derekshowermanTue, 24 Mar 2009 08:50:30 -0000http://www.chrisbrogan.com/the-power-of-apology/#comment-8538192<p>Barbara, I agree with that.</p>derekshowermanWed, 18 Mar 2009 10:44:51 -0000http://www.chrisbrogan.com/the-power-of-apology/#comment-8538184<p>Chris, if @jowyang has been more sincere in his apology yesterday: <a href="http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2009/03/17/a-public-apology-to-mzinga/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2009/03/17/a-public-apology-to-mzinga/">http://www.web-strategist.c...</a><br>He might have been fine today. However, the apology came across as something an upper executive at Forrester would have wrote. It did not appease the folks calling for his heads as evident by the continued responses to my blog asking to give Jeremiah a mulligan: <a href="http://derekshowerman.com/2009/03/17/jeremiah-owyang-taught-us-many-lessonssadly/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://derekshowerman.com/2009/03/17/jeremiah-owyang-taught-us-many-lessonssadly/">http://derekshowerman.com/2...</a> Ultimately, take a look at Steroids in baseball. The players that have come clean and apologized have been thrown a mulligan. But it needs to be sincere, and it needs to have full transparency attached to it. People don't believe A-ROD stopped doing steroids after 2003-he lied once to Katie Couric, how can the public believe him now? He needs to come completely clean with details in order to get the pass he may be looking for. Ultimately, apologies work if they are sincere and have a transparent explanation attached to them. The public is too smart these days to allow a half-hearted apology let someone off scott-free.</p>derekshowermanWed, 18 Mar 2009 10:31:18 -0000