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Great post, and very useful indeed!

Great post, and some very useful comments so a big thanks to all!

Currently in the planning stages of my first conference, so this is spot on for ideas and feedback. I'm lucky in the fact that the city where I live has never had a tech / business / online conference, so am hoping it will be a success.

Thanks for posting! Very enjoyable. I'm a big fan of the noded concept and have really come to embrace it over the past 18 months.

Some great ideas and comments Chris.

May I point you all over to Andy Bounds>>http://www.andybounds.com/
He has some superb free info, and has written an excellent book called the Jelly Effect.

I've been fortunate enough to meet Andy a couple of times, business and social, and he always impresses and helps me.

Echosign all the way for me here - everything is now going through this.

Works flawlessly and is great value too.

I agree with David, cut them some slack, they're getting there and going in
the right direction! Plus, it's a free service :-)

This is great news - congrats! Look forward to hearing about the new job in the New Year :-)

Best wishes,

Jon (mossman on twitter)

Many thanks for the file! :-)

Ah, an excellent list indeed! Thanks for posting :-)

PS. New site looks excellent!

Ah superb! Quality badge there :-)

Blimey! You were right about the view David!

Congrats Doug! Look forward to hearing all about the new job!

Best from across the pond,

Jon :-)

Andy's talk was hliarious, and so was Trevor's, but I don't think the latter is online yet - some quite controversial comments made ;-)

It was a superb event, really top notch, and it had to be to get me camping!

BTW, love the website / blog - very cool indeed!

Best.

Jon

Good post Doug and spot on. I am always looking to differentiate against my competitors and try to do so in a few fun ways, as well as the serious ones. It seems to work.

I've pitched for a project recently, and I am 100% confident I will do a better, more accomplished job than the other people in the frame. It's going to go down to £££ and also whether they want a "consultant" or a big agency.

Looking good guys - very useful indeed - I feel a blog post coming on!
Best wishes,
Jon

Congrats guys! Superb news and you deserve every success :-)

Hello!

Great interview - I'm really looking forward to meeting Tim in person in the next couple of weeks at the howies Do Lectures.

www.theappleofmyi.com

Ahhh, a topic I like!

I've had and still have many bags, but the fave in terms of quality, comfort, protection for laptop and other features has to the Tom Bihn Empire Builder bag. Just superb!

Tried Booq bags - (looked great on the website and loved the orange detailing) - but didn't have the quality.

Tumi - great quality but serious ££££ / $$$$. A little "steady" though.

Timbuk 2 are great but I have a normal non laptop bag, same with Crumpler.

Bag fetish? Me?! ;-)

Many thanks for the post! Enjoyed reading it and agree 100%.

Sales and marketing 2.0 are really the very same thing - a rare meeting of minds and a good relationship - unlike many sales and marketing teams!

Sorry to hear about this Doug, hope you get it sorted.
Best,
Jon

Doug! great blog name and glad the move is going well!

Very best wishes from across the pond :-)

Jon

Faves: Google Reader too, flickr, Basecamp, Gmail and my news site, up at last!

(If I am allowed six, yours too John) :-)

Thanks Doug, I am not sure how it has mounted up so much, I just don't fancy doing it manually!

Best wishes from England,

Jon

Very, very thought-provoking and interesting - I had an idea what it was like, but now know a lot more.

I agree with people's comments about competition - it is all about value - cost vs efficiency and skill and experience. If you can see the value of out sourcing, and you get that value, then do it. It's a connected world that never, ever stops.