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Coffee is the best in the business and they work at giving customer benefits-and teaching kids how to develop a work ethic-Their Latte's rival any European Coffee shop-and you don't have to hock a kidney to buy one HEH
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This a excellent article article- I am 72 years old and have not subscribed to a newspaper or magazine in 5 years let alone read one, My wife Naomi and I have 2 kindles for food news ,she reads Gotham Gal Blog and we also read Zimbio on line- Today for example Fred Wilson had an excellent business article on his blog http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2009/03/the-berkshire-h... Dominic's comment is interesting but isn't the business model people-staff-The Boss.The Old Media publishes murder crime stats pic pocket politics. Tv News is just a copy of poorly written newspaper content-and PAY TV is hours of info-mercials-there is no saving newspapers as we knew them they are as dead as Custer-years ago I read 3 major newspapers a day I don't miss them. I think when Craigs List grabbed the majority of classifieds for the SFC this was the first old media warning-they chose to ignore it !

Let's get serious I hope what I put on Facebook makes them Money cause I look at their advertising and they need help ! I don't think anything posted on Facebook is earth shattering , I have posted articles that I have reblogged from my favorite bloggers on Face Book a lot I use Woopra and Google Anylitics . I get hits from Twitter Krumlr my Tumblr page never a hit from face book this means probably no one reads my page therefore I am safe from the demons ! Facbook I feel is about as boring as Friendfeed. And Facebook is not social media it is just like text messaging a tool for a few folks not really a universal way to spread the word-facebook is like the Congress and Senate to many Attorneys-

This is a great article , I don't like being a critic but due to lack of education in the Humanities when getting a degree in Computer Science most geek's communicate with machines better than people this limits them in the business community ! Teche's should understand marketing is the ability to create- a desire for a product for that you need to under stand us the Unwashed-unwashed - of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"

Scobie we like our Kindles, it is bad enough I use a cell phone I can't see using one for a reader ! At 72 years old this might be a tech overload (:> MS

Broken is a nice way to say as dead as Custer! Most local television is only presenting Info-mercials, you know fix the zipper on your fly with super glue or by the one and only clapper to put out your lights ! It is time for firms to hire the abilities of the Public Relations folks who can create content , most fifteen year olds kids can create a You Tube Video that equals what you might pay a TV Production Firm to do for $50,000.00. In the newspaper care dealers devote more space to pictures of their salesmen and cars than creating content that will attract buyer , they just don't get it ! All cars have lost their design quality and all look like kidney beans so you better sell features ! You have a following on your blog , if I had a product i am sure I could in time sell it at a profit and with words and a few videos create a desire on your Blog and save and make money!

Great idea I buy an advertisement on let's say your content platform and your staff create content with stories about teams and players in the event! Advertiser's portion changes daily starting 2 weeks before the event and is down loadable and can be subscribed to on lets say Tabbloid! http://www.tabbloid.com/ ! Of course with content creation included you would have to charge more than $3000.00 and have local sports writers add articles and Screencasts ! We now launch ! Marshal Sandler's Widget Superball Scene news video etc and Google the hell out of it ! And also have The Staff at Edelman Digital do the Public Relations ! Any advertiser with a brain for let's Say $200,000.00 could splatter the internet . Three Million on Old Media you are competing with Potato Chips and Beer hoping the beer won't interfere with your message ! I agree with Loren Nash We eliminate blog and call it a content creation platform by geographic area[ "Also, we need to stop calling them blogs. Community sites (websites)!" Loren Nash]

upward onward now

I agree with the folks who don't like auto responders but Rumor has it that Cooper Union and Stanford will be adding a course in their Computer Science Classes this fall in how to communicate with machines ! They will eliminate written and oral communication with the touch of a button (: > ms they are getting pretty close !

Obviously this is the best they can do ! I am still under the assumption Facebook will never be a vehicle for the Serious Advertiser and won't make any money , but the kids will have a another playground. We don't like to see anyone fail but they obviously have no skiiled managers ! The site in it's entirety has no order and is not very navigable !

Tasty Article "says the Man of Good Taste !" (: > MS

I hope you get paid for all your effort's ! It is very important, the starving artist crap went out with the WPA ! How about the amount of educational material you publish and don't get paid for ! I would like all my favorite bloggers get paid
for their social media platforms ! There is no discussion business, exists for profit it has no heart ! I like you personally and professionally only sponsorship will keep your creative efforts alive !

Holidays merge the past and present to create a new beginning create a lot of stress !

This is what I would expect from a man of Good Taste ! Something Tasty !

Excellent upgrade easy to navigate great content!

I give this gentleman a lot of credit for his recognition of the Digital World !
I think his creative approach will be appreciated by his younger member's who are active in the Digital World ! These efforts are very unselfish !

Dear Chris thanks! My wife of 38 years died of cancer in 2000
I have been battling a form of Lymphoma for years! We all know Death has no Dominion, but someday we hope all diseases will be controlled or cured ! It is important to stay positive!
Thanks to Tara Of Course for her kindness !

You might add- Mac Journal and- Win Journal Paid software by Mariner Software:)

I can see no problem in accepting an advertisement for a product ! If the product is reviewed honestly both parties benefit !

It is very obvious that Darren Daz Cox has the right approach by offering product then giving them a chance to communicate thru Flikr ! There is another Graphic artist SwissMiss who effectivly uses graphic art's to communicate !
The vehicle for communication should have design quality !

Once posted the content is under control of bog owners ! To many restrictions slow down the process

Dear Chris excellent article ! The Personal Brand to me is the way to penetrate the world wide web ! You have the ability to create content of interest ! You understand Math,Semantic's and General Semantics ! I as "Ok With Corrections!" will still be bogged down with a name like Pepsi,General Motors and the name My Mother gave me ! Here we go !

Writing a book will force you to further collect your thoughts and solidify your goals !

It is hard to believe that who Chris brogan represents has anything to do with this Topic. Chris did the right thing in attempting to teach some one to respect his territory ! We all have the right to accept or reject content ! Their is a distinction between marketing,selling and public relations ! These three areas are manned by paid professional's! Web marketing is driven by semantics,general semantic,s and mathematics ! I don,t know Tom but I feel that if he does not adhere to the basics his requests will be ignored ! It is very naive to think that every spin is labeled with, I wrote this and these are the flock I represent ! Tom crying that your Company was picked on is childish ! I was introduced by Chris NO CHARGE to A fellow Andy Quayle who has helped me a lot ! Chris gave my friend Monte Silver at World Podcast Forum who is in Israel some great advice { No Charge]! Chris is very accessible and extremely kind and very BUSY ! I attempt to repay his kindness by bookmarking his content , but if I want his expertise for my self that will generate profit for me I expect to PAY!

My Chris Brogan, I am seling nothing, but I called you one day, since you have a published [phone number] ! As you know I am a 72 year old F--T with time on my hands, but spent many years in Belly To Belly Marketing and Sales ! Only a novice would take any source for granted ! I have decided to Brand Myself and will ask You, Steve Rubel and Guy Kawasaki to each write 100 free articles for my blog, but put my name on them !
On my blog I have Mike Bailey's app ! One voice message is from a fellow who wanted me to add his stuff to my blog , as you know my blog is a hobby and I add a lot stuff Free why not ! He didn't know how to ask ! God help the person with no social skills who has something to sell!