Hey – where did “Five” go??
To Chicagoland today – courtesy of blogging friend Amber Naslund on her Altitude Branding blog. The link brings you to her post – and if you’re not already a subscriber to Amber’s blog (and Twitter tweets), you’ll want to rectify that right away.
Why are we incorporating Five in the Morning [...]
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Posted in 5 in the morning, Blogging, Branding, Collaboration, Innovation, Marketing, Social Media, Twitter, tagged Chip Heath, Dan Heath, Jon Swanson, Kevin Rose, Made to Stick, Rohit Bhargava, Social Networking, stickyfigure, Twitter on January 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
10 Ways Social Media will Change in 2009. From ReadWriteWeb. Mostly self-evident stuff, but everyone on Twitter was re-tweeting it, so it must be authoritative and all that…right?
Rohit Bhargava gives us Six Non-salesy Ways to Ask your Customer to Promote You.
Chip and Dan Heath write for Fast Company on Incentives – Irresistible, Effective, and Likely [...]
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Today’s feature will be a little different – I’m going to point you to just one blog that has a whole set of interesting, well-designed posts. David Berkowitz has provided a fabulous set of session summaries from the 1-day OMMA social event – really great stuff. Thanks, David (link is to David’s Inside the Marketer’s [...]
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Posted in 5 in the morning on January 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Sorry there’s no Five in the Morning post today. I have a good excuse, however:
“Mystic” is a real sweetie, and has quickly won the hearts of the whole family. Being only 9 weeks old, however, there’s a certain level of…how shall we say?…sleep disruption that comes with her presence. Hopefully, she won’t impact too many [...]
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Posted in 5 in the morning, Advertising, Blogging, Design, Logos, Marketing, Social Media, Twitter, tagged Copyblogger, David Airey, Design, Graphic design, Logo, Marketing and Advertising, Todd Defren on January 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Getting people to “Yes”. Six basics – maybe you’ve seen them before, but a nice compact review/reminder. From Copyblogger blog. I’m going to apply one of these right away, actually.
Evolution of a logo. I’m no graphic designer, but I love logos, and David Airey walks us through the creative process (with lots of graphics) of [...]
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Posted in 5 in the morning, Blogging, Branding, Marketing, MarketingProfs, Social Media, Technology, Twitter, tagged Andy Sernovitz, Dave Evans, David Henderson, Lee Odden, Mashable, Social Media, Steve Woodruff, Twitter on January 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From Mashable – By the Numbers: Inauguration’s Impact on Social Media. Enlightening stats and graphs. Wow! “The social web flexed its muscle yesterday with Twitter reporting five times the normal tweet volume, and Facebook/CNN showing mind blowing engagement.”
David Henderson offers a free e-book: Media Savvy in the Internet Era.
I’m Not your Catcher. My most recent [...]
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Where’s Five in the Morning today? Why, guest-hosted over at Matt J McDonald’s blog, of course! Matt is a marketing strategist and active blogger based in Charleston, SC, and he has graciously volunteered to give us the high Five today. Thanks, Matt!
And while you’re at Matt’s blog, take a peek at this interesting recent post [...]
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Posted in 5 in the morning, Advertising, Blogging, Branding, Design, Graphics, Logos, Marketing, MarketingProfs, Personal branding, Politics, Social Media, Technology, Twitter, tagged Barack Obama, Inauguration Day, Laura Ries, Mary McLeod Bethune, Super Bowl on January 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Since it’s Inauguration Day in the U.S. we’ll start off with…
Obama, the new King of Branding (from Laura Ries). Barack Obama is not just our new President but a new type of leader, one like we have never seen before. Not only does he understand politics, but he also understands branding. Plus, she ties in [...]
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Today, we’re making a quick visit to Ken Burbary’s “Web Business” blog for a guest-post, including some links to blogs not previously featured on a Five in the Morning. Thanks, Ken, for volunteering for the early morning delivery (OK, so he posted it late last night…) – go there!
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Posted in 5 in the morning, Advertising, Blogging, Branding, Fun, Logos, Marketing, Social Media, Taglines, Twitter, tagged Charmin, Mashable, Merrill Lynch, Steve Woodruff, stickyfigure, Twitter on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Will Twitter change blog designs in 2009? It’s already happening. Some interesting predictions from Rachel Cunliffe at Mashable (but she didn’t include her Twitter handle in the blog post!)
Charmin kicks butt in NYC advertising campaign. Such an obvious idea, yet so smart. From Jonathan Salem Baskin at DimBulb blog.
The Bull lives! Some brand identities are [...]
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Where’s Five in the Morning today? Why, hosted by the lovely and talented Beth Harte, over at the Harte of Marketing blog. Go there!
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Outside of my home office window there is generally quite an assortment of small winged creatures, enjoying the bounty of bird food that my compassionate wife puts out regularly in feeders suspended over the deck.
A favorite of some of these fluttering neighbors – especially the woodpeckers – is a cage with suet. They grasp the [...]
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Posted in 5 in the morning, Advertising, Blogging, Branding, Coffee, Innovation, Marketing, Social Media, Technology, Twitter, Video, tagged Doug Karr, Fast Company, Jeremiah Owyang, Louis Gray, Social network on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jason Falls brings us an interesting list of the Top 50 Educational blogs, with links aplenty. Nice.
Busy, busy. Jeremiah Owyang has been cranking out great content on his blog. First, reflections on his 20-day holiday from Twitter. Then, for lovers of statistics, a collection of Social Media Stats for 2009. Then, a summary of Forresters [...]
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Posted in 5 in the morning, Advertising, Blogging, Branding, Marketing, Social Media, Twitter, tagged Guy Kawasaki, Hubspot, Peter Kim, Social network, Twitter Grader on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Reputation matters. A succinct and important reminder from Peter Kim. “After all, in a world of weak ties, what else do we have?”
The Worst Pitch in the World. From the Bad Pitch Blog. Not sure that there aren’t worse examples, but this one really is pretty pathetic!
Brands that Tweet. Yes, Paul Dunay published this a [...]
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Hey – where’s my Five in the Morning?? Well, right here – graciously assembled today by that Maven of Words in Detroit, Karen Swim. Enjoy!
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You probably have a strategy for your use of social media. But don’t forget the “pinball factor.” My latest MarketingProfs Daily Fix post, on Strategic Serendipity, is right here.
(Interestingly enough, Seth Godin published something on a similar theme today – Willing to be Lucky)
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Posted in 5 in the morning, Advertising, Branding, Design, Graphics, Logos, Marketing, Naming, Photo, Taglines, Twitter on January 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Let’s talk creativity and branding today (mostly). One of the benefits of having an overly-full RSS Reader is that there is a constant tidal wave of great stuff to look at, and be inspired by. Such as…
Hijacking other people’s billboards with thought balloons. Reminds me of the birds that put their eggs in other birds [...]
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Posted in 5 in the morning, Blogging, Branding, Collaboration, Impactiviti, Inspiration, Marketing, MarketingProfs, Musings, Networking, Personal branding, Social Media, Twitter, tagged entrepreneur, Impactiviti, Networking, Steve Woodruff, stickyfigure on January 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It’s 2009 (and a beautiful morning here in Boonton, NJ)! And, I’m convinced, it’s a year when many are going to seize the future, thumb their noses at all the bad economic news, and create new careers for themselves.
With that in mind, I thought I’d pull together the year’s first Five in the Morning post [...]
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