http://blog.mcbridewoodbridge.com Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:49:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I finally caved and set up a Linked In Profile as a test to see how much this social networking tool will really do for my business. Will it drive some leads? Will it bring me customers? I'll let you know how it goes. Check out my profile page. ... http://blog.mcbridewoodbridge.com/2008/09/30/linked-in-test-begins/ Came across a great blog today - The Bad Pitch Blog. And for anyone just entering the blog realm, some good advice on the site here with regard to pitching blogs. http://blog.mcbridewoodbridge.com/2008/09/12/pitching-a-blog-today-make-sure-youre-ready/ Came across BlogTalkRadio.com today, which I hadn't ever heard about before. Social radio? Yep, social radio. According to the site, they are the leading social radio network. There are thousands of talk shows available on the site in all kinds of categories and topics. The concept combines social networking with ... http://blog.mcbridewoodbridge.com/2008/09/11/want-your-own-radio-show-get-one/ Our new state President Lanette Hart (second from right) is joined by Madge and Marge (can you guess which ones they are???) and other 70's friends. Amelia with Treasure Coast Chapter President Adrienne Moore (center right) and other FPRA members at the party. Some attendees stopped by the pet rock ... http://blog.mcbridewoodbridge.com/2008/08/05/fpra-funktion-fun-for-all/ Occasionally it happens that us old ad people use an old term (like the other day I caught myself asking a media rep about a double truck) or we make a joke that includes a a product from our youth (remember Bestine? Formaline Graphic arts tape? rubber cement pick ups?) ... http://blog.mcbridewoodbridge.com/2008/07/16/rapidograph-wax-coater-and-presto-typeoh-my/ Artist Dave Cole created this piece of flag art in 2005 using 18,000 plastic toy soldiers. This flag is made up of 1,250 images portraying the events of 9/11. (Artist unknown). This Experimental mosaic portrait of Senator Barack Obama by Charis Tsevis is made out of American State flags. http://blog.mcbridewoodbridge.com/2008/07/03/happy-4th-of-july/ Today Chip Eickmann joined our group as the Vice President of Business Development. Based on his photo, I'd say he fits right in, don't you think? Prior to joining us, Chip was with the SCB Media Group. He brings extensive experience in all areas of marketing, including almost twenty-two ... http://blog.mcbridewoodbridge.com/2008/07/03/chip-eickmann-joins-mcbride-woodbridge-marketing/ TechNewsWorld reported Friday that ICANN has approved new Internet address policies. Reporter Renay San Miguel wrote in his article that ICANN will give anyone willing to pay for it the rights to a branded domain. No more limitations to .com or .net - now brand giants willing to pay a ... http://blog.mcbridewoodbridge.com/2008/06/30/custom-domain-naming-approved/ Found this picture on a site called Chicken Crap and I think it pretty much says it all. http://blog.mcbridewoodbridge.com/2008/06/27/probably-the-most-read-billboard-in-town/ I came across Wordle today - and I couldn't resist trying it out. Wordle is a fun application for generating "word clouds" from the text that you type in. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with ... http://blog.mcbridewoodbridge.com/2008/06/26/ever-make-a-word-cloud/