I have heard Robert Scoble a couple of times this week say that at Microsoft they did research that showed that 3% of people out there went beyond page 1 of search results in their searches performed.  This can be very scary if you are a small business and want to gain customers on the […]

Eric Masters of Freight and Shipping is one of our favorite clients.  He’s a guy who gets it.  You might not think a blog about freight and shipping would be a huge success.  That, though, depends on your definition of success.  For Eric is was improved search engine performance.  Eric came to Jim about hiring […]

No, this is not intended to be the title of a new social media press release, it merely goes to show how I felt today a I carried on three Skype chats with people from different corners of the globe.  It amazes me how the use of the Internet can grow a business from my […]

In a PRNewswire release, it was announced that Technorati will be helping Ogilvy and its clients follow the conversation in the blogosphere  The release states:

Working with Technorati, Ogilvy will bring together a variety of tools and strategies that will enable agency clients to syndicate content, engage in online conversations and build relationships with online communities […]

I have to hand it to art2blog, for their ingenious title of their latest article "$15,000 For A Story On Digg."  It amazes me the way companies want to scam the system or to get results with the least amount of work.  I suppose its the American way to buy results instead of working for […]

In keeping with our Gumpisms about blogging, I ran across an article today by Tom Pick. His question, and one that should be asked by every business, is whether blogs are a marketing tool or a public relations tool? He’s right there hasn’t been enough written about this dilemma of choice as to which path […]

TechCrunch today invites us to visit another pay-per-post company that was just today launched to compete with Pay Per Post, CreamAid and LoudLaunch.  Mike is correct, there seems to be a recent surge or "virus" of this business model as companies continue to try to capitalize on the buzz created by the word of mouth […]

I was reading an article today written by Kian Ann of Blogopreneur about RSS and Email. It’s an excellent piece and I recommend everyone read it that wants to understand the realities of corporations and their mentality behind the use of these two technologies.
The writer concludes:

My point here is this. People don’t like to change. […]

The money I spent on attendance and as a Silver Sponsor for the Blog Business Summit was more than worth it and I would recommend that if you had reservations about sponsoring the event, let me be the one to tell you it’s one of the best business decisions I’ve made this year, and I […]

This was a last minute decision on our part but we will be attending the Blog Business Summit in Seattle from October 25, 27, 2006 in Seattle, Washington. We intend to meet as many people as possible there and possibly meet some old friends and people that evangelize blogging as we do. Please come […]