http://janetleejohnson.com Technology for Marketers, Marketing for Technologists Fri, 16 May 2008 23:03:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Confluence In Motion: I'm a pretty big (albeit recent) Twitter advocate. I'm preparing a "Web 2.0 for Entrepreneurs" webcast for the OEN next Wednesday morning. I'm talking to a lot of people who just don't get Twitter for business. REAL email exchange today... "[name] said you must have a ... http://janetleejohnson.com/2008/05/16/eight-business-reasons-to-twitter/ Okay - here's how it went. I decided to check in on the Twitter chatter from the Community 2.0 conference going on in Vegas tonight. Checked my Twitter feed. Found a Tweet by @MarshallK about Summize - which allows you to search Twitter for memes. Tested it by Tweeting about Attensa blog ... http://janetleejohnson.com/2008/05/13/blown-away-by-choconancy-nancywhite/ With the chatter today around Google's Friend Connect code being announced, there's a wealth of new optimism for the notion of "open" social networks... where social networks become the fabric of the web, not the "walled gardens" we're forced to manage separately with different logins, passwords, connections and feeds. Charlene ... http://janetleejohnson.com/2008/05/13/open-social-networks-in-the-air/ I met Kathleen Brush a couple of week ago, but had heard of her months before we were able to meet in person. She's the CMO at WebTrends (a client of mine), and a marketing turnaround executive - which fascinates me as I continue to consult on marketing strategy ... http://janetleejohnson.com/2008/05/04/cmo-turnaround-lessons-start-may-15/ I tell people who write blogs (business blogs too) that the blog is your living room. In visiting old acquaintances in the blogosphere, I ran across Susan Getgood's Marketing Roadmaps blog again. Susan and I were are both speakers at early Blog Business Summit events, and I've been remiss about ... http://janetleejohnson.com/2008/05/01/personal-blog-ethics/