Digital Business Strategy Marketing Management

Ted Matthews Interview : The Real Meaning of ‘Brand’ is Outstanding Culture

David Dalka — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:23:01 +0000

At the back of John Warrillow’s Built to Sell, I saw a book mentioned as a must read. That book is Brand : It ain’t the logo*. The asterisk stands for “It’s what people think of you.” This perspective matches and aligns with my own views quite closely. After a short chat with Ted Matthews [...]

Brett King Discusses Bank 3.0 – Why Banking is No Longer Somewhere You Go, But Something You Do…

David Dalka — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:45:31 +0000

I was sent a copy of Brett King’s new book Bank 3.0 a few weeks back. Good reading on timely topics. Brett was nice enough to share some thoughts with me in an interview. So what is new in Bank 3.0? Brett King: Bank 2.0 was really about the challenges of shifting from branch-centric to [...]

When the Best Infographics Are No Infographic at All?

David Dalka — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 05:41:20 +0000

I’m continually amazed by the number of people who skip text and bypass words and text altogether. I came across an amazing inadvertent and automated example on the National Weather Service Chicago website regarding this Sunday’s weather forecast. As you can see the graphical representation says Sunday will have [...]

Bestselling Author John Mackey – Conscious Capitalism 2013 Book Tour Chicago Stop

David Dalka — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:11:44 +0000

John Mackey came to Chicago Wednesday and gave a powerful , paradign-shifting soul-awakening speech about his new book Conscious Capitalism to the Economic Club of Chicago. The event was led by John A Canning Jr., Chairman of Madison Dearborn Partners. Question and answers were moderated by Mary Ann Childers. Later, I attended a second event [...]

My Jim Bohannon Radio Show Appearance & Discovering the Hurricane Severity Index

David Dalka — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:39:51 +0000

On Friday evening I was a guest on The Jim Bohannon Show to discuss my blog post Will Hurricane Sandy (1-175-485) Again Demonstrate Need to Enhance Saffir-Simpson Scale? It was such a pleasure to be on his show, he’s a true professional. You can find a link to the archived recording here. During the interview he mentioned [...]

Will Hurricane Sandy (1-175-485) Again Demonstrate Need to Enhance Saffir-Simpson Scale?

David Dalka — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:59:50 +0000

Hurricane Ike killed 112 (per Wikipedia) in the United States in 2008, most due to the storm surge. At the time I wrote a blog post advocating an enhancement to the Saffir-Simpson Scale to improve the risk assessment and public communication tool. With Hurricane Sandy bearing down on the New Jersey coast, I thought it [...]

Robyn Benincasa on Building World Class Teams with Essential Leadership Lessons : How Winning Works

David Dalka — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:52:18 +0000

What is true leadership? Keynote speaker Robyn Benincasa leads by example. Robyn Benincasa dropped me a copy of her newly minted New York Times bestselling book entitled How Winning Works : 8 Essential Leadership Lessons from the Toughest Teams on Earth (Harlequin). I’m really glad she did! As you know I read lots and lots [...]

Business Author Ro Khanna Discusses His Thought Provoking Book Entrepreneurial Nation

David Dalka — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:55:53 +0000

The nice folks at McGraw-Hill sent me a freshly minted copy of Ro Khanna’s new book Entrepreneurial Nation : Why Manufacturing is Still Key to America’s Future. As someone who would like to help the CEOs and board of directors transform the sales and marketing of America’s manufacturers to make them into international growth companies, [...]

Jeffrey J. Fox on the Future Transformative CEO

David Dalka — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:30:26 +0000

Recently, I had the great pleasure of hosting a podcast with Jeffrey J. Fox on Total Picture Radio. Over the years, Jeffrey’s books have been a tremendously positive influence on me. He did the crisp and clear short book to perfection before it became fashionable and without losing meaning. As I study the book business [...]

Book Interview Dan Ariely – The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone – Especially Ourselves

David Dalka — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:32:26 +0000

New York Times bestselling author Dan Ariely recently released another thought-provoking book, The (Honest) Truth about Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone – Especially Ourselves. Dan was kind enough to answer some questions. If you are not familiar with Dan, you should read his bio fully so that you understand the unique life experiences that [...]

Suddenly in Charge : Roberta Chinsky Matuson Book Interview

David Dalka — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:12:29 +0000

Recently I read Roberta Chinsky Matuson’s Suddenly in Charge: Managing Up, Managing Down and Succeeding All Around(Niocolas Brealey). Really unique book, especially the managing up part, as I’ve never seen extensive writing about that issue previously. Insightful stuff. Roberta was kind enough to grant an interview. In the chapter on Office Politics you mention the [...]

Jeffrey Hayzlett Book Interview – Running the Gauntlet : Essential Business Lessons to Lead, Drive Change, and Grow Profits

David Dalka — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:17:08 +0000

In the highly anticipated follow up to The Mirror Test, Jeffrey Hayzlett now brings us Running the Gauntlet: Essential Business Lessons to Lead, Drive Change, and Grow Profits due from McGraw-Hill in January 2012. Over the past few years I’ve gotten to know Jeffrey, he’s certainly a unique bird. He’s engaged me not only on [...]

Harvey Mackay Book Interview : THE MACKAY MBA OF SELLING IN THE REAL WORLD

David Dalka — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:27:11 +0000

Last year Harvey Mackay visited Chicago for a media tour for his previous book last year and I got to travel from media outlet to media outlet with him for a day as he did so. The experience would be hard to describe beyond that it will never be forgotten as long as I live [...]

Alan Weiss Interview – Million Dollar Referrals Book

David Dalka — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:20:58 +0000

Alan Weiss has written over 45 books. Absorb that for a minute. That is a heck of alot of books. His latest is Million Dollar Referrals (McGraw- Hill). A timely title about one of the most unique marketing art forms, referrals. Why timely? With constant changes in media and the rise of new channels such [...]

Twitter Gate – Buy More Twitter Followers Free Instantly – Business Marketing Strategy Implications?

David Dalka — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:41:50 +0000

This week there are stories raging in political circles with allegations the Newt Gingrich (or more likely his Internet strategists) bought or acquired Twitter followers. Seeing a concept I’ve seen whispered in the back of the room at Internet conferences being discussed in a broad and general way in Time magazine makes one wonder if [...]

Stanley Cup Parade User Generated Content : Boston Bruins Edition

David Dalka — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:06:50 +0000

Photo by Flickr user rnpract. Congratulations to my blogging counterparts in Boston! The Boston Bruins Stanley Cup parade user generated content bonanza is underway! As you know last year the Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup and they had a parade. I went downtown for the spectacle of madness. I was overwhelmed not only by [...]

Tim Sanders New Leadership Book Interview – Today We Are Rich

David Dalka — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:28:52 +0000

When I heard Tim Sanders was releasing a new leadership book called Today We Are Rich (Tyndale House Publishers), I immediately suggested an interview and he promptly sent me an unedited advance copy. The book starts with an amazingly positive story about his childhood with his grandmother, then migrates to a dark memoir about a [...]

Earthquake User Generated Content : Lessons for Digital Marketing Strategy

David Dalka — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 22:13:33 +0000

Last month I watched the coverage of the Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake with amazement. When looking over the list of major earthquakes since 2005, it was the first with heavy damage to occur in a wealthy nation with lots of digital devices since the dawn of Youtube and user generated content(UGC) ability to share on [...]

Everything I Know About Marketing I Learned From Google : Aaron Goldman Book Blog Tour

David Dalka — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:19:06 +0000

I’ve known Aaron Goldman since 2006 and he stands out as someone who has made himself accessible and friendly in the search engine community. Every few months we share a conversations about what we are both up to and aspire to, it is always fun. Aaron has encouraged me to continue evangelizing my message about [...]

Interview: David Meerman Scott On Marketing Lessons From the Grateful Dead

David Dalka — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:12:28 +0000

As you likely already know, David Meerman Scott and I have a lot in common. We both started our careers in the bond market and spent considerable time organizing and marketing financial market data to various audiences. Who knew we also shared a passion for music? David Meerman Scott actually maintains a database of the [...]

Jim Sterne On His Book Social Media Metrics

David Dalka — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:18:09 +0000

Jim Sterne is a unique person in the interactive space. He cares not only about the multitude of marketing strategies, measurement and tactics, but the success of the people. Jim has been helpful to me in ways that are too long to list here and has cared more about the status of certain issues in [...]

Pat LaPointe of Marketing NPV Marketing Strategy Enagement : BMA 2010

David Dalka — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:02:28 +0000

When I first saw the schedule for the 2010 BMA conference, I immediately noticed that Pat LaPointe from Marketing NPV was on the schedule. Was immediately excited about that as I had not seen him speak before but had heard many positive things. For those of you who don’t know Pat LaPointe, his bio on [...]

Speaking at SMX Toronto April 8th & April 9th

David Dalka — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 14:32:39 +0000

It is my pleasure to announce that I’m speaking at SMX Toronto 2010 on April 8th and April 9th. I’m quite pleased to participate in the following two sessions: Bring in the Love: Organizational Readiness and the Collaborative Work Environment For many organizations there’s a natural tension between the product group, IT and the marketing [...]

Brand Marketing Channel Business Budgeting Strategy Misfortune : Porters of Racine

David Dalka — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:56:44 +0000

Porters of Racine was founded in 1857 providing furniture of distinction well before Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States. My understanding of the history is that fine furniture was brought into port of Racine, Wisconsin and that people traveled from across the Midwest to Porters of Racine to purchase fine furniture. Fast forward [...]

Local Search Marketing Keyword Content Strategy: Porters of Racine Appendix

David Dalka — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:55:38 +0000

While doing research for my Porters of Racine post in Google’s keyword external, I noticed that the keyword sets were large and that the keyword data for Kenosha furniture, Milwaukee furniture and Wisconsin furniture had interesting attributes. These keyword sets were not changed except to remove any query with the term terms implying outdoor furniture [...]

Search Engine Strategies New York City, San Francisco & Chicago 2010 Session Pitch : Home Page Title Tag – Hot or Not?

David Dalka — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:13:11 +0000

The following session was submitted to Search Engine Strategies in January, 2010. Hope you enjoy it. Home Page Title Tag – Hot or Not? Moderators: David Dalka and either Mike Grehan, Greg Jarboe or Stewart Quealy The first thing one learns about search engine optimization is about the importance of title tags, especially the home [...]

Marketing Channel Business Strategy Reallocation Management: Where Are You?

David Dalka — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:55:13 +0000

The other day Google (GOOG) had it’s earnings call, Google stated that a primary agenda for 2010, in addition to mobile, was display advertising. Yes, you read that right, display advertising. Display? Yahoo 2.0? After the call one had to think about how non-targeted and potentially wasteful advertising spend could potentially be harmful to corporate [...]

You won £850,000.00 GBP in Google new year promotion

David Dalka — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:15:24 +0000

Just received the following email in my Gmail account. How generous of Google. I sent David Krane a note asking when we can do the photo opportunity with the big check, send the wire and all that fun stuff! From: GOOGLE PROMO <winners@googlelotto.com> Date: Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 7:56 PM Subject: You won £850,000.00 [...]

Google Local Business Center Results Emailed to Random Business Leaders?

David Dalka — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:00:09 +0000

At 9:25 PM CST tonight I received the following highly surprising email from Google Local Business Center (I have covered the numbers to protect the web site traffic data and subject matter of Google’s apparent privacy victim). Yes, the email is for November, 2009′s local business results for some business named Boscos. A query of [...]

Bryan Eisenberg’s 21 Secrets to Top Converting Websites

David Dalka — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:39:10 +0000

Bryan Eisenberg will be giving a session shortly entitled 21 Secrets to Top Converting Websites at Search Engine Strategies Chicago 2009 and at marketing conferences worldwide in 2010 – here’s a high level preview of the session: 1. They Communicate Unique Value Propositions & Unique Campaign Propositions 2. They Make Persuasive & Relevant Offers 3. [...]

My Secret Love Affair With a Reusable Coupon

David Dalka — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:01:03 +0000

OK, There is this little secret love affair that I’ve been withholding from you. It all started with an innocent visit to my mailbox in late September which included a mailing with the pictured reusuable coupon for a free bagel from Einstein’s Bagels every Friday before 11AM. Each week since then this coupon has been [...]

Twitter, Revenue Models and Venture Capital

David Dalka — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:01:32 +0000

I love it when Michael Arrington takes off the here’s the tech of the day hat, takes the gloves off and talks about the real issues (more, more!), like he did that today with his post Twitter and The Revenue Dilemma. I wrote about potential business models for Twitter about a year ago, it generated [...]

No Amount Of Paid Lobbyist Dollars Can Prevent Content Revolution

David Dalka — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:42:20 +0000

Brian Solis checked in with a guest post on TechCrunch this morning regarding the disclosure debate. To be clear, it’s a thoughtful post and I don’t disagree with anything materially in what was said. So why write about this? I find the entire conversation to be 100% completely unnecessary. First a story. When I was [...]

Latency, Spam, Memory Leaks – Google What Are Ya Doing To Me Pal?

David Dalka — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:45:39 +0000

The following was reported today on the website Data Center Knowledge: “It’s clear that latency really does matter to users,” said Mayer, the VP of Search and User Experience at Google and today’s keynote speaker at the O’Reilly Velocity Conference. Do ya really think so Marissa? Having unnecessary captchas, massive memory leaks in gmail, outbound [...]

Microsoft’s Shocking Click Fraud Lawsuit (Microsoft v. Lam, et. al.)

David Dalka — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:24:57 +0000

With the recent launch of Bing, Microsoft has been making alot of promotional fanfare. That was expected. Seemingly almost out of nowhere, after several years of being virtually invisible to the public, click fraud appeared on the pages of the New York Times and Microsoft took on the role of being the white hat with [...]

BMA B2B Marketing Conference, Google’s Sam Sebastian, Director, Local & B2B Markets

David Dalka — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:39:18 +0000

Sam announced in a public forum for the first time that I’ve seen search as a leading economic indicator. I have long dreamed of this prospect from the moment I first saw Google and combined it with my previous background in instituational financial services. I’m excited about this development and would like to openly ask [...]

Recap: Speaking at WordCamp Chicago 2009

David Dalka — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:10:37 +0000

Truly an outstanding weekend! Thanks again to Brain Gardner and Lisa Sabin-Wilson for organizing an outstanding event event! Other than venue issues with Wifi access, it went as smooth as glass. It was also nice to meet Matt Mullenweg and Jim Turner in person for the first time. Having all of my great friend from [...]

David Meerman Scott – BMA B2B UNLEARN Conference 2009

David Dalka — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:44:09 +0000

Before David’s talk today, I had the opportunity to chat with him for a while. We had been talking in backchannels for quite some time and it was great to finally connect in person. I learned throughout our conversation that we have similar backgrounds in financial services, data products and negative events in both of [...]

Professor Eric Clemons: Time for Some New Senior Vice Presidents?

David Dalka — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:26:49 +0000

Danny Sullivan made a great reply to this Eric Clemons’ previous post on TechCrunch today. As you know, I’ve been pretty quiet here on my blog lately. I’ve been busy on the phone, organizing speaking, planning a book and talking to people about really changing the world either as an executive and/or as a consultant [...]

Barney Harford Now Orbitz CEO – Welcome to Chicago

David Dalka — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:31:45 +0000

For the past few years, I thought that there might be a new entrant to Chicago’s Internet scene. It was exciting to me because Chicago could certainly use some geographic diversity in it’s leadership. For a long time, it looked like that person would be Mark Cuban, but it now appears that he will not [...]

Search Engine Strategies Chicago 2008: Video Search Engine Optimization

David Dalka — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:41:41 +0000

Moderator: Anna Maria Virzi, Executive Editor, ClickZ Speakers: Ed Kim, Chief Executive Officer, Red Bricks Media Greg Jarboe, President & Co-founder, SEO-PR Steve Espinosa, Director of Product Development & Management, eLocal Listing, LLC Gregory Markel, Founder/President, Infuse Creative, LLC Barbara C. Coll, CEO, WebMama.com Inc. I didn’t get to attend this session due to other [...]

Search Engine Strategies Chicago 2008: Search Engine Marketing and Consumer Packaged Goods

David Dalka — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:46:47 +0000

Moderator: Mark Jackson, Search Engine Watch Expert & President/CEO, VIZION Interactive Internet Marketing Speakers: Brian Lipman, Interactive Marketing, ConAgra Foods Randy Peterson, Search Marketing Innovation Manager, Procter and Gamble Beth Uyenco, Global Research Director, Microsoft’s Advertiser and Publisher Solutions Group Eli Goodman, Search Evangelist, comScore, Inc Matt Wilburn, Senior Director, CPG, Matt WIlburn and Beth [...]

Search Engine Strategies Chicago 2008: The Convergence Combo: Advertisers, Agencies, Automation… Oh My!

David Dalka — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:41:46 +0000

Moderator: Greg Jarboe, President & Co-founder, SEO-PR Speakers: Craig Macdonald, VP of Marketing & Product Development, Covario Inc. Ellen Watson, Relationship Marketing Manager for Child Care Brands, Kimberly-Clark Corp. This is a live session blog from Search Engine Strategies Chicago 2008, please excuse any typos and/or fragments. Thank you! Ellen Watson – Kimberly Clark: Paid [...]

Search Engine Strategies Chicago 2008: Universal & Blended Search Engine Conversation

David Dalka — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:26:18 +0000

Moderator: Kevin Ryan, SES Advisory Board Chair & CEO, Motivity Marketing Speakers: Dr. Larry Cornett, VP, Consumer Products, Yahoo! Search Mike Grehan, Global KDM Officer, Acronym Media Chris Blakely, Director, Client Services, comScore, Inc. Todd Schwartz, Group Product Manager, Live Search, Microsoft Corporation Jack Menzel, Senior Product Manager, Google This is a live session blog [...]

ifbyphone Raises $4.6 Million in New Round of Venture Capital Funding

David Dalka — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:55:25 +0000

Congrats to Irv Shapiro and his team! I’ve had a close up look at what the ifbyphone is doing and I like what I see. Mike Pruyn at Communicano dropped me this note saying that “Ifbyphone is a tech start-up that specializes in building elegantly simple telephony-related software applications for SMBs. The company has two [...]

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Formerly Chicago GSB

David Dalka — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:40:49 +0000

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, formerly The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business sent this note earlier this month. I am very pleased to announce a remarkable gift of $300 million to the University of Chicago for the benefit of the Graduate School of Business by University Trustee and alumnus David [...]

Speaking Of Facebook – It Needs Change Management of Customer Service

David Dalka — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:21:48 +0000

There has been some discussion today of Facebook’s business model. Forget about monetization, can Facebook survive without any useful customer service improvements? While 98% of the service works great on autopilot, there is absolutely zero customer service for the things where you do need help. I don’t mean bad customer service, I mean there is [...]

Hurricane Ike Suggests Need to Modify Saffir-Simpson Scale Hurricane Measurement Metrics

David Dalka — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:24:16 +0000

Estimates of damage from Hurricane Ike and the reported death toll continue to rise far beyond what would be expected from the last Saffir-Simpson Scale reading of “a category 2 hurricane.” Hurricane Ike’s larger than category 2 impact suggests need to modify Saffir-Simpson Scale hurricane measurement and communication metrics. It is heartbreaking to see and [...]

Chicago Cubs Pitcher Carlos Zambrano Throws Cubs First No Hitter Since 1972!!!

David Dalka — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:34:14 +0000

Wow!!! Go Cubs!!! Magic number is now 7!!!

DEPAUL EARNS #2 GRADUATE AND #7 UNDERGRADUATE RANKING IN ENTREPRENEUR MAGAZINE’S ANNUAL “BEST SCHOOLS FOR ENTREPRENEURS”

David Dalka — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:40:31 +0000

As an alumnus of DePaul University and a member of DePaul’s New Venture Challenge judging team since inception, I’m pleased to see this ranking!!! However, high rankings on entrepreneurship education alone is not sufficient, the next steps are: 1) To build a transparent, quick and efficient marketplace for entrepreneurs, experienced and passionate management teams and [...]

Barack Obama Google Link Bomb, New Facebook URL Glitches or ????

David Dalka — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:03:38 +0000

Check this out! Facebook is not consistently ranking #1 for the navigational search “Facebook” on Google. While it’s not happening on every Google data center, I’m sure that based on past posts, Danny Sullivan might find this interesting and worth monitoring. So this could mean one of a few things are the culprit here… 1. [...]

The Washington Post Needs to Check The Facts

David Dalka — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:10:08 +0000

There is currently a crisis emerging in mainstream media. It is called, we don’t check the facts or seek quotes from other parties in the know on a subject to see if it is correct or not before we publish. Don’t get me wrong, Sarah Halzack’s article, “Marketing Moves to the Blogosphere” is actually filled [...]

Open Question for SES San Jose Day 1- Facebook Internal Search Optimization

David Dalka — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:15:29 +0000

For those in attendance at SES San Jose and SEOmoz PRO Training this week, does anyone know anyone who has done any detailed testing on optimizing Facebook for people doing internal searches on Facebook? Please feel free to comment or reply if you have figured this arena out yet. As Facebook continues to grow in [...]

SES San Jose Day 1 – Video Search Optimization

David Dalka — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:05:39 +0000

I unfortunately arrived towards the end of Greg Jarboe’s speech and the next two speakers didn’t say anything that I hadn’t already stated in my Youtube Video Optimization blog post form earlier this year. I’d strongly urge anyone who attended this session to take a look at this posting.

At SES San Jose / Silicon Valley 2008 Day 1

David Dalka — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:58:23 +0000

I had a flawless trip in from Chicago on Southwest Airlines (with a bunch of people with Dell computers with flaws – mostly dvd and hinge problems) and am here staying with my good friend David Temple during Search Engine Strategies San Jose. It’s a kinda different show this year in both the crowd and [...]

My First Exposure To ifbyphone

David Dalka — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:29:42 +0000

Last week, Andy Abramson from Communicano invited me to an intimate breakfast that included developers from multiple countries, executives from ifbyphone (and fonolo) and venture capitalists. Wonderful food, content and people made for an outstanding conversation! During Cluecon, I was able to drop in and catch Irv Shaprio’s speech, what follows are my live blogging [...]

Top Digg Users Show Wide Variance In Participation

David Dalka — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:27:09 +0000

Everyone knows that Digg users are highly social and many are familiar with the traditional ranking of popular posts and other data that is available on digganalytics.com (data used in this post is as of 8/3/2008). Just for fun, I decided to toss this data into a spreadsheet and splice and dice it a bit [...]

Could Twitter Actually Have a Business Model in Keywords?

David Dalka — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:18:13 +0000

Biz Stone got this directionally correct, it is just not in a format that is usable in real time, yet… If I were the lead product manager at Twitter, I’d be setting up two primary screens: 1) Keywords across the entire network overall which toggle switches for the frequency compared to normal (it would be [...]

How To Reorganize Management For Social Media, Search Marketing and Internet Advertising

David Dalka — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:31:54 +0000

Every once in a while Robert Scoble puts down the camera and writes an amazingly thought provoking blog post. Not a perfect post, but one that makes you think about the state of things. Scoble’s comparison of certain VCs to big companies struck a chord with me due a speech I’m working on. I’d like [...]

Nokia N81 8GB Review

David Dalka — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:06:43 +0000

A few weeks ago I was sent a Nokia N81 8GB mobile phone. This post will contrast it with Nokia N73 it replaced. Image by tnkgrl via Flickr Positives of the Nokia N81 8GB: - The first thing you notice is new radically different navigation on N-series phones. The green and red call and hang up [...]