Archive for February, 2008

SXSW and Texas Book Festival - Match Made in Heaven! »

As Mr. T. was prone to say, “I pity the fool…that doesn’t get to come and hang out at SXSW and see all these amazing things happening!” So here are some you just gotta do! I’m up for Gonzo definitely!
The SXSW Film Festival (March 7-15 in Austin) and The Texas Book Festival would like to [...]

BEA Scores Lewis Black »

I love Book Expo America and this year it will be held in Los Angeles and Lewis Black will be there as part of the BEA events! Cool cool cool beans!
I highly recommend if you have not ever attended BEA that you see if you can make it to the “big show.” It’s an amazing [...]

Cyberfamilias: Building a Web of Influence »

I’m always touting LinkedIn and ask all my clients to re-engage their “linkedin-ness” and this article in the NYTimes today by Michelle Slatalla is a superb take on LinkedIn and building that ever-necessary “web of influence” one ping at a time.

Writing, Abundance and the Ant »

If you’re an author, musician or even a creative thinker at your company you know there are times when it seems like the world is against you and you can’t possibly find a way to succeed. But take heart and think like an ANT.
In my work with authors or musicians in terms of online efforts [...]

Axiom Awards »

I’m thrilled to say that two books I helped do online outreach for are named as finalists for the Axiom Awards!
Lois Kelly’s “Beyond Buzz: The Next Generation of Word-of-Mouth Marketing” and Erika Andersen’s outstanding book, “Growing Great Employees: Turning Ordinary People into Extraordinary Performers”!
Congrats to both of you extraordinary authors and what a [...]

Bigthink.com…Share Your Big Ideas »

If you’re tired of the YouTube videos with someone singing songs to Britney then you might be ready for the site BigThink.com , which officially went live on January 7th. BigThink.com’s founder Peter Hopkins told the E-Commerce Times that his goal in creating the site was to “create a venue to exchange ideas online. Our [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day »

It’s Valentine’s day and I’m in San Francisco doing a Web 2.0 presentation for an amazing group of publicists, authors and marketers, but I still want to send a great shout of heartfelt encouragement to all those folks who want to write and produce a stellar book. You can do it!
I also wanted to address [...]