Give more to sell more: Better blogging and online marketing
[I sent this as email to several friends and clients this morning. I guess this is the commercial version of what I'd said for non-profits last week when I suggested that the best way to raise money is not to ask. Contrarian advice for the best sales and marketing in an economic downturn, it applies in good times and in bad.]
I sent each of you this because we’ve talked recently about marketing yourself or your business. Most of you are thinking about blogging, or have a blog and other online marketing that you could get better results from. Read more
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About Dale
I've been a software engineer, a rocket scientist, a CEO, an author, editor and publisher, a personal trainer (to movie stars, Olympic and professional athletes), and helped build a couple of mobile and Internet ad agencies. Yeah, I was the guy at the front of the iPhone line; all three times. I write about startups, business, technology (especially web and mobile), and sometimes I review the gadgets I love to play with.-
Recent Posts
- iPhone hype and App hype exceeded by results: iTablet / iSlate to match it?
- Check your plan: new lower cell voice rates not automatic
- 2010 Year of the App Phone (Android vs. iPhone vs. WebOS)
- It’s time to end TSA-sponsored terrorism in the air and on American soil!
- To marry a geek, propose like one. Engaged! (Yes, on Twitter, like real geeks.)
- iTunes 9 Home Sharing/Sync the Wrong Solution. Give us automatic media caching!
- TimeCapsule sucks as Network Attached Storage for iTunes or Sonos
- Skittles goes all in on Twitter
- Competition Reduces Friction for Payments
- A hint about good presentations, Politics as an example of transparency? and OMMA Social
- Best iPhone Twitter app comes down to Tweetie vs. Twittelator Pro
- Suing over negative Yelp reviews (and a better response)
- Obama’s Blackberry: “They’re going to have to pry it out of my hands”
- iPhone vs. Blackberry: Touchscreen no substitute for good user experience
- The Tale of Despereaux: World’s First Live-Twitter Movie Review?
My Tweets
- Only 13%!?! RT @arrington Chatroulette Is 89 Percent Male, 47 Percent American, And 13 Percent Perverts http://tcrn.ch/c6owsw 03/16/10 06:42pm
- RT @kevinmarks: RT @cdixon true RT @garrytan "founders worry too much about startups in Techcrunch. Your competitor is the back button" ... 03/16/10 06:37pm
- @spreadsong Good luck and let us know how your first free apps/in-app purchase apps go! 03/16/10 04:51pm
- RT @om: Video: How the iPhone Helped Make Game Startup Unity a 03/16/10 04:51pm
- RT @mashable: PayPal Transfers Made Simple: Just Bump iPhones - http://bit.ly/8ZbQwj 03/16/10 04:50pm
Recently Tweeted
- Competition Reduces Friction for Payments
- A hint about good presentations, Politics as an example of transparency? and OMMA Social
- New iPhone Monday: Winning Combination
- Winning Management Strategy in Economic Downturn (Reuters: Social Networking Prevents Business Collapse?)
- Mourning Castro Halloween
My Favorite Tweets
- spreadsong: Spreadsong's in BusinessWeek- I think it's enough to say 'As featured in BusinessWeek', right? http://bit.ly/bXJLa6 03/16/10 05:34pm
- mobixy: Answered: Is there a reason as to why you feel the need to innovate? http://bit.ly/8Yqry6 #askme @startupscom 03/16/10 03:43pm
- WeightWatchers: Weight Watchers is based on a science-based approach. Here, 4 simple principles to follow: http://bit.ly/9cjNCj 03/16/10 02:26pm
- harrymccracken: Attending (and tweeting) the Future of Publishing Summit today in NYC: http://www.futureofpublishingsummit.com 03/16/10 11:35am
- davemcclure: #WhoNeedsVC @MitchLasky Big VC Economics ($500M) -> 3x return on capital, own 20% at exit = $7.5B exit value for 30 co's 03/15/10 05:47pm
- founderdating: Ready to do your own thing but need a co-founder? @Founderdating - April 6. Apply by April 1. cc@jalter @saarsaar www.founderdating.com 03/15/10 04:40am
- ravenme: Congratulations to @theymakeapps for winning a SXSW award! The world needed a directory of mobile developers and agencies. 03/15/10 01:23am
- timoreilly: Social Media's effect on learning: http://bit.ly/9WUihA Patricia Kuhl's work on neuroscience and language acquisition is awesome. 03/15/10 12:06am
- rashmi: .@UpbeatNow his book is about work 4 hrs / week outsource everything else. If he does not do that himself, why should we believe him? 03/15/10 12:03am
- mobixy: Celsius Tourbillon mobile phone combines mechanical with electronic http://bit.ly/bP1wtQ 03/14/10 09:49pm
- zkirill: Spin-off blog post from tonight's Startup Chat on "Getting Early Customers" http://bit.ly/bKJdQu cc: @hnshah 03/14/10 06:16am
- manukumar: RT @loggly: We can finally replace the CSS guy with a website: http://css3generator.com/ #design 03/14/10 05:55am
- hrheingold: Nobel laureate Ostrom's recipe 4 success 4 groups to manage their own affairs: http://bit.ly/b8ngK5 03/13/10 10:23pm
- TechCrunch: Danah Boyd: How Technology Makes A Mess Of Privacy and Publicity - http://tcrn.ch/9BQh8b by @jasonkincaid 03/13/10 10:20pm
- tedr: Cool things CSS3 offers: rounded corners; drop shadow; text rotation; semantic divs; alternating patterns; text wrapping columns. #geekjoy 03/13/10 10:18pm
- fastcompany: Survey: 75% of iPhone Users Have a Wholly Inappropriate Relationship With Their Phones http://su.pr/AAuPeZ 03/09/10 06:35am
- om: When It Comes to Social Sharing, Don’t Forget About Email http://dlvr.it/7w6d (via @gigaom) 03/09/10 06:04am
- fastcompany: Today in insane, hilarious push polls: Apple iPhone addiction among college students http://bit.ly/cZxxC0 03/09/10 04:03am
- parislemon: Google Buzz Could Have Dominated Location. (And Snuck Up On Facebook And Twitter.) http://tcrn.ch/dBMHeP 03/09/10 03:41am
- blam: condom camera photo is scary! RT Hello. http://bit.ly/cDquPo (via @willsmith) 03/09/10 03:23am
Follow me on Twitter
- Only 13%!?! RT @arrington Chatroulette Is 89 Percent Male, 47 Percent American, And 13 Percent Perverts http://tcrn.ch/c6owsw 5 hours ago
- RT @kevinmarks: RT @cdixon true RT @garrytan "founders worry too much about startups in Techcrunch. Your competitor is the back button" ... 6 hours ago
- @spreadsong Good luck and let us know how your first free apps/in-app purchase apps go! 7 hours ago
- RT @om: Video: How the iPhone Helped Make Game Startup Unity a Winner. It is a true start-up story. http://bit.ly/bshFPd from @gigaom 7 hours ago
- RT @mashable: PayPal Transfers Made Simple: Just Bump iPhones - http://bit.ly/8ZbQwj 7 hours ago
- RT @jgrahamc: I have 607 followers, my 1,214th follower will get a free copy of The Geek Atlas (http://geekatlas.com/) and a bottle of V ... 7 hours ago
- @sftex I'm not sure it's that simple. Platform built to encourage creating viruses appealing to most common instincts. 7 hours ago
- @Thedbatrix yay! 8 hours ago
- RT @bjfogg: @tristanharris Someone tweeted that your session was perhaps the best sxsw session on journalism -- ever. Congrats! 8 hours ago
- .@harrymccracken almost certainly, technology choice will not be the issue that makes or breaks the future of publishing. Wrong argument. 8 hours ago
- is amazed by the strong tendency for the stupidest Facebook apps to spread the fastest. Interesting. 9 hours ago
- OH: @FlurryMobile's App Circle is built pretty well! (from developer who just implemented and tested it in his app...) 2010/03/15