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# ComBridges

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- [🤔 Why I retired a name I love in order to serve you better](https://www.combridges.com/why-i-retired-a-name-i-love-in-order-to-serve-you-better/) - AI Creativity ChroniclesUse AI Well. Stay Human.Build What Matters. For a while, I've been The AI Over 50 Guy. I'm grateful for that name. It gave a lot of people permission to stop being scared of using this AI stuff and start playing with it. Now, I'm making a meaningful change that is a return to what I've been doing for over 40 years. I'm coming back to my core skills: creative direction, strategy, and crafting effective communications. My new title says it plainly: AI Creative Director &...
- [🎯 Your AI Doesn't Know Your Business. Yet.](https://www.combridges.com/your-ai-doesnt-know-your-business-yet/) - AI Creativity ChroniclesBecause it's never too lateto play with the future. Most people using AI for business marketing are just using ChatGPT or Claude as chat collaborators. That makes sense. It's where we all started. But here's what most people don't know yet: A chatbot's memories get to know you, but don't know your business. And, more importantly, they don't know your audience. They don't know your subscribers or to whom they are connected. You feed it the context and get a draft back....
- [🧭 Your website is a trust object. Don't vibe-code it.](https://www.combridges.com/your-website-is-a-trust-object-dont-vibe-code-it/) - AI Creativity ChroniclesBecause it's never too lateto play with the future. The Third Path, Applied You don't have to pick a side. Most of the AI conversation is shouting at you from two directions. On one side, focuses on messages of fear like, “don't touch it, it's going to take away your humanity.” On the other side, those swimming in runaway tech intoxication say, “AI is a game changer, you have to get this new app.” There's actually a third way. And it's the one most of us actually want:...
- [🎸 Dylan's Warning Was About AI (He Just Didn't Know It)](https://www.combridges.com/dylans-warning-was-about-ai-he-just-didnt-know-it/) - AI Creativity ChroniclesBecause it's never too lateto play with the future. "He Not Busy Being Born Is Busy Dying." Bob Dylan wrote that line in 1964. He had no idea about doom scrolling. No idea about AI-generated content flooding the internet. No idea about algorithms designed to keep you passive, consuming, numb. But he nailed it anyway. Because the crisis he was describing isn't technological, it's existential. And it's been here a lot longer than ChatGPT. AI won't replace you, unless you...
- [🎯 Excitement Is Not a Strategy](https://www.combridges.com/excitement-is-not-a-strategy/) - AI Creativity ChroniclesBecause it's never too lateto play with the future. 🎬 Practicing in Public This is one of my new, daily Practicing in Public videos on TikTok — a little series I started as my own experiment in Following the Juice. 🧭 Short, unpolished, thinking-out-loud video riffs. A way to show up, stay creatively awake, and let the ideas find me in real time instead of waiting until I've got them perfectly figured out. This particular one got at something I've been chewing on for a...
- [🎨 Using AI to Express Something Meaningful](https://www.combridges.com/using-ai-to-express-something-meaningful/) - AI Creativity ChroniclesBecause it's never too lateto play with the future. 🎨 A few days of play Over the last few days, I've spent a little time playing with the latest and greatest AI image and video models: GPT Image 2 and Seedance 2.0. And something cracked open. ✨ Not in a new feature, neat trick way, but in a wait, this changes things way. And here's what struck me almost as much as these breakthroughs: most people have no idea this is happening. 👀 Not conceptually — experientially. The...
- [🤖 Bernie Sanders Interviewed an AI on Camera. We Need to Talk.](https://www.combridges.com/bernie-sanders-interviewed-an-ai-on-camera-we-need-to-talk/) - Bernie Sanders just took a stand — using a new kind of AI video. Not a press release. Not a hearing. A smartphone, a camera, and a real conversation with Claude about who's profiting from your personal data — and why you should care.
- [🎬 I Turned My Webinar Into an AI Video. Here’s the Point.](https://www.combridges.com/i-turned-my-webinar-into-an-ai-video-heres-the-point/) - AI Creativity ChroniclesBecause it's never too lateto play with the future. I heard my own message in another voice... an AI voice! Not approximately my message. My exact words, my reasoning, the argument I’ve been making for years — delivered by an AI voice generated by NotebookLM, over AI-produced whiteboard-style visuals that were automagically designed and delivered. To be honest, this was a moment of genuine strangeness. I did a kind of double-take. That’s my thinking. And here it is,...
- [🌅 Prompted to Create 2026 is open (live cohort, Feb 23)](https://www.combridges.com/prompted-to-create-2026-is-open-live-cohort-feb-23/) - I am excited to share something I’ve been cookin' up for you—and it’s now ready. Prompted to Create 2026 is a live, 3-week, small-group cohort designed especially for people over 50 who want to engage with AI in a way that feels human, creative, and grounded.
- [I just recorded something important for you 🎥](https://www.combridges.com/i-just-recorded-something-important-for-you/) - I just finished recording something I've been thinking about for weeks — and I wanted you to see it. It's me sharing what I really believe about this moment we're in — and why I think staying on the sidelines isn't neutral anymore.
- [🎥 How AI changes everything, including video authority. It's time for a video strategy update.](https://www.combridges.com/is-your-video-strategy-stuck-in-the-flip-phone-era/) - The way experts build authority through video just fundamentally changed. Not in a flashy, hype-cycle way. In a quiet, structural way that most people won't notice until they're behind.
- [🧩 Want to know why experts can’t crack social video? (hint: it’s not talent or the gear)](https://www.combridges.com/the-hidden-reason-smart-experts-cant-crack-video-hint-its-not-talent/) - Here’s a pattern I’ve seen a hundred times. 👀 After 30 years in video, I’ve watched brilliant people — coaches, consultants, founders, and thought leaders with genuine expertise — tie themselves in knots trying to figure out why they haven’t been able to establish a sustainable video presence.
- [🌅 Does AI makes you uneasy. This might be why.](https://www.combridges.com/if-ai-makes-you-uneasy-this-might-be-why/) - The AI Dawn is arriving. Where do you stand?
- [Stop keeping your life small ✨ What's AI got to do with it?](https://www.combridges.com/what-keeps-creative-lives-small/) - There’s a quiet tragedy that many people over 50 live with. It's something we rarely talk about. It’s not our health, and it’s not the people we’ve lost. It’s the creative sparks, the stories, the wisdom inside us that may never be expressed.
- [The Most Underrated Gift of AI ✨ (It’s Not What You Think)](https://www.combridges.com/the-most-underrated-gift-of-ai-its-not-what-you-think/) - I really do love all the things AI can help me create 🎨🎬⚡But I don’t think that’s its most important quality. AI has become my creative thought partner, and it makes me sad that so many people over 50 don’t realize this kind of support is available.
- [🧠🎨 The Real Reason Over 50s Fear AI. It’s Not What You Think.](https://www.combridges.com/the-real-reason-over-50s-fear-ai-its-not-what-you-think/) - Most people assume AI feels scary because it’s complicated. I don’t buy that. AI feels scary because it challenges something far more personal: our relevance, our authorship, our creative agency. And here’s the part we rarely name 👇 ⚠️ The Hidden Cost of AI Fear
- [How to Enjoy Simple AI Creative Holiday Play (Steal This Idea) 🎁](https://www.combridges.com/simple-ai-creative-holiday-play-steal-this-idea/) - ✨ Here's how I celebrated and spread some "Live Aloha" style seasonal joy. I started by conjuring this AI-generated 50's-style illustration… 🎨 …and then, as if this wasn't enough fun, I turned the illustration into a short animated video. 🤯
- [Stop using AI like a "Fancy Google" 🚫 🔍 5 Ways to Use ChatGPT Better.](https://www.combridges.com/stop-using-ai-like-google/) - A recent confession from someone over 50 stopped me in my tracks: “I’m basically only using ChatGPT like a fancy Google. What am I missing? How do I get more out of AI?” If that question feels familiar, you’re not alone — and you’re definitely not behind. The problem isn’t you.
- [🔥 Big Savings on an AI Experience for Marketers](https://www.combridges.com/open-this-one-black-friday-savings-a-transformative-ai-experience-for-marketers/) - Black Friday deals are everywhere right now — but let’s be honest: Most of them don’t actually move your career or your creativity forward. This one does. ⚡️
- [Breakthrough AI Overwhelm SO AI Becomes Your Creativity Amplifier 🎨⚡](https://www.combridges.com/your-creative-journey-matters-ai-is-just-the-amplifier/) - Here's How My Creative Journey Prepared Me to Help YOU Break Through AI Paralysis If you’ve ever looked at AI and felt a mix of fear, confusion, or that nagging “Why should I even care?”—you’re not alone.
- [✨ Your Story Can Now Be Told. Learn How AI Can Help You See What’s Next](https://www.combridges.com/your-story-isnt-done-yet-ai-helps-you-see-whats-next/) - If you’ve ever looked back on your life’s work and struggled to put the pieces into a clear story, you’re in good company. So many creatives over 50 feel that mix of confusion, overwhelm, and “where do I even start?” when it comes to AI. Here’s a perspective on AI you might not have heard before...
- [🎨 Create to Serve: The Real Edge in the AI Era ✨](https://www.combridges.com/create-to-serve-the-real-edge-in-the-ai-era/) - 👋 AI moves fast. Doomscrolling is easy. Creating is harder (but is getting easier). Here are two videos that reminded me why we create in the first place.
- [🎥 What You Told Me About Learning AI (Survey Results & Special Savings Inside!)](https://www.combridges.com/what-you-told-me-about-learning-ai-survey-results-special-savings-inside/) - What I Learned from Our Quick 3-Question Survey A huge thanks to everyone who participated! Eleven seasoned creatives shared how they’re engaging with AI and new media. The results paint a clear picture.
- [Stop Dabbling with AI. Start Dialoguing a Powerful Thought Partner ✨](https://www.combridges.com/stop-dabbling-start-dialoguing-your-ai-thought-partner-awaits/) - Don’t just use ChatGPT, challenge it 🧠 Most folks poke at ChatGPT and have no idea what it can do. The magic shows up when you demand more. Not louder—smarter. Think of it as an amplifier for the clarity you already have. 🔊
- [🎬 How Sora AI Video Supercharges Creativity](https://www.combridges.com/how-sora-ai-video-isnt-replacing-creativity-its-amplifying-it/) - 🎙️ “AI isn't a threat to our creativity,it’s a megaphone for it.” Experimentation is the best way to learn. The video in this post was created while experimenting with Sora 2, OpenAI’s latest, controversial text-to-video model and app.
- [🗞️ How Journalists Can Help Creators in the Age of AI](https://www.combridges.com/journalists-vs-creators-the-future-of-trust-in-the-age-of-ai/) - What happens when journalists start acting like creators — and creators start thinking like journalists? 👀 That’s the juicy question at the heart of this week’s Video Mojo episode with Alexa Phillips.
- [🚀 4 New, Juicy AI Insights to Fuel Your Creativity](https://www.combridges.com/4-juicy-ai-discoveries-from-my-creativity-adventure-this-week/) - This week, as usual, I’ve been swimming in the fast current of AI creativity — and I brought back 4 juicy discoveries worth sharing.
- [🎬 How AI Video Finally Grew a Backbone: My New Demo](https://www.combridges.com/how-ai-video-finally-grew-a-backbone-my-new-demo/) - After decades as a video producer, I'm delighted to report that AI is helping me direct full stories, not just spit out random clips. In my latest AI app video demo, I explore MovieFlo.AI.
- [The iPhone Ad Apple Wouldn't Make (But Someday Might) 📱✨](https://www.combridges.com/the-iphone-ad-apple-didnt-make-but-might-someday/) - Today, Apple will give us its official future. Meanwhile, here’s an alternate future — one that feels even more revealing, a spec ad using AI tools and a very clever, forward-thinking, and very human sense of humor. 🤣
- [🌊 Don’t Miss the Wave! AI Video Tsunami Hits Tomorrow ⚡](https://www.combridges.com/dont-miss-the-wave-ai-video-tsunami-hits-tomorrow/) - 🌊 The AI Tsunami Is Here! In the spirit of playful creativity, I made an 8-second AI-generated video—complete with AI music and sound effects. Sound up! 🔈 The speed and power of AI video is unlike anything we’ve seen before.
- [🎬 Like Photoshop Before It, AI Video Will Redefine Creativity](https://www.combridges.com/like-photoshop-before-it-ai-video-will-redefine-creativity/) - 🎨 From Photoshop Panic to AI Video Power 🚀 Back in 1989, journalists worried that Photoshop would “end photography.” They said we’d never know what’s real. Sound familiar? Today, we’re hearing the same kinds of fears about AI.
- [🎬 These New AI Video Storytelling Breakthroughs Blew My Mind 🤯](https://www.combridges.com/these-new-ai-video-storytelling-breakthroughs-blew-my-mind/) - This week, I had two AI play experiences that left me buzzing. I watched Google's Veo3 AI write, voice, and produce an entire video; plus I discovered a new kind of AI video storytelling tool.
- [🚀 Make Marketing Fun Again—with AI! $100 Off Ends 8/18 🎉](https://www.combridges.com/make-marketing-fun-again-with-ai-100-off-ends-8-18/) - “AI won’t take your job—but the marketer who masters it will.”(That’s the opening concept of the new 5-minute video I just posted on my new course page.) Most marketers are still dabbling with AI. Only a fraction have crossed the gap to getting things done—faster and better than ever.
- [I Gave AI 2 Big Experiments — The Videos It Created Surprised Me 🤯✨](https://www.combridges.com/i-gave-ai-2-big-experiments-the-videos-it-created-surprised-me/) - Sometimes you just have to see what happens… and have a little fun along the way. 😏 That’s exactly what I did this week with Google’s NotebookLM — their shiny new feature for creating professional-sounding AI-narrated VIDEO summaries with slides. 🎙️🖼️
- [How AI Can Boost Your Creativity: Exclusive, Fun Convo with Kyle Shannon](https://www.combridges.com/joy-fun-creativity-ai/) - AI is a great creativity enhancer. Join Jon & Kyle to learn the importance of fun & play so you enjoy the maximum benefits of AI.
- [I'm Delighted: AI Beat Me at My Own Game 🎲. Learn How It Can Make YOU More Successful Too.⚡](https://www.combridges.com/how-ai-beat-me-at-my-own-game-and-made-you-the-winner/) - We hear a lot about Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). Fascinating? Sure. But mostly, that’s not what matters. What does matter: AI is already smarter than most of us.​ And I’m not mad about it—I’m grateful.
- [🎯 The #1 Prompting Mistake (and How to Fix It)](https://www.combridges.com/the-1-prompting-mistake-and-how-to-fix-it/) - 🌀 Prompt More. Discover More. There’s this old MTV slogan I’ve always loved: “Too much is never enough.” When it comes to prompting AI, that’s exactly how I feel.
- [🧠 How to Move From Overwhelmed to Empowered: A Marketer’s AI Awakening Experience](https://www.combridges.com/from-overwhelmed-to-empowered-a-marketers-ai-turning-point/) - How One Marketer Reclaimed Her Voice—And You Can Too. We’ve all had our “head in the sand” moments with AI. This is true even for smart, experienced marketers. That’s why this testimonial about my course is important.
- [🎥⚡ These 2 Creative AI Videos Just Made The Future of Video Production a Whole Lot Weirder 😲🎨](https://www.combridges.com/the-future-of-video-just-got-a-whole-lot-weirder/) - 🎬⚡ AI Just Flipped the Script on Video Production—Are You Watching? 👀 Two short videos show what not to miss 💰🚫 a no budget commercial & sci-fi satire. Enjoy.
- [📝 Vibe Coding Truth! Amazing AI Tools Change ✨ Yet, the Power of the Vibe Remains... 🚀](https://www.combridges.com/📝-tools-change-✨-the-creator-vibe-remains-🚀-join-me-thursday/) - "Tools will come, tools will go. Only the vibe coder remains." This insight captures the essence of what I call "vibe creating"—the unique human touch that stays constant amid rapid tech changes.
- [🚀 Missed the Magic? Watch the AI + Marketing Replay! 🎯🎬](https://www.combridges.com/🚀-missed-the-magic-watch-the-ai-marketing-replay-🎯🎬/) - Last week's webinar, in which I shared my favorite apps for marketing, personal productivity, video production, and AI creativity, is now live on YouTube. In case you missed the live event or want to review anything, here's the recording.
- [🚀 How playing with AI can spark real breakthroughs ✨](https://www.combridges.com/🚀-how-playing-with-ai-can-spark-real-breakthroughs-✨/) - See how play sparked a real breakthrough—then try it for yourself. In a spontaneous moment of AI dream analysis (yes, that's a thing), I let ChatGPT take the lead—and it surprised me.
- [🚀 Creative AI shifts you can’t ignore 🎨](https://www.combridges.com/🚀-creative-ai-shifts-you-cant-ignore-🎨/) - You can’t ignore what’s happening in creative AI right now. Trust me—I’ve seen this movie before.
- [🌊 Catch the unstoppable AI creativity wave 📄 Don’t miss this free PDF](https://www.combridges.com/🌊-catch-the-unstoppable-ai-creativity-wave-📄-dont-miss-this-free-pdf/) - 📄 Don't Miss My Latest Free PDF:Empowering AI Trends for Social Media Marketers. This insight-packed guide—the slide deck from a recent webinar—that outlines the creative shifts reshaping how we digital creatives work to wow audiences.
- [🤖💡 How I’m Using AI to Make My Course Smarter—and More Fun 🥳](https://www.combridges.com/how-im-using-ai-to-make-my-course-smarter-and-more-fun/) - 📚🤖 From Video Lessons to Living Study Guide: My New AI Course Hack 🥳 NotebookLM helped me leverage my course videos into an interactive knowledge base that will be accessible to everyone who takes the course. ✨
- [🎬🤯  This is an AI video game changer! Watch text prompts in action like you've never seen them.](https://www.combridges.com/this-ai-video-will-mess-with-your-head-in-a-good-way-i-think/) - What if I told you an AI just helped write, direct, and perform an entire short film that includes a global multi-racial cast and the mind-bending nuance of sci-fi TV like Black Mirror or Twilight Zone?
- [🎯 I Conjured This Image in 60 Seconds. Imagine What AI Could Do If You Learned AI. 🚀](https://www.combridges.com/🎯-i-made-this-in-60-seconds-imagine-what-you-could-do-🚀/) - Not Playing with AI Yet? That’s a Choice — and It’s Risky.
- [🧠 Brains Before Bots: Awaken to What Real Creativity Looks Like Now 🎨](https://www.combridges.com/🧠-brains-before-bots-what-real-creativity-looks-like-now-🎨/) - AI is making everything easier. But that’s not what's important. What's important is: What are you doing with that ease? In the fast-moving world of content and marketing, the pros who stand out lead with the vision, taste, and creative skills—the "human in the loop" abilities...
- [🎬 This Wild (and hilarious) Leading Edge AI Video! It’s Honestly a Tease of What’s Coming. 🚀](https://www.combridges.com/another-wild-and-hilarious-leading-edge-ai-video-its-honestly-a-tease-of-whats-coming/) - The reality of how AI is transforming video & film production is best underscored by this funny video that also shows the power of Veo 3 text-to-video characters.
- [🎬 How Did This Doc Filmmaker Use AI for Unusual Creative Firepower? 🔥](https://www.combridges.com/🎬-this-doc-filmmaker-ai-creative-firepower-🔥/) - The Creative Edge Today = Human + AI in Sync. AI isn’t the enemy — it’s an amplifier. The creative edge comes from being a smarter, more human partner with AI.
- [🤖 Learn from Playful Experiments. Why My AI Spokeswoman is More Than a Pretty Prompt 🎤](https://www.combridges.com/🤖-meet-abigail-my-ai-spokeswoman-shes-more-than-just-a-pretty-prompt-🎤/) - If AI tools are evolving at lightning speed — and they are — then creative marketers have two choices: 🛑 Hesitate and get left behind 🚀 Or experiment boldly and stay ahead of the curve.
- [🤖 Don't Waste Time on AI Gimmicks. Get Marketing Insights from My New AI Avatar Video.](https://www.combridges.com/🤖-beyond-the-gimmick-what-ai-avatars-can-do-for-marketers/) - I produced a short video that pulls back the curtain on the AI-enhanced creative process that brought Abigail — my fully AI-generated avatar spokeswoman to life.
- [🧠 AI Avatars in the Real World: Professional Take Now Live](https://www.combridges.com/🧠-ai-avatars-in-the-real-world-professional-take-now-live/) - Last week, I shared how an AI-generated avatar named Abigail helped me refine messaging, explore personas, and rethink video content. This week? That experiment is now being featured on the National Institute for Social Media (NISM) blog.
- [🎨 How you can use playful prompts to unlock Google’s cinematic new video AI 🤖](https://www.combridges.com/🎨-how-playful-prompts-unlocked-googles-cinematic-video-ai-🤖/) - Tapping into the spirit of childlike curiosity—hands in the color, no rules, just play—is exactly what helped me experience one of the most breathtaking AI creative breakthroughs I’ve seen.
- [AI + Marketing Tools to Grow Faster 🚀 (Free Workshop!)](https://www.combridges.com/ai-marketing-tools-to-grow-faster-🚀-free-workshop/) - Creativity ChroniclesUnlocking Creative Joy, One Week at a Time Discover the exact tools I use daily—save time, grow your business, and spark creativity. Hey, Reader, Join me Thursday, March 13th at 11am PT / 2pm ET for a live workshop where I’ll share the exact AI + marketing tools I use daily to grow my business, serve clients, and spark creativity. I’ve spent countless hours curating these tools, and now I’m breaking them down for you—what I use, why I chose them, and how they help. What...
- [🚀 AI & Social Media Marketing: Free Webinar, Last Call! 😱](https://www.combridges.com/🚀-ai-social-media-marketing-free-webinar-last-call-😱/) - Creativity ChroniclesUnlocking Creative Joy, One Week at a Time This is going to be FUN,informative, & maybe evengame-changing. Hey, Reader, I'm pumped about the presentation that I'm about to deliver live for the National Institute for Social Media and you're invited! Charles Darwin emphasized that those who adapt are the ones who thrive: In today's world, to me at least, improvising means being willing to experiment with AI and learn about its game-changing powers. That's why I'm...
- [🚀 Stop Grinding & Start Creating – A Mindset Power Move! 🧠](https://www.combridges.com/🚀-stop-grinding-start-creating-a-mindset-power-move-🧠/) - Creativity ChroniclesUnlocking Creative Joy, One Week at a Time Did you know productivity can be a trap? Hey, Reader, Something as simple as asking “What should I DO now?” can keep you stuck, unfulfilled, and creatively stagnant. This email is about what to do instead. I heard about this from the author, Martha Beck, in her podcast convo with Mel Robbins and it blew my mind. Instead of asking “What should I do?” Beck suggests we ask: “What should I MAKE?” 🎨 The Power of a Shift in Mindset As...
- [🤖 AI & Social Media: The Trends You Can’t Afford to Miss 🚀](https://www.combridges.com/🤖-ai-social-media-the-trends-you-cant-afford-to-miss-🚀/) - Creativity ChroniclesUnlocking Creative Joy, One Week at a Time AI is changing the game in social media marketing—are you ready? Hey, Reader, As you may well know, AI is shaking up social media marketing in ways we couldn’t have imagined just a few years ago. It has totally changed how I work. If you’re not leveraging it yet, you’re already behind—but don’t worry, I’ve got you covered, and I can't wait to share these new "power tools" with you. I'm honored to team up with the National...
- [🚀 Embracing the Journey: Lessons from 40 Years of Creativity 🎭](https://www.combridges.com/🚀-embracing-the-journey-lessons-from-40-years-of-creativity-🎭/) - Creativity ChroniclesUnlocking Creative Joy, One Week at a Time What Does It Take toStay Creative and Independent? Hi Reader, It's hard to believe but true: As of last month, I've been a self-employed creative entrepreneur for 40 years. It’s been a journey—sometimes exhilarating, sometimes uncertain—but always filled with learning, reinvention, and, most importantly, creative freedom. I co-created this image with my "AI friend," Ideogram, to express the self-reflective spirit of this...
- [🎨 Creativity, Anxiety & the Joy of Letting Go ✨](https://www.combridges.com/🎨-creativity-anxiety-the-joy-of-letting-go-✨/) - Creativity ChroniclesUnlocking Creative Joy, One Week at a Time The Opposite of Anxiety Isn’t Calm—It’s Creativity. Hi Reader, I’ve been delightfully pulled into Martha Beck’s new book, Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity, Creativity, and Finding Your Life’s Purpose. The creative sparks are flying! Ms. Beck talks about how anxiety comes from pushing too hard and trying to control everything. But creativity (and real joy!) is ignited when we let go and allow ourselves to be pulled by curiosity. In other...
- [🌟 Feeling Stuck? Learn How AI Can Help Ignite Your Creative Spark! 🌟](https://www.combridges.com/🌟-feeling-stuck-learn-how-ai-can-help-ignite-your-creative-spark-🌟/) - Creativity ChroniclesUnlocking Creative Joy, One Week at a Time Over 50 andReady for Something New? Hi Reader, Does this sound familiar? You’re bored with the same old routines. Retirement feels less like freedom and more like a waiting game. You’re itching to create, connect, or explore, but you don’t know where to start. If so, you’re not alone—and I’m here to help. 🎥 Here’s a quick story about how used AI to refine my mission so I'm ready to meet these challenges.One way that I play...
- [🎨 Are You Ready to Play with the Future of Creativity? 🤖](https://www.combridges.com/🎨-are-you-ready-to-play-with-the-future-of-creativity-🤖/) - Creativity ChroniclesUnlocking Creative Joy, One Week at a Time Here's why learning AI is becominga kind of creative superpower. The world of creativity is changing faster than ever—and, even though The AI Revolution is only just getting started, AI is already transforming the creative landscape in mind-boggling ways! 🚀 And, here’s the best part: you don’t need to be a tech wizard to unlock its magic. With a playful mindset and simple tools, you can create things you probably never thought...
- [🚀 Follow the Juice: AI + Creativity = Big Wins ✨](https://www.combridges.com/🚀-follow-the-juice-ai-creativity-big-wins-✨/) - Creativity ChroniclesUnlocking Creative Joy, One Week at a Time How to Unleash Your Creative Sparks with Powerful Collaborators Conjured with Google Labs' experimental Whisk image generator. Sometimes, following the juice—the energy that lights you up—leads to breakthroughs in unexpected ways. Just yesterday, I experienced this firsthand while thinking about my goal of guesting on more podcasts. AI + Creative Juice My friend Peter reminded me that I needed a media kit in order to give podcast...
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- ["It's a Wonderful Web" ENewsletter Highlights Facebook Pages, Google AdWords and Luscious Links](https://www.combridges.com/its-a-wonderful-web-march-2013-edition/) - The March 2013 edition of our "It's a Wonderful Web" e-newsletter is out. It includes: Why a Basic Facebook Page is Not Effective Marketing Get QuickStarted with Google AdWords, the World's Biggest Ad Platform Luscious Links including where to find great images for your blog, why Google+ is a must, and Twitter's Vine video app
- [“It’s a Wonderful Web” ENewsletter Highlights Internet Marketing Tips, Social Media, and Overall Strategy](https://www.combridges.com/its-a-wonderful-web-enewsletter-highlights-internet-marketing-tips-social-media-and-overall-strategy/) - New Blog Post: 3 Surprisingly Useful Internet Marketing Tips from Top Experts; Client Spotlight: Michelle Schmitt - Her Music & Heart Benefit Us All; Luscious Links...
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- [New Wonderful Web E-Newsletter Covers WordPress, Video & Groovie Links](https://www.combridges.com/new-e-newsletter-wordpress-video-links/) - Our latest "It's a Wonderful Web" e-newletter is out and available for your perusal. It includes: An overview of our latest learning experiences regarding WordPress security and how you can protect your WordPress website Our latest video production success, a "book trailer" for an important new client book, "Dry Run: Preventing the Next Urban Water
- [NEW "Wonderful Web" ENews: "New is New Again"](https://www.combridges.com/wonderful-web-enewsletter-june2012/) - The new edition of our "It's a Wonderful Web" enewsletter is out. It includes the follow short stories: It's All About YOU (including Paul Simon quote) New Marketing in Another New Era Whipping Up Lower Cost Websites (fresh offer) Make Your Marketing More Effective New Custom-Designed Client WordPress Websites Is Your WordPress Website Safe? (new
- [Search Engine Ranking Factors Clearly Illuminated](https://www.combridges.com/search-engine-ranking-factors-clearly-illuminated/) - For those of us who work (either for ourselves or for clients) is pursuit of organic or natural search engine rankings for targeted keyword phrases, there is a slew of information out there about both the on-page and off-page factors that contribute to these rankings (as I explain in my internet marketing ebook: "EBiz Express:
- [The True Meaning of Search Engine Optimization](https://www.combridges.com/the-true-meaning-of-search-engine-optimization/) - As I explain in my ebook on internet marketing, there's nothing more important in the optimization of a website than relevance. There's also probably no more important goal that "stickiness" or the ability to get a website visitor to stick around for more than a nano second. There's also probably no greater authority on this
- [The Digital Ad Biz Beginning to Sprout & the Seed of an Idea](https://www.combridges.com/the-digital-ad-biz-beginning-to-sprout-the-seed-of-an-idea/) - We are way too early in this to be talking about blossoming, but the sprouts or seeds that are the revolution of the advertising business going totally digital, totally accountable, totally targeted and totally interactive are HUGE!I cover the basics in my internet marketing ebook, and today's New York Times covered how Microsoft is trying
- [Get Links to Improve Search Engine Rankings](https://www.combridges.com/get-links-to-improve-search-engine-rankings/) - As most e-marketers know, getting good links TO your web site is now a critical component of achieving web traffic generating search engine positions for the strategic keywords that you (hopefully) have indentified for the benefit of your business or organization. Today, I'm recommending Marketing Sherpa as one of my favorite "must read" email newsletters
- [US Online Ad Spending Continues Rapid Growth](https://www.combridges.com/us-online-ad-spending-continues-rapid-growth/) - I can't believe that I've not posted a thing that I learned at Webmaster World in Vegas two weeks ago, but bottom line: search marketing and search advertising as well as online viral, word of mouth marketing are hot and garnering a bigger and bigger piece of the US business marketing dollar pie. For example,
- [WordPress Has Become My "Standard" for Blog Websites (thanks in part to Google's Matt Cutts)](https://www.combridges.com/wordpress-has-become-my-standard-for-blog-websites-thanks-in-part-to-googles-matt-cutts/) - One of the most interesting moments at Webmaster World was the endorsement of WordPress by none other than Google's Matt Cutts. For those who may not know, Matt has become the wonderfully laid-back and articulate "voice" of Google at Webmaster World. (photo by Andy Beal used under Creative Commons license.) As detailed in the video
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- [How to Keep Automation from Sucking the Soul Out of Your Content Marketing](https://www.combridges.com/meaningful-content-marketing-podcasts-webinars/) - Learn how to create meaningful content marketing that leverages podcasts and webinars without sucking the soul out of your business.
- [Short-Form Social Media Videos: Learn How TikTok & Others Are The Next Big Thing in Marketing](https://www.combridges.com/short-form-social-media-videos-tiktok-marketing/) - TikTok is the leading example of one of the most important trends in social media marketing: Short-Form Social Media Videos.
- [How to Level Up Your Podcast (or Show) So It's Your Tribe's Favorite with Jay Acunzo](https://www.combridges.com/optimize-podcast-video-show/) - A successful podcast or show requires a "pithy, powerful premise." More than an interview, this Video Mojo is a free workshop on what works.
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- [Why "SEO" is So "Yesterday" For Small Business Online Marketing](https://www.combridges.com/seo-yesterday-for-small-business-online-marketing/) - This week's Digital Marketing Power Briefing video (below) is about an online marketing subject that is widely understood, and in my opinion, it has become quite passé for businesses looking for immediate results. In fact, SEO is often the first kind of marketing support that people request after they've done a website redesign. The truth
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- [Video Invitation to the "Your Website is Broken!" Power Briefing](https://www.combridges.com/video-invitation-to-the-your-website-is-broken-power-briefing/) - Your Invitation to a Free Video Power Briefing on Meaningful Digital Marketing The video invitation below is kind of a big deal for me because I'm swinging out in a new way. It's not that I've produced another video in order to try to be helpful. Rather, it's because my new "Power Briefing" videos are designed
- [Insta-LOVE: How We Leverage Instagram to Make Clients Shine](https://www.combridges.com/instagram-marketing/) - Once ComBridges got involved, we noticed that many passengers on Instagram were sharing an exciting aspect of riding on Marin Airporter, a memorable trip across the iconic, world famous piece of art deco architecture known as the Golden Gate Bridge! They were even sharing videos in the rain, at night, and in the dark. The
- [5 Reasons NOT to Hire an In-House Digital Marketing Manager](https://www.combridges.com/stop-dont-hire-an-in-house-digital-marketing-manager/) - Our recommendations for how to get the support you need to be successful with online marketing
- [Video: 3 Key Online Marketing Insights for 2019](https://www.combridges.com/3-key-online-marketing-insights-for-2019/) - In a new 6-minute video, Jon shares three key insights to improve your online marketing.
- [Create Authentic Connections: Website Video Production Insights](https://www.combridges.com/online-video-authenticity-connections/) - Home page videos must make an immediate connection. Here's how do that.
- [The Marketing Power of a More Human Web](https://www.combridges.com/marketing-power-authenticity/) - What Makes the Biggest Difference? People Who LOVE to Help Others. Some things should not be counter-intuitive, but they are. The fact is that, despite the “muddy waters” created by “get rich quick” hucksters on the web, the web that I know and love is populated by some really good people who love to help
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- [Facebook Live Social Video: I Gave It a Try. Here's What Happened.](https://www.combridges.com/facebook-live-social-video/) - IT ALL STARTED ON INAUGURATION DAY... I traveled from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. to protest during Trump's inauguration and to be part of the Women's March on Washington. I did a number of Facebook Live webcasts and the response blew my mind. One of the videos in that series (the second one below) has
- [Six Key Strategic Priorities for Better Online Marketing in 2017](https://www.combridges.com/six-key-strategic-priorities-for-better-online-marketing-in-2017/) - It's a New Year, and the online marketing landscape is ever-changing. So I took to the video "airwaves" to share what I think are the six most important areas where your efforts online can bear meaningful "fruit." Watch now: I am putting the full text of this video below for your convenience. If you're interested in considering
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- [Learning from Meerkat: If You Don’t Understand the Social Graph, You Don’t Get Social Media Marketing](https://www.combridges.com/meercat-social-graph-social-media-marketing/) - The Social Graph is About Relationships, Not Followers Perhaps the most frequently asked question in the whole social media and online marketing arena is, "Where's the ROI?" As Gary Vaynerchuk @garyvee points out in the animated, educational story that he tells in the video below, the true answer to this question requires thinking that goes deeper than
- [Have More Marketing Ease, Fun & Authenticity Whenever You Want With This On-Demand Webinar Video](https://www.combridges.com/ease-fun-authenticity-webinar-video/) - The Humanistic Marketing Revolution continues... Last December, I presented a 45-minute video webinar called "Step Up to the Gifts of Ease, Fun & Authenticity: Discover the Catalysts That Will Inspire New Momentum for Your New Marketing" and it helped my define this new approach that I am calling Humanistic Marketing and I want to make
- [New Special Webinar This Thursday: How to Have a Happy New Marketing New Year!](https://www.combridges.com/new-special-webinar-new-marketing-new-year/) - Are You Ready for a New Marketing New Year? I'm Cookin' Up Something Better Than Egg Nog! Sorry for the late notice, but I'm offering this brand new webinar this This Thursday, 12/18 at Noon PT. Can't make it? Register and you'll get the recording. New is New Again I'm so much more than an "Internet marketing
- [How Authentic Value Is Bringing New Fire to My Marketing](https://www.combridges.com/authenticity-value-marketing-with-meaning/) - Jay Baer likes to remind us that:Content is fire, social media is gasoline.But I think there's something that comes first: The spark that ignites that fire is authenticity, or more specifically, authentic value. After all, not all content burns or even glows. It's only content that has some real value that matters, has meaning, and thus,
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- [Getting Creative with WordPress Websites, "Small & Big"](https://www.combridges.com/creative-wordpress-websites/) - We are very pleased to have launched two new WordPress website designs in the last week or so. From an entry level WordPress website that is at the "getting started quickly on a lower budget than we thought we'd ever get from ComBridges" level like the one we just created for Luna Marendi, to a
- [My New Favorite iPad Video App: Adobe Voice](https://www.combridges.com/ipad-video-app-adobe-voice/) - Riding the Wave The major trend in social media marketing that I call "The Visual Web" is becoming increasingly important. Fortunately, I've found a new iPad app that makes creating animated videos both FUN and EASY. I like that. ;) If you still haven't jumped into creating your own videos and visuals, I've got one quickie
- [Learn How Compelling Visual Content Can Increase Your Social Media Marketing ROI](https://www.combridges.com/visual-content-social-media-marketing/) - In a blog post over two years ago (see Social Media Goes Visual: Why Pinterest is More Than You Think), I started calling the next frontier of social media marketing, "The Visual Web. This morning, I extended this conversation with a Google Hangout interview with Ekaterina Walter, the author of "The Power of Visual Storytelling."
- [Video Rant Reveals the Surprising ROI of Leading with Values](https://www.combridges.com/video-rant-roi-values/) - I'm turning a corner in my business. I've realized that my values are the more important than my (so called) value proposition. And the real eye opener for me was the way that my business coach explained that this approach can actually open up new revenues. Values = $$? Really? This blog post explains the fortuitous
- [Authenticity Rant Video #2: Why "Live Your Own Life" Makes Marketing Matter](https://www.combridges.com/authenticity-rant-video-2-live-life-makes-marketing-matter/) - There's more to successful marketing than formulas or even strategy. You need to "Live Your OWN Life" (even if you are a corporation). That's the subject of this brand new 6-minute video. "Authenticity Rant #2: 'Live Your OWN Life,' Why That's Essential for Marketing." This is not easy; but in my experience, worth every once of effort that you put into it.
- [New Video: Authenticity Rant #1, KISS Meets the Meaning Behind Your Brand Messaging](https://www.combridges.com/video-authenticity-brand-meaning-messaging/) - Ease. Fun. Authenticity. These three words summarize what I'm about and what differentiates the most important dimensions of how we serve our clients. Our new focus on these values is a quantum shift for the ComBridges brand. It makes saying "We are a web design company" seem pedestrian. Even my clarity about being "an Internet
- [An Online Video Project That Makes a Difference by Addressing the Crisis in Our Family Courts](https://www.combridges.com/online-video-family-courts-crisis/) - There are online video projects... and then there are online video projects that pull at your heart strings because they are so important that they take your work to a more meaningful level. As our new client, Kathleen Russell and I have been saying, "We are not just selling widgets." ;) ComBridges' recent last minute
- [Why You Can't Ignore Google+ for Local SEO and Social Media Marketing](https://www.combridges.com/google-local-seo-social-media/) - Far too many marketers still resist participation in Google+ as "just one more social network." The significant benefits and value of social media marketing via Google+ are now beyond dispute. All serious marketing departments take note and read this post to learn more!
- [My New Year's Resolution: Live More Like Steve Jobs](https://www.combridges.com/my-new-years-resolution-live-more-like-steve-jobs/) - "While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do." — Steve Jobs, from the “Think Different” campaign (see video below with Steve's own voice) Sometimes I’m sleepily drifting, thinking I’m a passenger on the
- [3 Surprisingly Useful Marketing Strategies to Make a Real Difference, Insights from Top Experts](https://www.combridges.com/marketing-strategies-top-experts/) - 3 high value Internet marketing strategies from Gary Vaynerchuk, Clay Collins and the social media sharing app Buffer's blog are shared to make a difference in your online marketing.
- [Take Advantage: Social Media & Mobile Marketing Lead the Way for Black Friday, Cyber Monday Offers & Deals](https://www.combridges.com/social-media-mobile-marketing-deals-offers/) - The year-over-year growth in the popularity of Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals illustrates why your mobile and social marketing strategies are more important than ever.
- [Why I Embrace the Morphing Medium of Internet Marketing & Benefit from Major New SEO Trends](https://www.combridges.com/internet-marketing-major-trends/) - There can now be little doubt that one of the most important things you can do to gain search engine visibility for your web pages is to get people to +1 them on Google+. Of course, this speaks once again to the requirement that you create high quality content that people will actually WANT to share.
- [New Offers: New Kinds of Internet Marketing Support](https://www.combridges.com/internet-marketing-support-group/) - For the first time, starting next month, September, 2013, I (Jon Leland) will be offering small group coaching sessions on a weekly basis. I'm excited about this format because it will be fun, extremely interactive and will provide "exponential" learning as we share with each other our progress and challenges. During this relatively intimate sessions,
- [The Heart of Online Marketing: My Google Hangout (Video) with Jay Baer](https://www.combridges.com/online-marketing-hangout-video-jay-baer/) - Yes, online marketing does have a heart. It's the people. In particular, it's the people who contribute real value by what they do and who understand that what works, more than any particular technique in our New Marketing environment, is authenticity. In fact, Jay Baer's new book, Youtility says this quite well in it's sub-title,
- [Facebook Marketing Meets Google Hangouts: How to Expand Your Video Audience](https://www.combridges.com/facebook-marketing-google-hangouts-video-simulcast/) - Sometimes I learn best by just going for it and trying new things. In this case, not only did I learn a new capability with Facebook Pages, but I also learned a new way to expand a video's reach. In the hope that this trick is useful to you, I'll explain how and what I
- [Webinar Video: Internet Marketing Success in 4 Easy "Booster Rockets"](https://www.combridges.com/webinar-video-internet-marketing-success-in-4-easy-booster-rockets/) - Last week, we recorded a live webinar as part of the re-launch of New Marketing University (NewMarU.com). I entitled it, "The 4 Booster Rockets of Internet Marketing Success" and we covered four key areas that are high leverage for any small business that wants to expand the effectiveness of its online marketing, including why these strategies
- [This Week's "3 Geegy Amigos" Tech Talk Show via Google Hangouts](https://www.combridges.com/new-episode-tech-talk-google-hangouts/) - We had fun today and I think there's lots of useful information for you, as we live recorded this week's episode of our new tech talk show, "3 Geeky Amigos" (live almost every week, Tuesdays at 3pm PT). We learned a lot including how to do lower-third graphic titles inside of Google Hangouts On Air
- [New Experiment: Weekly Tech Talk Google Hangout with "3 Geeky Amigos"](https://www.combridges.com/welcome-weekly-tech-talk-3-geeky-amigos/) - Welcome to our new tech talk Google Hangouts webcast, "3 Geeky Amigos."
- [This Ain't Your Mama's SEO. Tuning Into "Social Signals" and More.](https://www.combridges.com/seo-changes-social-signals-search-engine-optimization/) - Search engine optimization ain't what it used to be. Social media is now a critical component. Learn to get beyond tricks to create a sustainable strategy.
- [Mobile Apps and Mobile-Friendly Websites for Business: 
The Next Big Thing in Internet Marketing?](https://www.combridges.com/mobile-apps-websites-small-business-internet-marketing/) - Shortly after Internet accessibility via mobile phones started to take off, marketers started to encourage businesses to build mobile versions of their websites. But there is always a gap between innovations and those who follow up in order to take advantage of the latest technologies. But, now that there is a meaningful volume of web
- [The Visual Web Demands New Video Presentation Tools & Techniques](https://www.combridges.com/visual-web-video-presentation-tools-techniques/) - New ComBridges responsive WordPress website. Plus Links: No more bullet point lists! More creative online videos! Post on effective SlideShare & PowerPoint presentations, and impressive tool for animated videos.
- [Great Video Underscores the Mobile, Multi-Screen Marketing Revolution](https://www.combridges.com/video-mobile-multiscreen-marketing-revolution-strategy/) - One of my mantras seems to be "it's hard to keep track of how fast things are changing when things are changing this fast." It really is hard to 'grok' 67 million iPads being sold in just two years, isn't it? The question as posed by this video is "Are You Adapting?" That's a great
- [Is Vine, Twitter's Video App, Useful for Social Media Marketing? Expert Reviews & Luscious Links](https://www.combridges.com/vine-twitter-video-app-social-media-marketing/) - The face of online video, or what I like to call The Video Web, has just grown a new "nose." In other words, there is now a new dimension to the online video world. In case you haven't heard yet, the latest mobile and social video sensation is called Vine and it's a free download app
- [New Internet Radio Interview: What's So New About New Marketing?](https://www.combridges.com/new-internet-marketing-radio-interview/) - One of the fun things about having written a book about Internet marketing is getting to do interviews. Thanks to Susan Scher of the BlogTalkRadio show, "In Other Words" for the opportunity to take a full hour to discuss why I think that understanding the new dimensions of online communications is so important. Among other
- [2013: The Year of Anything is Possible](https://www.combridges.com/steve-jobs-anita-moorjani-anything-is-possible/) - As we enter the New Year, the inspiring message that "Anything is Possible" has come front and center for me. It feels so strong and positive that I want to start 2013 with a more personal than usual blog post. It is the challenges of running a business (ComBridges) while simultaneously working to grow our
- [New Forms of Online Video and TV Advertising Empower Advertisers](https://www.combridges.com/online-video-tv-advertising/) - In today's TheTVNews "New Media / New Marketing" video report (which is embedded below at the end of this post), I talk about the tectonic shifts in the online video and TV advertising spaces. Video and TV advertising will never be the same as advertisers take advantage of new video-enabled advertising and marketing tools that
- [New YouTube Video Invites You to Our Online Course in Internet Marketing](https://www.combridges.com/new-video-online-course-internet-marketing/) - I don't know how to get more personal than creating a 3-minute video invitation that explains the real value that I know will be available to those who join me in the four-part online course in Internet marketing, Start with a Solid Foundation: Building on the 8 Key Concepts of Sustainable Online Marketing. At the very least,
- ["Demystifying Internet Marketing" - Free Webinar, This Tuesday, 10/30](https://www.combridges.com/demystifying-internet-marketing-free-webinar/) - I want to help you get a handle on Internet marketing. I wrote a book. I've designed a new online course. Now, I'm offering a free introductory webinar in partnership with another thought leader. As part of the build up to my new online course, “Start with a Solid Foundation: Building on the 8 Key Concepts
- [Just Announced: My New Online Course on Internet Marketing](https://www.combridges.com/internet-marketing-online-course/) - I'm thrilled to announce a brand new online course as part of our NewMarU.com start up: Start with a Solid Foundation: Building on the 8 Key Concepts of Sustainable Online Marketing There will be four one-hour state-of-the-art online sessions, all within a two week period. Here's the dates Tuesday Nov. 6th Thursday Nov. 8th Tuesday, Nov.
- [Latest Review of Our New Internet Marketing Book is Awesome](https://www.combridges.com/book-review-of-internet-marketing-book/) - We are thrilled with this new review on BlogCritic.org of Jon's new book, "Internet Marketing: 8 Key Concepts Every Business MUST Know." Among other clear and articulate nuggets, Tara Hornor says: "The author, Jon Leland lays out a systematic approach to marketing that both encompasses a strategic vision for authenticity married with practical, functional tactics." "Internet Marketing is a
- [Radio Interview: Listen Now to Better Understand the New Marketing Landscape](https://www.combridges.com/radio-interview-listen-now-to-better-understand-the-new-marketing-landscape/) - I was delighted to be interviewed by my friends at the Hoffman Institute Foundation on their Hoffman Connection Internet radio program hosted by VoiceAmerica. It was fortuitous and synchronistic that the interview was scheduled (as it turns out) on September 11th, just one day after my new book, "Internet Marketing: 8 Key Concepts Every Business MUST Know"
- [New Internet Marketing Book is Out + Radio Interview Tomorrow/Tuesday](https://www.combridges.com/new-internet-marketing-book-is-out-radio-interview-tomorrowtuesday/) - New Book: Your Primer on Internet Marketing This is a special day. My new book, "Internet Marketing: 8 Key Concepts Every Business MUST Know," which has been in the works literally for years, is available as of TODAY on Amazon.com, in both a Kindle and a full-color print editions: Kindle + Full-Color Print
- [Modern Word-of-Mouth Marketing: Advantages and Techniques](https://www.combridges.com/word-of-mouth-marketing-advantages-techniques/) - This Guest Post is by Tara Hornor of Creative Content Experts There was a time when word of mouth marketing could only move at the speed of human speech. Business owners handed out stacks of business cards to customers for their referral program. Neighbors leaned over fences to discuss the finer points of various products
- [Roger McNamee Sees a Future that Empowers Content Creators](https://www.combridges.com/mcnamee-future-html5-content/) - Thanks to a tweet by thought-leader, publisher, Tim O'Reilly, I was drawn to a video interview and then a TEDx talk from last summer, both by the very successful Silicon Valley venture capital investor and real life touring rock star, Roger McNamee. Both videos (and soon my concise video commentary via TheTVNews.tv) are embedded below for
- [Instagram, Facebook, and the Social Media Web's Continued VISUAL Evolution [COOL INFOGRAPHIC]](https://www.combridges.com/instagram-facebook-and-the-social-media-webs-continued-visual-evolution-cool-infographic/) - It's kind of a jaw-dropping business story that Facebook just bought Instagram for $1 Billion. Here's why they did it, in Mark Zuckerberg's own words. Then again, maybe it's not such a big surprise... As I've mention in earlier blog posts—with all props to Twitter, which now links to photos inherently—social media is no longer
- [Last Call for Special Savings on LIVE SF Workshop: Mastering the Social Media Marketing Mix!](https://www.combridges.com/sf-workshop-social-media-marketing/) - Here's the deal... SPECIAL SAVINGS: REGISTER BEFORE APRIL 9th FOR ONLY $59!! (after April 9th: $99.00) This is my "signature" Internet marketing workshop, "Mastering the Social Media Marketing Mix." On this occasion I'm custom designing to help creative people, performing artists, solo-preneurs & small biz owners to expand their audiences/client base. In addition to the
- [Social Media Goes Visual: Why Pinterest is More Than You Think](https://www.combridges.com/social-media-visual-pinterest-marketing/) - Pinterest is not only the fastest growing social media network, its visual quality reflects a major trend that is also expressed by Tumblr, YouTube and Instagram. This post explains why dynamic visual communications are at the heart of the next generation of social media marketing.
- [Luscious Links to Unlock Pinterest: Free Resources Show How to Pin Your Marketing](https://www.combridges.com/unlock-pinterest-free-resources-how-to-pin-your-marketing/) - Just when you may have thought that social media marketing has settled down to the "big 4" (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube), Pinterest breaks new ground. It's actually fun to use, highly visual and growing like a weed. I'll have more to say about why I think Pinterest is a real trend setter in a
- ["The Challenge of Authenticity: You Can't Let It Wait" -- An Urgent, Live Interactive Conversation](https://www.combridges.com/the-challenge-of-authenticity-you-cant-let-it-wait-an-urgent-live-interactive-conversation/) - A inspiring, personal and authentic conversation about how even life's most difficult challenges can be used as opportunities to live a more meaningful life. Free audio podcast included. Roughly 30 minutes.
- [The App Year in Review: My Favorite Apps from 2011](https://www.combridges.com/the-app-year-in-review-my-favorite-apps-from-2011/) - Apps is me. I love 'em and I love to share 'em. And, just for the record, I consider my obsessive behavior with apps of all kinds, especially iPhone apps, iPad apps and small business productivity-oriented web apps to be a healthy addiction.
- [Top 3 Social TV Trends Emerge from CES News Announcements [Video]](https://www.combridges.com/top-3-social-tv-trends-emerge-from-ces-news-announcements-video/) - CES, the Consumer Electronics Show, happening this week in Vegas, is a sure bet for the inside track on the latest innovations in social TV and the convergence of traditional television and the exploding world of online video. As I explain in TheTVNews video commentary below, three CES news stories stand out for me as
- [Your Social Media Future: It's Time to Say YES.](https://www.combridges.com/your-social-media-future-its-time-to-say-yes/) - I continue to be amazed by how many professional people still resist social media marketing. In fact, this seems to be one of the main reasons that participants find so much value in my workshop, "Mastering the Social Media Marketing Mix." The US "premiere" of this workshop will be in San Francisco, next Wednesday, October
- [My 2nd 2011 Social Media Speaking, Workshop Tour of New Zealand Will Energize With Authenticity](https://www.combridges.com/social-media-speaker-workshop-leader-new-zealand/) - I can hardly believe that I'm taking off ("leaving on a jet plane") this weekend for my second 2011 "tour" speaking and leading workshops throughout New Zealand. I am amazed and delighted that my April, 2011 NZ speaking tour has led to a new batch of "return engagements." Truthfully, I relish the opportunity to "turn
- [New Custom-Design WordPress Website | Conscious Order](https://www.combridges.com/new-custom-design-wordpress-website-conscious-order/) - We love delighted clients almost as much as we love delightful clients. Annie Rohrbach—whose new book, "Conscious Order: Clear Your Mind, Leave Clutter Behind" has just been published—qualifies as both delighted and delightful. ComBridges created an uncluttered design (no surprise there) and implemented the website in WordPress including her new blog and our usual array
- [Meaningful Social Media Marketing and More, in the August Edition of "It’s a Wonderful Web”](https://www.combridges.com/meaningful-social-media-marketing-and-more-in-the-august-edition-of-its-a-wonderful-web/) - Whoah! I’m proud of the new “Super” edition of ComBridges “It’s a Wonderful Web” E-Newsletter that includes links to our latest blog post, announcement of our new “In-House Workshop” offering, details of new Oct 12th SF event (just announced), upcoming New Zealand tour details with a neat MediaSense NZ video, and more. Please check it
- [Social Media Makes the Old New Again: "If You Don’t Have Something Good to Say...”](https://www.combridges.com/social-media-makes-the-old-new-again/) - A recent viewing of a Yahoo! video of Seth Godin reminded me that the social media “sea change” is much more than an incremental shift. It is literally a game changer. (FYI, this was also the subject of my latest TheTVNews.tv video commentary.) It’s no wonder that so many people are either being diverted by “get
- [Luscious Links - Catching Up with the Goodness](https://www.combridges.com/luscious-links-catching-up-with-the-goodness/) - I come across so much useful information in any given week that I've taken to these "Luscious Links" blog posts to try to share with you some of the best of the best that I find. Does this format work for you? Please let me know. Google’s Focus on Quality and the PostRank Acquisition This
- [Luscious Links: Online Video & Blogging Tips for Small Business Success](https://www.combridges.com/online-video-blogging-tips-small-business-success/) - I thoroughly enjoy mining the Web for useful articles that I hope provide you with insights that can help you build your business success. The most immediate way for me to refer you to these articles is my Twitter account and our ComBridges Facebook page. Please "Follow" and/or "Like" respectively if you'd like more of
- [More iPhone Art Fun, Apps & Viral Video](https://www.combridges.com/more-iphone-art-fun-apps-viral-video/) - The mobile media revolution is me. Some call it "user generated content," but I think that's way too impersonal and lacking in even a modicum of fun. For me, it's a surprisingly exciting new medium that opens fresh opportunities for creative expression, anywhere, anytime. This morning's creative expression began with the photo below. Captured at
- [Luscious Links: Free Resources for Effective Facebook Marketing](https://www.combridges.com/free-resources-ebooks-pdf-facebook-marketing/) - Facebook marketing may well be the next "big thing" for marketers. Sure, mobile is huge, and Google still dominates search and pay-per-click advertising. But Facebook has more registered users than anyone, currently in the range of 600 million. And, more importantly, most of these registered Facebook users provide valuable details in their personal profiles— this
- [Entry Level WordPress Website, Another Web Design Success Story](https://www.combridges.com/entry-level-wordpress-website-another-web-design-success-story/) - It's obviously a good thing that ComBridges is known for high quality web design. But sometimes it can get in our way because people think that they can't afford us. However, we do have a streamlined "Entry Level" WordPress website design package. And, it was this offering that has led to our latest web design
- [Follow the Data | How Netflix, Amazon & Warner Bros Are Pointing the Way](https://www.combridges.com/follow-the-data-how-netflix-amazon-warner-bros-are-pointing-the-way/) - As I was preparing this week's New Media / New Marketing report for TheTVNews.tv, my good friend, Nick DeMartino sent me a very timely reference with his post, Can Data Save the (Hollywood) Studios in the Age of Social Media? As I produced that segment (embedded below) and continued following the news, an immediate theme emerged:
- [Ebook Publishing | Searching for a Road Map at ASJA in NYC](https://www.combridges.com/ebook-publishing-searching-for-a-road-map-at-asja-in-nyc/) - I recently had the privilege of presenting on a panel about taking blogs to the next level at the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) conference in NYC. Once again, I spoke about why video is a 'must have,' while also suggesting that bloggers be sure to activate "Email Engagement" via a Feedburner.com email
- [iPhone Art, iPad Ease & the Mobile Revolution](https://www.combridges.com/iphone-art-ipad-ease-the-mobile-revolution/) - Tonight I'm doing my first "art show" as an iPhone artist. It's a small, private showing amongst just a few other creative people. I'm sure it's not a career "game changer." But, it's certainly fun to have some images that I created with just my iPhone (and a variety of apps) that at least someone
- [Just Published: New E-Newsletter & New NewMarU Webinars Start 3/18/11](https://www.combridges.com/enewsletter-newmaru-webinars/) - Just a quick update, in case you missed any of this new stuff... We've just published the March, 2011 edition of the ComBridges "It's a Wonderful Web" enewsletter which includes Internet marketing insights focused on the importance of authenticity, updates on the new webinars at NewMarU.com, my upcoming keynote adventure to New Zealand, ideas &
- [New Video: On the Paramount Importance of Authenticity in Online Marketing](https://www.combridges.com/video-authenticity-online-internet-marketing/) - As I discussed in the Tuesday, February 15th edition of TheTVNews.tv, authenticity has become not only the theme of our initial webinars on NewMarU.com, but it has captured my focus as a marketer because I believe now more than ever, that authenticity is the heart of the matter when it comes to Internet marketing and
- [The Fast-Track Intro to Internet Marketing | Free Webinar Tues 1/18/11](https://www.combridges.com/free-internet-marketing-webinar/) - For those of us who more or less "live" online, it's kind of amazing how many businesses and entrepreneurs are still struggling to understand and benefit from the amazing power of Internet marketing. If this is you, now there is a great way for you get up to speed, for free! Jon has given his
- [My Personal CES TV & 'Video Web' Wrap Up](https://www.combridges.com/online-video-web-ces/) - New Blog Post: My CES, TV & online video-related links, video, etc.
- [TokBox Online Video Platform Looks Interesting...](https://www.combridges.com/tokbox-online-video-platform-looks-interesting/) - Next Wednesday, I'll be blogging and tweeting from GigaOM’s Net:Work 2010 conference. And while browsing their site, I noticed an honorable mention of TokBox and started exploring. Their online video platform supports group video chat and much more. This afternoon I was able to have an instant video chat hooking up to a friend via
- [NewMarU is Live. Off to Hong Kong!](https://www.combridges.com/newmaru-is-live-off-to-hong-kong/) - A couple of quick pieces of news: 1. We've just launched the 'beta' site for our exciting new venture, NewMarU.com, New Marketing University. Please check it out. 2. I'm on a plane this AM to Hong Kong to speak at "Web 3.0 Asia" Details about both are in our last "Wonderful Web" enewsletter. Catch ya
- [Why Video is the Web’s New Mission Critical Next Level: Do Not Miss](https://www.combridges.com/video-is-web-online-mission-critical-next-level/) - As many of you know, I’ve been writing and producing videos about “The Video Web” and the digital video revolution for many years. But, it's another day; and, I've taken another step. The video embedded below, “Why Online Video is a ‘Must Have’ for Internet Marketing” describes what I believe is the next mission critical
- [New Twitter Website Press Conference, Live via UStream & Scobleizer](https://www.combridges.com/new-twitter-website-press-conference-live-via-ustream-scobleizer/) - A mini-review of the live Twitter press conference streamed via Robert Scoble and UStream.
- [ComBridges’ Connections: Linky Goodness, Insights & Free Stuff 8.18.10](https://www.combridges.com/combridges-connections-linky-goodness-insights-free-stuff-8-18-10/) - A recap of recent resources and references posted recently via my Twitter feed and our ComBridges Facebook page are below; but first, a small bit of shameless self-promotion albeit something FREE that I think you may well find to be valuable: Watch, Listen & Learn: Free Webinar on Internet Marketing Read It's a Wonderful Web;
- [Online Video Growth Spurt Marked By New Programs & Distribution Opportunities](https://www.combridges.com/online-video-growth-new-program-distribution-opportunities/) - As discussed in my New Media / New Marketing segment on the Tuesday, August 10th edition of the TheTVNews.tv (see VIDEO embedded below), the convergence of TV and Internet forms of online video are jelling into a significant reality extremely quickly after years of promises. Evidence of this growth spurt include rapid growth trends such
- [Hits of the Week: Early July 2010](https://www.combridges.com/social-media-hits-of-the-week-early-july-2010/) - Welcome to a new feature of this blog. "Hits of the Week" (which we hope to offer weekly) will provide "linky goodness" i.e. valuable links posted to our ComBridges company Facebook page and Twitter feed. Here, we gather, in one place for your convenience, bunches of links to free PDF's, articles and other resources. Please
- [When Old Media Companies Don't "Get It"](https://www.combridges.com/when-old-media-companies-dont-get-it/) - As illuminated in this Wednesday, June 2nd's New Media New Marketing commentary (starting at 1:58) on TheTVNews.tv, the news article linked right below this paragraph makes me a bit crazy regarding the many broadcasters and entertainment companies that still "don't get it" about engaged consumers, mash ups and extraordinary value of free, viral (word-of-mouth) promotions.
- [Conan O'Brien Gets "The World Has Completely Changed." Do You?](https://www.combridges.com/conan-obrien-gets-the-world-has-completely-changed-do-you/) - (Note: Read & scroll down please. Two [2] cool video clips below...) I gotta love the fact that social media has become so powerful that a TV comedian like Conan O'Brien is having very tangible personal experiences that not only wake him up to the fact that "the world" as he says, "has completely changed."
- [Online Video is Rockin' with Measurable Momentum, Increased Ad Spending & More](https://www.combridges.com/online-video-is-rockin-with-measurable-momentum-increased-ad-spending-more/) - This week's New Media New Marketing TheTVNews.tv report (Wednesday, not Tuesday, due to technical issues) covers four recent research reports that underscore the powerful, measurable growth and increasing impact of online video. First, the video report (I'm at the top of this show). Then, all four referenced pieces of research on online video are linked
- [Online marketing & advertising illuminated via a visit to ad:tech SF](https://www.combridges.com/online-advertising-illuminated-via-a-visit-to-adtech-sf/) - As discussed in this Tuesday's New Media New Marketing report on TheTVNews.tv (video immediately below), I took advantage of a press pass last week to spend a day at the very alive and vibrant ad:tech SF online advertising conference. It was very stimulating as well as a bit overwhelming, as most good conferences are. (Note:
- [Twitter Tools & How to Build More Consumption of Your Media](https://www.combridges.com/twitter-tools-how-to-build-more-consumption-of-your-media/) - This Tuesday's edition of TheTVNews.tv which is shown immediately below, features the links, tools and resources that can be found below the video. Enjoy! Comcast's TV Everywhere Finds "Interactivity" Doubles Online Video Consumption Beet.tv interview with Karin GIlford, Senior VP Fancast & Online Entertainment, Comcast Twitter + Video = Magic! (And Engagement!) from Marketing Pilgrim
- [iPad Insights: Content Consumption vs Content Creation](https://www.combridges.com/ipad-insights-content-consumption-vs-content-creation/) - My video comments on this Tuesday's New Media New Marketing report (see video below) on TheTVNews.tv seem to resonate with others, including this online video program's host as well as a video producer that I met today at the Apple store. Bottom line: Apple's elegant new device is ideal for media consumption. As to media
- [Google TV Ads, Cisco Feeds MSNBC, & Interactive Marketing Agencies: A Fresh Perspective](https://www.combridges.com/google-tv-ads-cisco-feeds-msnbc-interactive-agency-trends-a-fresh-perspective/) - Another week, another Tuesday segment on TheTVNews.tv. This week, I aggregated three new online video news stories that I think merit your attention. My video segment is below, and below that are the Google TV Ads video demo, more comments, and links to all the sources. Please let me know what you think. 1. Great
- [Top 5 Online Video & TV on the Web Mega-Trends](https://www.combridges.com/top-5-online-video-tv-on-the-web-mega-trends/) - On Tuesday's edition of TheTVNews.tv, I talk about how hard it is to keep perspective on how fast things are changing, when things are changing this fast. To help put some perspective on at least some of these changes, here are five key online video "Mega-Trends" that I think are worth noting—each illustrated by a
- [The Shrinking Stage of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report](https://www.combridges.com/the-shrinking-stage-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-and-the-colbert-report/) - Viacom is acting in a short-sighted manner in removing The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report from Hulu.com. Jon Leland explains why complete with video clip and quotes from Marc Andreessen.
- [Get a Grip on Internet Marketing: It's a Process](https://www.combridges.com/get-a-grip-on-internet-marketing-its-a-process/) - (This commentary originally appeared in the Feb-March edition of ComBridges' "It's a Wonderful Web" e-newsletter.) Many people think of Internet marketing as a "thing" or an event. It's not. It's a process... an adventure even. Yes, of course, this process requires the generation of content. Whether your content is just what you say on your
- [Online Video, the TV Everywhere Buzzword & Where It's Going](https://www.combridges.com/online-video-the-tv-everywhere-buzzword-where-its-going/) - A perspective on the expansion of online video in relation to the TV industry in particular including the growth of TV Everywhere programming i.e. Internet video programs that also appear on TV, cable and other more conventional screens.
- [Super Bowl Ads Still Lack Social Media Marketing Success (Mostly)](https://www.combridges.com/super-bowl-ads-still-lacking-social-media-marketing-success-mostly/) - Follow up links and videos re Super Bowl TV ads and social media with other links and resources relating to 2010 Super Bowl ads, including our winner and loser advertiser in relation to social media marketing.
- [TV Industry News, Talkin' New Media, part 2](https://www.combridges.com/tv-industry-talkin-new-media-part-2/) - VIDEO of my "world premiere" on TheTVNews.tv and link to press release: "New Media / New Marketing Consultant Joins the TV industry's Only Daily News Show with Weekly Segment"
- [Talking to the TV... Industry](https://www.combridges.com/talking-to-the-tv-industry/) - Jon Leland has become the New Media / New Marketing expert contributior to TheTVNews.tv, the TV industry's only daily video news show.
- [My Top 5 List of Top Whatever Lists: Happy New Tech New Year 2010](https://www.combridges.com/my-top-5-list-of-top-whatever-lists-happy-new-tech-new-year-2010/) - Year end and decade end lists and perspectives to help you have a happier and more productive New Year and New Decade including a video recap of the 2000's Tech Highs and Business Lows, things every geek needs to do, and why Google's past has a lot to do with tech's future as well as why YouTube is the most important social media website.
- [Taking a Deliciously Dangerous Risk: New Video Holiday Greeting](https://www.combridges.com/taking-a-delicious-dangerous-risk-new-video-holiday-greeting/) - I had started gearing up to do a new series of on-camera videos before I read what I now consider to be a Silicon Valley classic business book, Randy Komisar's The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living. I'll review this book in more detail later, but the
- [Google Gets Simple, Elegant in New Tech Videos (Google Real Time Search & Google Goggles)](https://www.combridges.com/google-gets-simple-elegant-in-new-tech-videos-google-real-time-search-google-goggles/) - Two new videos from Google do an elegant job of illuminating exciting new technologies: Google Real Time Search & Google Goggles
- [From My Head to the Web. Tools I Use: MindMeister](https://www.combridges.com/from-my-head-to-the-web-tools-i-use-mindmeister/) - I'm one of those people who has far more going on in his head than I'm able to share. I plan to post videos. I'm formulating "New Marketing University." And so much more. The name I've made up for my productivity efforts to move all of these ideas into online action is "From my head
- [So Busted by ProBlogger for my Blogging "Vices"](https://www.combridges.com/so-busted-by-problogger/) - I'm guilty as charged by this YouTube video by ProBlogger.net's Darren Rowse for losing focus and doing almost anything other than just write my latest blog post. Inspiring words to get me writing more. I have a lot that I want to share and say.
- [Phenomenal iPhone Photo Website + iPhone App](https://www.combridges.com/phenomenal-iphone-photo-website-iphone-app/) - I love this. I've been playing around with iPhone photo editing apps for a month or two, but I just discovered Chase Jarvis' TheBestCamera.com (as in "the best camera is the one that's with you") and now I'm more excited about iPhone photography than ever before. This integrated offering has me really impressed. Not only
- [The Power of the Blog](https://www.combridges.com/the-power-of-the-blog/) - Even though blogging is currently a very big buzz... a "buzz word du jour" even, I still think it widely misunderstood. So, what's The Big Idea? First of all, your blog is your home base. If you're doing social media marketing, it's the center of your virtual storm. Your Twitter, Facebook and other social media
- [3 Leading Edge Video Clips Illuminate Next Gen Video Web](https://www.combridges.com/3-leading-edge-video-clips/) - One benefit of my on-going back recovery is that I'm currently watching even more online video than usual. This weekend, I was delighted to discover a rich sampling of video clips that I found inspiring as well as informative. So, of course, I want to share the three carefully selected video clips embedded below with
- [WordPress Websites Under Attack](https://www.combridges.com/wordpress-websites-under-attack/) - I'm glad to see the comments on the post below about the maintenance and other issues involved in running a WordPress website. Unfortunately, just now, these challenges have increased as a result of idiot hackers who are violating WordPress websites to insert "black hat" permalinks. How lame and what a nuisance, and more evidence of
- [The Truth About WordPress](https://www.combridges.com/the-truth-about-wordpress/) - by Sallie Goetsch of the Podcast Asylum and Jon Leland of ComBridges Recently, in a WordPress group on LinkedIn, the question was asked "Is WordPress the answer to all our prayers?" The writer was extending the conversation about his own blog post which objected vehemently to crazy claims that complete novices could build "killer websites"
- [Still Think Social Media is a Fad? Then Watch This Now.](https://www.combridges.com/still-think-social-media-is-a-fad-then-watch-this-now/) - Don't view this in your face presentation at your own risk. It's packed with provocative stats, presented in rapid fire fashion, to make the case for Social Media as much more than a fad, but rather a real people-powered media revolution. Dare to disagree?
- [Twitter Resisters Surrender!](https://www.combridges.com/twitter-resisters-surrender/) - If you are still in the "I don't get it" crowd in relation to the current Big Thing i.e. Twitter, you are not alone. I resisted it. Tim O'Reilly resisted it. David Letterman is still resisting it. Even Kevin Spacey can't convince him. Just the same, the Twitter "toothpaste" is out of the tube and
- [Tapping into Twitter & other insights...](https://www.combridges.com/tapping-into-twitter-other-insights/) - I am happy to write and release a new issue of my ComBridges enewsletter last week. It included some of my excitement about Twitter as well as other insights.Please click here to check out the last edition of the ComBridges "It's a Wonderful Web" enewsletter.In the meantime, what I've come to call "Twittermania" has continued
- [The Transparent Presidency](https://www.combridges.com/the-transparent-presidency/) - Yes, it's apparent that Barak Obama is not only the most impressive leader and community organizer that we've ever had has president, he will also be the most transparent. This is the first presidency that is "digitally native."The evidence of this is already on the web in the form of a slide show of back
- [Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes, Obama's "online organizing guru" Deserves Big Props](https://www.combridges.com/facebook-co-founder-chris-hughes-obamas-online-organizing-guru-deserves-big-props/) - You have to love a story about a 24-year old who made a monumental difference by helping Barak Obama to become president-elect of the United States. In other words, this young dude helped change the world. His name is Chris Hughes and he was one of the three co-founders of Facebook, the runaway social networking
- [My Ba-Rock the Vote Greatest Hits](https://www.combridges.com/my-ba-rock-the-vote-greatest-hits/) - I know this is not a political blog, but I'm pretty blown away by the inspirational energy and phenomenal creativity of the music videos, original songs and down right brilliantly edited videos that have appeared on behalf of Barak Obama. It's a grassroots energy that lifts my soul and gives me, yes, hope.I was asked
- [The Real People in the Middle of this Election (and the TV hype)](https://www.combridges.com/the-real-people-in-the-middle-of-this-election-and-the-tv-hype/) - Errol Morris is arguably one of the most important documentary film makers of our time. More than just an Academy Award winner (for "The Fog of War"), he has an amazing talent for listening to people and letting them tell their own stories in ways that inform and even illuminate reality. Now, he has written
- [Howard Rheingold Parses the Video Language](https://www.combridges.com/howard-rheingold-parses-the-video-language/) - Howard Rheingold was a thought-leader before the term entered the vernacular. For example, he wrote the original book on virtual community. Now, Howard is helping people to understand what he's calling the "video vernacular" by walking his talk ie by posting a video on his vlog (video blog).Just like us videographers used to talk about
- [Obama iPhone Application Leverages Your Swing State Contacts](https://www.combridges.com/obama-iphone-application-leverages-your-swing-state-contacts/) - Once again (OK, I'm biased), Barak Obama has proven himself as a visionary leader who gets it. (OK, that was a bit over the top.) Bringing 21st century technology to the virtual campaign trail, the Obama campaign has launched it's own iPhone application; and, it does more than you might think. For example, it supports
- [Facebook to Become New Distribution Channel for Major Media Videos](https://www.combridges.com/facebook-to-become-new-distribution-channel-for-major-media-videos/) - Social media platforms are all the buzz, but I think this is a milestone worth noting: Slide today announced a deal to use Facebook to distribute videos from "major media" companies (including CBS, NBC and many more...). The geeky young face you see to the right is not only the founder/CEO of Slide, but a
- [Live Video Streaming for Cell Phones Hitting, well, the Main Stream](https://www.combridges.com/live-video-streaming-for-cell-phones-hitting-well-the-main-stream/) - Last week, a friend on Facebook (or actually an acquaintance... someone who I've never met in person, but within whom I've done a little work via phone and email) offered a link (via Facebook) to a live video stream of a techie industry party on a rooftop over-looking Washington, DC. The amazing thing was that
- [Michael Moore to Make New Movie Free for Downloads](https://www.combridges.com/michael-moore-to-make-new-movie-free-for-downloads/) - In a move that would make Chris Anderson proud -- and in a move that is, to my knowledge, completely unprecedented for a "major motion picture" -- Michael Moore and Robert Greenwald's Brave New Films have announced that Moore's new flick, "Slacker Uprising" will be made available via the web for free download on Sept.
- [Web Video News Story: Democracy Now host Amy Goodman Arrested](https://www.combridges.com/web-video-news-story-democracy-now-host-amy-goodman-arrested/) - In this world of video on demand and video shooters everywhere sharing their news, it is no less shocking to have the highly-respected American journalist, syndicated columnist and author Amy Goodman arrested while doing her job, right here in the USA, at a demonstration outside the Republican National Convention. (Full disclosure: I was, many years
- [The State-of-the-Art of Sponsored Internet Videos?](https://www.combridges.com/the-state-of-the-art-of-sponsored-internet-videos/) - The world of Internet videos keeps getting richer. Yes, there's more interesting stuff than what's on YouTube (not that's YouTube is bad, there are just more channels on the "Internet TV system" than most people know). For example, this Beet.TV interview with Ziv Navoth, VP Marketing & Business Development at Bebo (which is one of
- [OMG, Twitter is like so totally busted! "Twitter Whore" shows all...](https://www.combridges.com/omg-twitter-is-like-so-totally-busted-twitter-whore-shows-all/) - I mentioned below the "In Plain English" Twitter video which actually explains Twitter to the uninitiated or un-techie amongst us. But, on the other hand, if you want to laugh a little, and sorta, kinda experience the frenetic experience of what I believe Twitter to be (and why I'm not a participant... go on, comment
- [iPhone is Now a Light Sabre](https://www.combridges.com/iphone-is-now-a-light-sabre/) - I'm forced, due to time constraints, to wait for the lines to die down at my local Apple Store to get my first smartphone. Yes, me, your virtually favorite techno-dweeb has never owned a smartphone. That's right, no Treo, no Crackberry... But, just in case your confidence in my geeky authority is waning; and to
- [Matt Makes Viral Video Delight & Super-Hit](https://www.combridges.com/matt-makes-viral-video-delight-super-hit/) - Frank Capra used to say (regarding the requisite creative direction to make a movie), "One man, one movie." In today's world of viral video distribution, one man (or one woman) can make a super-hit all by themselves... or in this case with the support of one partner and a chewing gum company for a sponsor
- [New iPhone Videos Better Than Ever](https://www.combridges.com/new-iphone-videos-better-than-ever/) - I'll leave the commentaries on Apple's dramatic announcement of the iPhone 3G to others. I'll only say that after holding out on buying an iPhone, I'm glad I did. Because now I'm ready! Half the price for double the speed (and all those new applications!) I'm going to get an iPhone 3G as close to
- [The Ultimate Video Blogging Camera?](https://www.combridges.com/the-ultimate-video-blogging-camera/) - Hey, I've got a birthday coming up. :) But seriously folks, as much as I enjoy the flexibility of my Flip Ultra, this looks like the professional's on the run camcorder. I still dream of finding the time to do a kind of video blog and this is the kind of tool (and toy) that
- [More Very Useful Explanations in Plain English](https://www.combridges.com/more-very-useful-explanations-in-plain-english/) - I'm going to claim this might be the best resource for explaining Web 2.0 communication platforms to newbies ever! See my post below about CommonCraft, and if you're someone who would like a better understanding of stuff like blogs, RSS, social networking, podcasting, Twitter and more, there are easy to understand and remarkably clear and
- [Podcasting (and Twitter) in Plain English](https://www.combridges.com/podcasting-and-twitter-in-plain-english/) - OK. I'm someone who has been doing his best to "span the Grand Canyon Gap between people and technology" for quite a number of years, so when I say this is impressive, I at least have some vague idea of what I'm talking about... ;) I was trying to explain Twitter to my associate and
- [Video Chat Portal, Seesmic Gets Celebs including Spielberg](https://www.combridges.com/video-chat-portal-seesmic-gets-celebs-including-spielberg/) - I fooled around with the social video site Seesmic--you might think of it as a video chat portal--some time ago, and I found it boring. But now that the likes of Steven Spielberg, Karen Allen and Harrison Ford are posting video clips there too, maybe I should take another look?And here's a thread you can
- [YouTube Video Quality & Flip Video Illustrate Latest Dynamics on The Video Web](https://www.combridges.com/youtube-video-quality-flip-video-illustrate-latest-dynamics-on-the-video-web/) - One issue we've been dealing with that I think many people struggle with is how to get better quality video on YouTube. Here's the most useful insights I've seen to date on this subject:>> Read: "Hi-Res YouTube Hacks"Some of you know that I'm impressed with the amazingly simple, little video camera called The Flip. Here's
- [Web 2.0 Expo Provides Snapshot of Rapidly Evolving Next Generation Web](https://www.combridges.com/web-20-expo-provides-snapshot-of-rapidly-evolving-next-generation-web/) - I had the illuminating pleasure of spending a few hours today attending the keynotes and browsing the innovations on the floor at the O'Reilly/TechWeb conference, Web 2.0 Expo SF. These have become quite vibrant affairs with NY, European & (I think) Japanese iterations now on the annual conference schedule. (Keynote photo of John Battelle on
- [Understanding Adobe Air, Mozilla Prism and More](https://www.combridges.com/understanding-adobe-air-mozilla-prism-and-more/) - In geek speak, it's called "computing in the cloud" To most people it's more clearly understood as using the web browser to deliver experiences and functionalities comparable to desktop applications is expanding by leaps and bounds. The following guest post on TechCrunch by Matthew Gertner explains what's going on in this space with refreshing clarity,
- [Enhancements to the Video Web: The Mini-Camcorder Du Jour & Intelligent Video Conversations](https://www.combridges.com/enhancements-to-the-video-web-the-mini-camcorder-du-jour-intelligent-video-conversations/) - A couple of quick blog bites (vs sound bites) from the NYTimes website which indicate continually brighter days ahead for what I affectionately call The Video Web: First of all, my fave tech writer David Pogue not only reviewed my Christmas present (see posts and demo video below), The Flip Ultra, but his latest "State
- [Quality Video Programming is On Now](https://www.combridges.com/quality-video-programming-is-on-now/) - On my less optimistic days, I feel like we've gone from "nothing on" crappy TV programming, to "too much on" kitchen sink internet video programming. But fortunately those days are few because of how much uplifting and inspiring stuff is out there. Recently, rather than bottom feeding, I've been top feeding with some of the
- [Live from Davos via The Video Web](https://www.combridges.com/live-from-davos-via-the-video-web/) - I'm presuming that most of you know about the World Economic Forum held in Davos each year and attracting a virtual planetary A-list who's who... from heads of state to Bill Gates & Rupert Murdock to celebs etc. etc.As the video web expands, live person-to-person coverage is becoming quite interesting; and perhaps the best of
- [My First Pocket Camera Video is on YouTube](https://www.combridges.com/my-first-pocket-camera-video-is-on-youtube/) - I mentioned that I got a Flip mini-video camera for Christmas:My favorite new gizmo is The Flip (Ultra), a pocket-sized, web-ready video digi-cam. No tape, just 60 mins of MPEG-4 video in Flash memory and a flip-up USB port. This camera is about the size of a pack of cigarettes. It's easy to use and
- [My Virtual CES Report](https://www.combridges.com/my-virtual-ces-report/) - No, I didn't go to CES (the consumer electronics mega-convention) in Las Vegas, but here are a few tidbits from the web that I've found worthy: Scoble's doing Qik videos direct from his cell phone including this interview with the guys from YouTube: And CNET picked this astoundingly innovative and open source BugLabs platform as
- [Johnny Chung Lee: My New Procrasteering, Low-Cost Electronic Whiteboard-Inventing Hero](https://www.combridges.com/johnny-chung-lee-my-new-procrasteering-low-cost-electronic-whiteboard-inventing-hero/) - After I discovered the YouTube video on 3-D virtual reality using Nintendo Wii hardware posted below by Johnny (Chung) Lee, I started digging deeper. First, I discovered the YouTube video posted below about building a low-cost electronic whiteboard using the same Nintendo Wii hardware and custom software that he is giving away. Way cool!Now, I've
- [The Rapid Demise & Eminent Death of Music DRM](https://www.combridges.com/the-rapid-demise-eminent-death-of-music-drm/) - Digital Rights Management (or DRM) has been a controversial subject against which I have pontificated for years, starting with the whole Napster thing in 2000. Ironically, in that article, I slammed Edgar Bronfman Jr. who is quoted prominently in this new Businessweek article about Sony BMG being "The last major label (to) throw in the
- [Nintendo Wii Hack Creates 3-D Virtual Reality Head-tracking: Whoa!](https://www.combridges.com/nintendo-wii-hack-creates-3-d-virtual-reality-head-tracking-whoa/) - I don't usually cover do-it-yourself techno-hacks, but as far as I'm concerned this is one of the kinds of things that YouTube was invented for. Specifically, here's an amazingly creative computer guy (a Ph.D. student actually) who has figured out a way to create a true 3-D virtual reality experience by doing a customization (a.k.a.
- [Literacy = Learning (& unlearning)](https://www.combridges.com/literacy-learning-unlearning/) - This quote came today in my email, and I think it makes a nice thought for starting our New Year: "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." ~ Alvin Toffler May we all continually reinvent ourselves (regardless of how
- [The Best of Web 2.0 for 2007 (or 2008) & The Flip](https://www.combridges.com/the-best-of-web-20-for-2007-or-2008-the-flip/) - Happy New Year! I was going to do an update on Web 2.0 software applications that I know and love, and still hope to find the time, but meanwhile I'm going to let Tech Crunch's post, "2008: Web 2.0 Companies I Couldn't Live Without" do it for me.It's a thoughtful list with brief articulate reasonings,
- [The Story of Stuff: Powerful, Interactive Online Education & Activism](https://www.combridges.com/the-story-of-stuff-powerful-interactive-online-education-activism/) - I certainly don't want to diminish the enthusiasm of those who are authentically spreading joy by giving gifts, but as someone who has not only been concerned about the environment and the people on our planet for many years, and someone who has been watching various forms of interactive online videos and Flash movies for
- [Yet Another Stupid (yet entertaining) Web 2.0 Video](https://www.combridges.com/yet-another-stupid-yet-entertaining-web-20-video/) - Another tech bubble? Who are you kidding?!? Or not...
- [Welcoming the Wisdom of Webmaster World](https://www.combridges.com/welcoming-the-wisdom-of-webmaster-world/) - I had the pleasure of spending three days last week at the Las Vegas Convention Center attending "PubCon" or the Webmaster World conference. There's a lot of information that I intend to share on this blog, but, for openers, I would like to make a bottom line observation:Great Content is Now KingThe old axiom that
- [Revolutionary gPC is a $200 Web-facing Computer with no "Microsoft tax"](https://www.combridges.com/revolutionary-gpc-is-a-200-web-facing-computer-with-no-microsoft-tax/) - This makes so much sense it's scary. A $200 computer, by Google, on sale NOW at WalMart that leverages the power of the Internet with browser-based and open source software (thus no "Microsoft tax"). I might just be geeky enough to go out and buy one. We'll see. Meanwhile, click here for details of the
- [Set Cell Phones Free](https://www.combridges.com/set-cell-phones-free/) - The FCC's upcoming ruling on wireless bandwidth has raised the issues about cell phones and why that bandwidth is so tightly controlled by the giant cell phone companies (like Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, etc.) The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg explains very clearly why this is VERY WRONG in his column, "Free My Phone" and I
- [Information R/evolution](https://www.combridges.com/information-revolution/) - I love the way these videos from an outpost in academia illuminate information's revo-evolutionary process. IMHO, the insights are way worthy of reflection. Enjoy and appreciate the disruptive dynamics of our rapidly changing information society...
- [Google Mail Video Best Viral Video User-Generated Video Marketing I've Seen](https://www.combridges.com/google-mail-video-best-viral-video-user-generated-video-marketing-ive-seen/) - Geez, I'm always posting about how hot the online viral video space is becoming, and wouldn't you know it, here comes Google with not only my 2nd viral video post of the night, but one that leverages user-generated content to the max. Great stuff you all, and I really mean you all. And, oh yea,
- [Seniors Nintendo Wii Bowling Video Scores as Viral Video Marketing](https://www.combridges.com/seniors-nintendo-wii-bowling-video-scores-as-viral-video-marketing/) - Here's a video that's not only entertaining and about seniors using the innovative Nintendo Wii video game, but it is also a clever form of viral video marketing which subtly promotes a senior assisted living company. Expect to see more of this kind of thing in the future. This one is unusually well done, and
- [Digital Photographer Transcends Parkinson's Disease](https://www.combridges.com/digital-photographer-transcends-parkinsons-disease/) - A buddy of mine just got written up in our local paper for his talented transcendence of what others view as a disability. In fact, he's dealing successfully with nothing less than Parkinson's disease. Why aren't your photos in a gallery? Read Clear vision, shaky lens: Fairfax photographer hasn't let Parkinson's slow him down and
- [Fox Gets It: Free TV Shows on iTunes](https://www.combridges.com/fox-gets-it-free-tv-shows-on-itunes/) - While I find their news shows offensive, it's not ironic that Fox should show up as progressive on the new media front (Murdoch bought MySpace after all.) The latest deal is covered here: Fox strikes deal for free shows on iTunes I particularly liked this comment by GGGlen: NBC vs Apple+Fox: NBC content- loaded with
- [The "Click Here" Link Text Debate is Over](https://www.combridges.com/the-click-here-link-text-debate-is-over/) - One of my designers and I have had this discussion for a while. He thinks it's too clunky to add the obvious "click here" text to website links. I think people respond better when you tell them what you want them to do. OK, I agree it's less "cool"... less elegant even, but what works
- [Obama's Grassroots Support Shown in Web Traffic & more](https://www.combridges.com/obamas-grassroots-support-shown-in-web-traffic-more/) - If you use website traffic (rather than polls which are probably more scientific) as an indication of voter interest, then the latest Hitwise statistics show Barack Obama well ahead of his Democratic competition.Like the rest, he's also using YouTube, among other online grassroots techniques. For example, it's an indication of the word-of-mouth impact that many
- [3 Tips to Save Money on PPC Search Advertising](https://www.combridges.com/3-tips-to-save-money-on-ppc-search-advertising/) - I like it when two of the authorities on web marketing who I most respect get together. I've had personal contact with both Dr. Ralph Wilson and Catherine Seda (whose most recent book How to Win Sales and Influence Spiders looks excellent... I've not read it yet). Bottom line, like me, both of these people
- [WSJ Mossberg: Thumbs Up on Yahoo Mail](https://www.combridges.com/wsj-mossberg-thumbs-up-on-yahoo-mail/) - I use Yahoo Mail as a secondary address email address and I like the redesigned interface of Yahoo Mail's latest version. I'm even considering getting Yahoo Mail Plus for $20/year in order to get POP access via Yahoo Mail. I'm having issues with MS Entourage... Anyone know about getting an Entourage address book into Yahoo
- [The Future of Image Resizing](https://www.combridges.com/the-future-of-image-resizing/) - Here's something geeky but revolutionary just the same. Brilliant as far as I'm concerned. Needed and valuable. I like that. ;)
- [A Viral Video with Massive Heart, Energy & a Difference](https://www.combridges.com/a-viral-video-with-massive-heart-energy-a-difference/) - Sometimes I see something that moves me and is sufficiently "right on" that I feel I need to post it. This is one of those times:
- [Recording a Skype Video Call, Good Fun](https://www.combridges.com/recording-a-skype-video-call-good-fun/) - Yesterday, I had a pro bono client who wanted to demo a new voice mail system at a conference. I came up with the idea of using Skype to record the call and found Call Recorder (for Mac).Today, because I had Call Recorder demo installed, while I was on a video conference call using Skype
- [Tangler: Awesome Interactive Web 2.0 Application for Embedded Forum-style Discussions](https://www.combridges.com/tangler-awesome-interactive-web-20-application-for-embedded-forum-style-discussions/) - Here's the kind of easy to use, immediate user feedback and ultra-highly-interactive application that makes Web 2.0 so interesting for me. Actually, it's a kind of convergence of online discussion forums & real time chat, all of which can be embedded within any page of your site. Impressive stuff! http://www.tangler.com/ | TechCruch review
- [Yikes: All Internet Data is Lost! ;)](https://www.combridges.com/yikes-all-internet-data-is-lost/) - And now for a dweeby 2 minute humor break. Enjoy!thanks to TechCrunch
- [Video Shows (or Channels) Are Attracting Real Money](https://www.combridges.com/video-shows-or-channels-are-attracting-real-money/) - Beet.TV is calling this a "boom time for niche media" as in Believe It: Boom Time in Niche Media is Now: Mediapost Sells for $23 Million....WallStrip Producer Explains the $5 Million Value Proposition for CBS..and More! Impressive sales for producers who started their own thing, only on the web. Real sales for real substantial dollars.
- [MSN Makes Progress Toward Becoming #2 Search Engine](https://www.combridges.com/msn-makes-progress-toward-becoming-2-search-engine/) - I'm frequently asked about how much each of the big three search engines (Google, Yahoo & MSN) contribute in terms of traffic. Google of course dominates, but as this chart shows MSN has recently made progress toward overtaking Yahoo as #2. This has caused TechCrunch to ask: Could Microsoft Knock Off Yahoo To Become Google’s
- [A New Way to Distribute Your Videos on the Web](https://www.combridges.com/a-new-way-to-distribute-your-videos-on-the-web/) - Well, now there is. It's called Hey!Spread. Get it? They help you spread your video around the web.It's a basic, practical, straight-forward service (but you do need to set up accounts at the services you want them to populate with your clips) and most importantly, it's immediately useful. I like that. ;)Thanks to TechCruch for
- [Steve Jobs & Bill Gates Together, The Complete Coverage](https://www.combridges.com/steve-jobs-bill-gates-together-the-complete-coverage/) - I don't think there are two better visionaries on the planet (of course, I'm partial to Steve Jobs), and while their joint appearance with Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg was covered in the news, I just discovered the complete coverage including transcripts and video clips (an edit of video excerpts is included below). Good stuff!Special
- [O'Reilly Publisher's Conference Coverage by me](https://www.combridges.com/oreilly-publishers-conference-coverage-by-me/) - I was pleased to cover the scintillating O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing conference that was held last week in San Jose for eContent magazine. It was a worthy conference filled with leading edge thinking (at least mostly.)My executive summary-style coverage is here: http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=36790Enjoy.
- [Windows on the Mac Making Moves Toward Totally Transparent Integration](https://www.combridges.com/windows-on-the-mac-making-moves-toward-totally-transparent-integration/) - Macs with Intel chips have been progressing toward total two-platform (Windows and Mac OS) integration on one desktop. Unfortunately, Apple's BootCamp requires you to reboot. Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac is just released and offers significant new features that really seem to enable a legitimate, simultaneous two-platform environment. Way cool! Now I just need to
- [NYTimes Gets Peek Inside Google's Search Systems](https://www.combridges.com/nytimes-gets-peek-inside-googles-search-systems/) - Perhaps amongst the most closely guarded secrets in the entire tech industry are the algorithms or formulas that include "signals" and "classifiers" that determine a website's position on Google's SERP's (search engine results pages).This Sunday's New York Times offered one of the clearest behind-the-scenes visits with those who make things happen at the Googleplex that
- [Google Audio Ads Ramps Up Radio's Reach](https://www.combridges.com/google-audio-ads-ramps-up-radios-reach/) - It's been widely understood and acknowledged (ever since Google's January 2006 acquisition of dMarc Advertising) that Google would be launching an interface to sell radio advertising based on it's widely popular Google AdWords platform. Well, the wait is over. It's here. Now, anyone with an AdWords account can buy targeted radio advertising via a new
- [What We Call the News: "Only the Truth is Funny"](https://www.combridges.com/what-we-call-the-news-only-the-truth-is-funny/) - Happy Monday. I'm on the run, but (as some of you know) what I think matters most about all this new media revolutionary... internet, digital video, and other technologies that are associated with the potential democratization of media (and so forth) is that all of this new media offers an alternative to the media circus
- [New Apple TV Ad](https://www.combridges.com/new-apple-tv-ad/) - Business 2.0 has a new "get-a-Mac" Apple TV ad before it's release on a day when Apple stock reached new heights, pre-iPhone's release (for which surveys are showing a strong demand). Seems it's a mad, mad new Apple world where the superior platform is even gaining market share.
- [Skype Video Call Gives Me a New Taste of the Global Village](https://www.combridges.com/skype-video-call-gives-me-a-new-taste-of-the-global-village/) - I know this is nothing new, but the experience is somehow different, especially when it happens to you unexpectedly. Here's what happened...I have a prospective consulting client in the UK. We've had a couple of phone calls and numerous emails. I was away on vacation last week and we planned to talk yesterday to catch
- [Google, DoubleClick & the Next Era of Internet Advertising](https://www.combridges.com/google-doubleclick-the-next-era-of-internet-advertising/) - While Microsoft & ATT are quick to raise defensive legal questions (and Google's Eric Schmidt is quick to scoff at them, while also downplaying their new online presentation application), Sara Holoubeck at the DMNews (DM as in direct marketing) has some nice references to emerging ad exchange networks that introduce and integrate EBay-style bidding into
- [Cool Convergence & Browsing Bonus: Great TechCrunch-NetVibes Mashup](https://www.combridges.com/cool-convergence-browsing-bonus-great-techcrunch-netvibes-mashup/) - For your browsing pleasure... In announcing the new NetVibes roll-out of the ability to create public personalized pages, the marvelous Michael Arrington also offered his own personalized, customized TechCrunch NetVibes page "featuring many of my favorite news feeds and a few widgets."I offer this to you because it is a cool convergence. From my limited
- [A Good Lesson in Email Subject Lines](https://www.combridges.com/a-good-lesson-in-email-subject-lines/) - This is a basic issue for anyone who sends out email announcements or email newsletters. It's crucial to your "open rate" that the subject line be compelling and engaging. One useful point here that I've wondered about but never heard clearly defined is the 56-character space limit. Solid guidance. Dr. EBiz is generally a good
- [NYTimes Spotlights The Internet-to-Cable Comedy Incubator](https://www.combridges.com/nytimes-spotlights-the-internet-to-cable-comedy-incubator/) - New York Times television "news" section calls its report: Online Yesterday, on Cable TodayEnjoy.
- [Understanding Blogging 101](https://www.combridges.com/understanding-blogging-101/) - This dude, ChrisG, is getting some well-deserved viral buzz. He's doing the blog thing well; and he's explaining what, why and how he's doing this blog thing well, all along the way. I know many folks out there are scratching their heads trying to understand the whole blogosphere and viral marketing phenom. Well, Chris' latest
- [Creating YouTube Video Channels, A Pro Explains His Search Engine Strategy](https://www.combridges.com/creating-youtube-video-channels-a-pro-explains-his-search-engine-strategy/) - Toward the end of this interview on Beet.TV, Brad Inman of leading edge, yet professional internet video producer, TurnHere, gives the most credible explanation of why companies, corporations and other organizations should be creating their own YouTube channels. It's all about search.
- [Finally, An Overview of Video Sharing Sites and Revenue Opportunities](https://www.combridges.com/finally-an-overview-of-video-sharing-sites-and-revenue-opportunities/) - I've been wanting someone to write this article. (Thanks to Beet.TV for the tip.)A site called LightReading (which calls itself "the leading integrated business media company serving the telecommunications industry and other related next-generation communications markets") has published Online Video: Show Us the Money which includes information on no fewer than 75 video sharing sites
- [Great Basic Search Marketing Tips](https://www.combridges.com/great-basic-search-marketing-tips/) - Here are some very important pointers that are also some of the most common mistakes made by websites who want to be found by the search engines, and especially for those who want their websites to rank well for targeted keyword phrases. (This is also known as search engine optimization, SEO or SEM.)http://seoclass.com/blog/7-homework-items-to-complete-before-any-seo-class/(FYI, my e-book
- [Build Your Own Social Network, The Buzz Du Jour](https://www.combridges.com/build-your-own-social-network-the-buzz-du-jour/) - I made a post re the build-your-own-social-network platform Ning below, so this is just a small follow up because I couldn't resist passing along TechCrunch's quote of the NYTimes quoting Ning's founder, Marc Andreesen regarding Cisco's buyout of social network-building company Tribe.Andreesen said, "The idea that Cisco is going to be a force in social
- [Ning Me: Great Social Networking Website Building Platform](https://www.combridges.com/ning-me-great-social-networking-website-building-platform/) - Yesterday, I started experimenting with Ning, and I was impressed. It's amazingly powerful for such an truly easy-to-use system. Now, (no kidding) virtually anyone with an ounce of web-savvy can create their own social networking website. This is Web 2.0 at it's best. (Oh, and I should mention this company is backed in large part
- [Online Video Monetization Blooming](https://www.combridges.com/online-video-monetization-blooming/) - If you still don't believe that there's money to be made, not to mention good marketing buzz to be generated, with online video clips, then you better check out The New York Times coverage of the competition between video sites to make revenue sharing deals with producers and talent who can develop a following using
- [Web 2.0 Illuminated by Neat Video](https://www.combridges.com/web-20-illuminated-by-neat-video/) - Great video illuminating Web 2.0. Thanks, Kanas State U. ;)OR a higher-quality WMV version of this video is available here.Enjoy.
- [Google Apps Offers New Lowcost Website, Email Strategy for Small Businesses](https://www.combridges.com/google-apps-offers-new-lowcost-website-email-strategy-for-small-businesses/) - There are many ways to look at the launch of Google's new Apps platform, but for me, it looks like a pretty cool and very low cost ($50/year/user) way for a small business to do a web site without traditional hosting, and with a bunch of neat features. Because it supports direct domain (as well
- [Online Video Explosion Signposts](https://www.combridges.com/online-video-explosion-signposts/) - One nice thing about the online video explosion, revolution, or whatever you want to call it, is that it does have signposts. (FYI, I'm still waiting for some professional publisher to ask me to write more about all this... hello?!).But meanwhile here are a couple of recent articles and/or posts that I found to be
- [Apple's Steve Jobs Reopens Free Digital Rights Conversation](https://www.combridges.com/apples-steve-jobs-reopens-free-digital-rights-conversation/) - For example, I wrote a kind of inflamatory piece in Videography in the year 2000 called "Napster Gets It, Universal Doesn't" where I called the Universal CEO "Bozo Bronfman" and referenced a classic Flash movie "Napster Bad" which made fun of the band Metallica for being money grubbers.Bottom line, the bad guys were the record
- [Online TV & Video: "social revolution" No Longer an Exaggeration](https://www.combridges.com/online-tv-video-social-revolution-no-longer-an-exaggeration/) - "These trends are now so pronounced, that the term 'social revolution' no longer seems too much of an exaggeration," said Adam Thomas of Informa.Personally, today, I was checking out VideoEgg.com which boasts an easy to use video upload, Flash compress, and, yes, video editing platform as well as a pretty impressive online video ad network
- [MerchantCircle Aggregates Local Search Listings for Small Businesses](https://www.combridges.com/merchantcircle-aggregates-local-search-listings-for-small-businesses/) - I've commented before about the expansion of local search, other convergent tools for local search, and even a directory of local search directories. All in support of small businesses who are recognizing that being found on the web is now far more important than being found in the paper yellow pages.Now, thanks to the AlwaysOn.com
- [Hear Me Now: Internet Marketing Internet Radio Interview](https://www.combridges.com/hear-me-now-internet-marketing-internet-radio-interview/) - Last Friday I was interviewed for an hour by the delightful hosts of the eMarketing Talk Show. The four-part interview, "Leveraging your Website to Grow your Business: Best Internet Marketing Practices for Small Businesses" is posted here: http://www.emarketingtalkshow.com/advertising-agencies/online-strategies.aspI look forward to your feedback. I hope it's useful to many of you as a solid introduction
- [Easy, Low Cost Solutions for Creating Websites & Podcasts](https://www.combridges.com/easy-low-cost-solutions-for-creating-websites-podcasts/) - Here are a couple of interesting Web 2.0 style online user-generated content creation services I've come across lately:In both cases, no fuss, no muss, no independent hosting account is required. FYI, I've also posted my first WordPress website, which was also a reasonably straight forward process. It's a bit more feature-rich and blog-oriented as compared
- [Whoa! Netflix to Offer Free TV Shows to Members](https://www.combridges.com/whoa-netflix-to-offer-free-tv-shows-to-members/) - The battle for the distribution of broadcast programming via the Web is heating up. Apple's iTunes Store has made big waves by selling TV shows at $1.99 each. Now NetFlix is rolling out what is essentially a perk for membership. Free downloadable TV shows. Here's the TechCrunch overview of this announcement and the official NetFlix
- [Moyers Fired Up Over Democracy Via the Web](https://www.combridges.com/moyers-fired-up-over-democracy-via-the-web/)
- [Cisco's Suit of Apple Over iPhone Name May Be Playing into Steve's Hand](https://www.combridges.com/ciscos-suit-of-apple-over-iphone-name-may-be-playing-into-steves-hand/) - Many folks are mystified by Cisco's suit of Apple over the name of Apple's truly sensational, hot new iPhone. And, by the way, I agree with many that this is a true "leapfrog" product that is literally years ahead of the competition and will have a huge impact on the market like the iPod.I think
- [Optimizing Search Marketing: Great Keyword Insights](https://www.combridges.com/optimizing-search-marketing-great-keyword-insights/) - And, while my favorite keyword research tool is Trellian Keyword Discovery, a friend and fellow search engine marketer forwarded me the following link which is packed with excellent insights regarding strategies for effective keyword research.
- [New Easy Way to Monetize Your Internet Video Clips](https://www.combridges.com/new-easy-way-to-monetize-your-internet-video-clips/) - (Sometimes I still feel like I'm covering the "Video Web" the way I did in my "old days" at Videography, yet I know not how many of you readers even know or care.)I not only think that AdBrite's new InVideo service is useful and practical, but I really like the fact that they're walking their
- [How Google Earth Killed Santa !](https://www.combridges.com/how-google-earth-killed-santa/) - This arrived via the blogosphere... a geek humor goodie, all in good cheer.Click here to read the sad but true story of how our world has changed such that our little ones are being given a new, albeit perhaps less magical view of so-called "reality" ;)Merry merry and happy happy!JL
- [Video & You: Bigger Than Ever](https://www.combridges.com/video-you-bigger-than-ever/) - I've been talking about how hot the online video business and content is getting for months, but it's now beyond my comprehension. Not only are the Skype founders testing a new broadband video service and the NY Times is reporting a new online video service being put together by "a handful of giant media companies,
- [Making Money on the Video Web](https://www.combridges.com/making-money-on-the-video-web/) - If you're involved in the online video marketplace and its business potential, you'll find this eMarketer.com report about other research reports regarding the "MoneyTube," Online Video Becomes a Real Business, to be of interest.
- [Browser-based Chat App Breaks Through Compatibility Blocks](https://www.combridges.com/browser-based-chat-app-breaks-through-compatibility-blocks/) - Web content is becoming more and more modularized, and Web 2.0 is increasing efficiencies with windows within the browser window... One of the most useful applications I've seen that solves a real problem for me is Meebo.com. First of all, I'm using two IM (instant messenger) applications these days, having collegues using both AIM (via
- [Net Video Sites Up Offers of Cash for Content](https://www.combridges.com/net-video-sites-up-offers-of-cash-for-content/) - Reuters reports that video sites are now paying real cash money for what has been the amateur-only user-generated content category of web videos. In particular, Break.com has upped it's payments to $400/clip, with more being paid for original animations; and the site claims to have already paid over $300,000 for original user generated content. The
- [New Palm Treo 680, 1/2 the price](https://www.combridges.com/new-palm-treo-680-12-the-price/) - Those interested in a "smart phone" with the Palm OS can now get the Treo from Cingular at roughly one-half the price ($199 with activation) of previous Treo models. I also like the fact that this is smaller by the fact that there's no antenae sticking out of the top. Most of you know that
- [The Birth of the "Social Video Network" (video blogging & social networking remixed)](https://www.combridges.com/the-birth-of-the-social-video-network-video-blogging-social-networking-remixed/) - You take a little MySpace, you add some YouTube, and mash 'em up. That's the latest in easy to use video blogging... er well, I mean video sharing/syndication... well, actually, I mean video "channels" based on MySpace social networking and YouTube video sharing type o' technologies.The business model et al was written up on AlwaysOn
- [Next Generation: Online Digital Video Editing Software](https://www.combridges.com/next-generation-online-digital-video-editing-software/) - As readers of this blog (or my old Videography columns) know, I like the ASP (application service provider) model of "software as service" using web-based applications to replace those that once lived exclusively on your computer's desktop. Video editing software has been one of the most difficult to deliver via an online application. But in
- [Local Search Continues Expansion with Enhancements to Yahoo Local & Live.com](https://www.combridges.com/local-search-continues-expansion-with-enhancements-to-yahoo-local-livecom/) - As I've said earlier, local search is increasingly the optimum marketing medium for local businesses (from auto repair to therapists). Clearly, the big search engines agree as they continue to enhance their localized search services. The latest enhancements come from Yahoo and Microsoft's Live.com; who are, of course, trying to keep up with Google. A
- [LonelyGirl15: Viral Video Victory](https://www.combridges.com/lonelygirl15-viral-video-victory/) - If you search YouTube for "lonelygirl15," you get all kinds of debunking, profanity and other forms of extremely personal video reactions. Whether hoax or otherwise, the girl's got buzz. Personally, I'm with the crowd that thinks she's too polished not to be a professional production (and I am a video production professional). Regardless, she's the
- [More on Online Video Search and Contextual Video Advertising](https://www.combridges.com/more-on-online-video-search-and-contextual-video-advertising/) - The online video revolution continues to rev up (with a long way to go.) Andy Plesser, publisher of Beet.TV (also the author of the piece linked below) is covering it as well as anyone I've seen. Here's his latest piece on contextual video advertising which includes, of course, a video interview. (Thank Gawd for someone
- [Microformats: The Future of Microcasting?](https://www.combridges.com/microformats-the-future-of-microcasting/) - I've been around long enough to come from the cable TV daze when narrowcasting was a revolution. When I was at USA Network, MTV, CNN, ESPN etc were breakthroughs as channels for what we now call vertical audiences. I like to call the web's quantum leap into far more finely defined audiences "microcasting." Technorati's Chairman,
- [Free Conference Calls with Built-in Recording](https://www.combridges.com/free-conference-calls-with-built-in-recording/) - I've been using free conference calls from FreeConference.com for some time. It works. No toll free number, but no per minute charges either. Now thanks to a tip from NYTimes' David Pogue I've found LiveOfficeFreeConference where you don't have to make a reservation, AND you can record up to 60 minutes of the call (just
- [Insights into Fox & Murdoch's MySpace Video Mindset](https://www.combridges.com/insights-into-fox-murdochs-myspace-video-mindset/) - Rupert Mudoch's Fox big media conglomerate's ownership of mega web upstart MySpace.com is not only controversial, but also apparently largely driven as a platform for video content. Illumination of this phenom appears in the AlwaysOn interview with Fox Interactive president Ross Levinsohn and in the BusinessWeek Online article, "Fox Feeds the Online TV Frenzy."
- [Al Gore Attacks Big Media & Gets Funnier](https://www.combridges.com/al-gore-attacks-big-media-gets-funnier/) - I was pleased to see that the Associated Press reported today from the Edinburgh International Television Festival that Al Gore told it like it is (IMHO) about the damage that big media is doing to democracy. (I can't help but wonder if you have to NOT be a candidate in order to talk truth to
- [Blogumentary, Video & Article Show Why WE ARE the Internet](https://www.combridges.com/blogumentary-video-article-show-why-we-are-the-internet/) - I guess it was just a natural progression... Blogs, to viral movies about blogs, to blog posts about bloggie videos... The Lulu.TV video site is not bad either. And there's more! But if you really want to understand why we are the Internet, I highly recommend Kevin Kelly's We Are the Web from Wired, August
- [The Future of YouTube and User-Generated and/or Consumer-Supplied Video](https://www.combridges.com/the-future-of-youtube-and-user-generated-andor-consumer-supplied-video/) - It's only postage stamp-sized video, but I don't think you'll find a better informed discussion of the state of "user-generated" and/or "consumer-supplied" video vs. professionally-produced and/or commercial video... and their emerging business/advertising models. This is a session from the expensive AlwaysOn Stanford Summit; but on the Web, of course, it's free. This session is preceptively
- [Google's Matt Cutts uses Video to Reveal New Google "Webmaster Tools"](https://www.combridges.com/googles-matt-cutts-uses-video-to-reveal-new-google-webmaster-tools/) - Google's most visible blogger, information insider and upbeat educator, Matt Cutts has turned to video to explain neat new webmaster resources and tools that were announced at the recent SES (Search Engine Strategies) conference. Google Video even helped facilitate me posting this clip here. Watch and learn. Note: this is just one in a recent
- [Awesome TED Videos for Free](https://www.combridges.com/awesome-ted-videos-for-free/) - I have fond inspirational memories of attending Richard Saul Wurman's TED (Technology Entertainment Design) conferences in Monterey in the '90s. Now you can taste some of this inspiration with short videos that have been posted free online. A remarkable opportunity.I'm grateful to David Pogue of the New York Times for pointing these out in his
- [Bush & Blair: Like a Couple of guys at a convention...](https://www.combridges.com/bush-blair-like-a-couple-of-guys-at-a-convention/) - Now that TV is no longer limited to a few networks, video continues to open new doors of perception. Most recently, this little unedited clip of a chat between George W. Bush and Tony Blair at the G8 conference where the normally controlled Bush got caught being himself (including the four letter explitive). Don't they
- [MySpace: The Newcomer Takes Charge at #1](https://www.combridges.com/myspace-the-newcomer-takes-charge-at-1/) - Rarely do you see a new media property grow right past the biggest players in the game, but in the US market (at least?), the teen sensation MySpace is now bigger than Google and Yahoo with "a market share figure of 4.5% of all the US Internet visits for the week ending July 8, 2006"
- [TV on the Web Works Better Than TV on TV](https://www.combridges.com/tv-on-the-web-works-better-than-tv-on-tv/) - Reuters reports that Disney says ABC free web TV a hit with consumers. Perhaps more significant than the 11 million program-views (like web pageviews) is the fact that there was better commercial recall (in fact, twice as much recall) for the same programs when shown FREE on the web, as is typical for broadcast television.The
- [Web Video Trailblazer (Ze Frank) shows the web video his way](https://www.combridges.com/web-video-trailblazer-ze-frank-shows-the-web-video-his-way/) - See embedded video below and lotz of other entertaining stuff and an original site at: ZeFrank.com. Thanks to the NYTimes for exposing this guy to me (and us).
- [Google's Schmidt Shares](https://www.combridges.com/googles-schmidt-shares/) - Thanks to Tim O'Reilly for pointing out the LA Times interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt (site registration required). More than any truly large company, I think Google is defining innovation in the 21st Century, and Schmidt seems to be a real straight-shooting, thoughtful individual. Worthy of respect and attention (beyond the hype.)
- [Windows & Mac OS Are About to Run Side-by-Side on the Same Mac](https://www.combridges.com/windows-mac-os-are-about-to-run-side-by-side-on-the-same-mac/) - The Apple ad copy "It's the only computer you'll ever need" is coming more and more true, and I was sure this was coming. I'm glad to see it coming so soon... CNet reports on a software called "Parallels" in Windows, Mac OS to run side-by-side.
- [MySpace Adding 240K New Subscribers/Day!](https://www.combridges.com/myspace-adding-240k-new-subscribersday/) - I knew MySpace was a major site growing very rapidly, but I didn't realize that it's pretty much off the charts. For example, did you know it's the second biggest website on the web, solidly ahead of MSN, AOL, EBay & Google? MySpace generates roughly 30 billion monthly page views (10,593 per second) with users
- [On-Demand is the Defining Trend of the Media Future](https://www.combridges.com/on-demand-is-the-defining-trend-of-the-media-future/) - Beyond the hot, hot online video explosion is the fundamental disruptive concept of the digital media revolution: consumer empowerment... also known as on-demand media... essentially consumer-controlled media from Tivo-style personal video recorders (PVR's) to podcasts to anything downloadable. In a nutshell, (as I've written for years), it's the ability to watch or listen to what
- [Dark Day: Net Neutrality Defeat & NSA Spys on MySpace](https://www.combridges.com/dark-day-net-neutrality-defeat-nsa-spys-on-myspace/) - The Republican Congress did what many of us had feared and dealt a blow to Net Neutrality. Next the Senate will speak... Meanwhile, opponents of this move now include Consumers Union, the non-profit publisher of Consumer Reports.And O'Reilly Radar quotes a report that reveals that the NSA may well be "funding research into the mass
- [Search Marketing Continues to Increase in Scope & Complexity](https://www.combridges.com/search-marketing-continues-to-increase-in-scope-complexity/) - A new Jupiter Research report confirms what those of us who work in search marketing know, search marketing is rapidly growing its share of the business marketing mix, much of it is outsourced contract work, and the whole game (including tracking results, analytics, search advertising and organic search optimization) is becoming more complex. Read the
- [Google Spreadsheet Spreads Brower-based Productivity](https://www.combridges.com/google-spreadsheet-spreads-brower-based-productivity/) - The race is on to deliver desktop quality productivity plus the enhancements of more web-based Web 2.0 interactivity like the real time sharing of documents than any desktop app can dream of... And, I think, with its various acquisitions, Google has taken the lead in this race. For example, they recently acquired the web-based word
- [YouTube Rockets to Dominant Lead in the Video Sharing Space](https://www.combridges.com/youtube-rockets-to-dominant-lead-in-the-video-sharing-space/) - According to a Hitwise research study sited in this PCWorld report, "For the week ending May 20, YouTube nabbed almost 43 percent of all visits to video Web sites, while the video section of MySpace.com came in second with 24.2 percent." The presumably bigger video search sites all lagged with less than 10 percent.For more
- [The MySpace Social Networking Media Space Explained... Kinda ;)](https://www.combridges.com/the-myspace-social-networking-media-space-explained-kinda/) - The extraordinary, run away success of MySpace is way big. How big is it? So big that MarketingSherpa had to exclaim "Even My Dog Has a MySpace Account", and then assign her researchers to write a special report. So big, 50 million ++ accounts and counting, that it requires reflection on why and what exactly
- [Simple AllYouCanUpload Site Does Blog & EBay Photos Right!](https://www.combridges.com/simple-allyoucanupload-site-does-blog-ebay-photos-right/) - Here's another great pick from Michael Arrington at TechCruch, a simple site that let's you post images for linking from your blog or EBay or whatever web page you like. It also will resize the images automatically if you wish. This saves the necessity of having server space and using FTP. And as the name
- [Simpler is Still Better: One-Page Sites](https://www.combridges.com/simpler-is-still-better-one-page-sites/) - The champions of the cause of simplicity, 37 signals, who deliver online web services that are by their own proclamation, "the best web-based software products possible with the least number of features necessary" have made an interesting blog post, visually, of one-page websites. For when you don't really need more than one (page). The most
- [Broadcasting's Downloads, Convergence Continues](https://www.combridges.com/broadcastings-downloads-convergence-continues/) - Leave it to TechCrunch to deliver the state-of-the-art overview (with best of breed links) of "Download Your TV -- The Current Options".And leave it to a blog to have great links in the comments. Like USA Today's perspective and overview of "ethnic" broadcast audiences.And, the fact that the Saddam trial is being carried live on
- [Father of the Web, Berners-Lee Backs Net Neutrality](https://www.combridges.com/father-of-the-web-berners-lee-backs-net-neutrality/) - Perhaps some folks need to be reminded that the Internet, the Web -- this wondrous online universe that has revolutionized, and is still revolutionizing communications for corporations and "the little guy" alike -- was not created or envisioned by politicians, but by scientists... to be specific Sir Tim Berners-Lee. So maybe we all should be
- [Next Wave of the Video Web is Building Big Mo'](https://www.combridges.com/next-wave-of-the-video-web-is-building-big-mo/) - A nice thing about blogging is that I don't need to try to be comprehensive... Since I've been tracking "The Video Web" for years, I need simply to report that, just in case some of you are not aware, the ability to publish video on the Web is taking off in exciting new ways. For
- [Amazing, Useful Search Tool: Inquisitor](https://www.combridges.com/amazing-useful-search-tool-inquisitor/) - The web is definitely having a new wave of innovation. Inquisitor doubles as an SEM keyword phrase search tool (it automatically gives you related and relevant keyword phrases relating to any search string you type) AND as a way to check out search results on multiple sites (Google, Yahoo, Technorati, Amazon, Digg, etc.) with the
- [Save the Internet: No Joke!](https://www.combridges.com/save-the-internet-no-joke/) - The fight for "Net Neutrality" is no joke. As almost everyone knows, Congress and Big Business cannot be trusted. Even big time recording artists like Moby are getting into the act and doing what they can to help keep the Web as free and open as possible. Check out SaveTheInternet.com for what YOU can do
- [The Truth About How Web Pages Are Read](https://www.combridges.com/the-truth-about-how-web-pages-are-read/) - My favorite and most highly recommended book on the subject of web usability (or in plane folks speak, the science and art of how to make web pages more useful) is Steve Krug's "Don't Make Me Think." But, arguably the "grandfather" of books on this subject is Jacob Nielsen. Another interesting info-tidbit is that people
- [TechCrunch & more Best of Web 2.0](https://www.combridges.com/techcrunch-more-best-of-web-20/) - TechCrunch's Michael Arrington does an amazing job of keeping up on the latest Web 2.0 applications. I just found his overview of the Web 2.0 companies that he couldn't live without. It's a great list of the leaders in the way cool, AJAX-enabled software as service world. (I've featured other Web 2.0 lists and definitions
- [Seth Godin (permission marketing) Speaks at Google](https://www.combridges.com/seth-godin-permission-marketing-speaks-at-google/) - The kind of groovy event we didn't used to get to experience, but now, thanks to the video web, here it is...
- [Internet Telephony, Better Yourpages & More](https://www.combridges.com/internet-telephony-better-yourpages-more/) - Among Google's many new initiatives is Google Finance; but that wasn't even one of the 25 things Danny Sullivan loves about Google. There are new Web 2.0 applications every day... Today, I was especially impressed by one of the niftiest home page sites I've ever seen (you don't even have to sign in to personalize
- [DabbleDB: The Best Web 2.0 Application Yet](https://www.combridges.com/dabbledb-the-best-web-20-application-yet/) - I've been tracking Web 2.0 and related applications. (For example, this previous post: "Define Web 2.0 & Ajax... Hunh?".) But, DabbleDB is the best thing I've seen. It's actually an online tool that lets you build a database-driven application on the fly, quickly and about as easily as can be imagined. No kidding. It's still
- [Two-thirds on US Home Internet Users Now Have Broadband Connections](https://www.combridges.com/two-thirds-on-us-home-internet-users-now-have-broadband-connections/) - Wow. Even when you think you know what's happening out there, suddenly there's another imporant milestone among what I might call "techno-megatrends" tracking. Beyond all the business Internet users who almost all of whom have broadband Internet connections... Amongst US Internet users at home, a full two-thirds now have broadband Internet connections. If you ask
- [Internet Video Meets Internet TV: The Convergence Continues...](https://www.combridges.com/internet-video-meets-internet-tv-the-convergence-continues/) - But, what's more, I tend to perceive an article on the front page of the Sunday New York Times Business section sub-titled, "As Internet TV Aims at Niche Audiences, the Slivercast Is Born" as something of a benchmark. It's always nice to have a professional business perspective that includes real world examples (not to mention
- [Free Chat App Can Help Convert Browsers into Buyers](https://www.combridges.com/free-chat-app-can-help-convert-browsers-into-buyers/) - It's been proven that offering a live, realtime interaction via online chat applications like LiveChat can help convert browsers into buyers. Now, open source strikes again by making this kind of technology free via a new web-based app, ZaZaChat. As you might expect, it's still in "beta," so if anyone tests it, please let me
- [Web Services Upend Old Ideas About the Little Guy's Role](https://www.combridges.com/web-services-upend-old-ideas-about-the-little-guys-role/) - This is one of the first times I've used the article headline as my own blog headline, but this piece is really on the money. And I can feel the growth right in my own pocketbook. ;) Actually, the full title is A Cyberfueled Growth Spurt Web Services Upend Old Ideas About the Little Guy's
- [Your Portable Hot Spot: Wi-Fi hot spot in-a-box](https://www.combridges.com/your-portable-hot-spot-wi-fi-hot-spot-in-a-box/) - Now you can create your own wi-fi hot spot on the road, on the run and on the fly. The NYTimes' David Pogue explains and reviews the top three models of a device that's still in search of its own name. The device is referred to as a "portable hot spot" or as a "cellular
- [Good Laughs: Daily Show Meets MySpace Social Networking](https://www.combridges.com/good-laughs-daily-show-meets-myspace-social-networking/) - IMHO, TV doesn't get much better than John Stewart's Daily Show on Comedy Central. I am frequently grateful for it as an antidote to the daily news. Now, Stewart's "trendspotting" feature takes on "social networking" such as MySpace. It cracked me up. Nice that Google Video (and someone who uses it) has made it available
- [New York Magazine cover story on the Business of Blogging](https://www.combridges.com/new-york-magazine-cover-story-on-the-business-of-blogging/) - Decent reading in a NY kinda way... Blogs to Riches: The Haves and Have-Nots of the Blogging Boom.
- [Search Engine Market Share Stats](https://www.combridges.com/search-engine-market-share-stats/) - I get asked on a regular basis "How much of the search engine traffic comes from Google as compared to the others?" Well, the first point is that the traffic to a particular site varies depending on its audience and its keyword positions at various search engines. For example, my ComBridges.com site gets a higher
- [Breakthrough Productivity Apps: Basecamp & Backpack](https://www.combridges.com/breakthrough-productivity-apps-basecamp-backpack/) - If you haven't checked out these very impressive online applications (ASP's), I couldn't recommend them too highly. As a company, we've been experimenting with all kinds of virtual collaboration tools, project management applications, and such. To date, Basecamp is getting the job done like none other. The fact that it's caused us to sort our
- [The truth about Flash in Email](https://www.combridges.com/the-truth-about-flash-in-email/) - We do lots of Flash and lots of email newsletters, and I've always known that delivering Flash via email is problematic, although I've heard frequent claims from vendors who claim to have overcome the email client software compatibility issues. It appears I'm right (which I always like) and this article offers a quite comprehensive test.
- [Convergence Connects with Local Search: Spot Runner](https://www.combridges.com/convergence-connects-with-local-search-spot-runner/) - On another front, those who work in search engine marketing and search engine advertising (like Google AdWords and Yahoo Search advertising) know that local search is hot. Local businesses (from pizza parlors to car repair shops) are benefitting more from local search engine marketing than from those old fashioned and expensive yellow pages ads. What
- [Define Web 2.0 & Ajax. Hunh?](https://www.combridges.com/define-web-20-ajax-hunh/) - So I was pleased to find both a fine technical explanation of Ajax, as well as an illuminating and articulate (although technically sophisticated) social commentary on the development environment and buzz around Web 2.0.Of course, if you are less technically inclined, it may be sufficient for you for me to say that Web 2.0 and
- [Steve Jobs Pokes Michael Dell as Apple's Market Cap Tops Dell's](https://www.combridges.com/steve-jobs-pokes-michael-dell-as-apples-market-cap-tops-dells/) - I remember a Steve Jobs presentation shortly after he took back the reigns at Apple where he projected an image of Michael Dell's face on the bull's eye of a target. He took aim and "bingo," he "made it so." According to this report in the NY Times, Jobs couldn't pass up the milestone of
- [Apple's Influence Increasing Beyond Belief: A Leader Despite a Follower's Marketshare](https://www.combridges.com/apples-influence-increasing-beyond-belief-a-leader-despite-a-followers-marketshare/) - The more I think about it, the more amazing Apple's success is. Eat your heart out, Bill Gates. It's Apple that is setting the pace now, making the best software and the best hardware, and "owning" the digital music/media business that every media business covets (iTunes is has something like an 84% marketshare.) I won't
- [Steve Jobs MacWorld Keynote Video: Watch It Now](https://www.combridges.com/steve-jobs-macworld-keynote-video-watch-it-now/) - The video of the Steve Jobs keynote is now up on Apple's website. The quality is quite good, and if you've never seen Jobs do one of these presentations, I think it's not to be missed. If you've seen one, you know. Thank God, they are finally getting this video up to watchable quality. And
- [New Intel Macs, sure. But Google Earth Mac, YEAH!](https://www.combridges.com/new-intel-macs-sure-but-google-earth-mac-yeah/) - And while I'm blabbing, eh, I mean blogging, kudos to the Apple marketing folks for the line: "What's an Intel chip doing in a Mac? A whole lot more than it's ever done in a PC." Stay tuned for the Steve Jobs video keynote. A show worthy of your attention, IMHO.
- [Podcasting eBook](https://www.combridges.com/podcasting-ebook/) - Looks like a good, cost effective ($9.95) resource for those looking for a podcasting manual: Learn more about the 93-page podcasting ebook.
- [Ka-ching: Holiday Retail Sales Up 25-30% over 2004](https://www.combridges.com/ka-ching-holiday-retail-sales-up-25-30-over-2004/) - Some think that the Net is just hitting its stride. I think that it's growth is still under-estimated. There's lotz of room for growth. Even though online selling is still only something like 6% of all retail in the US, one-third of families are doing it. According to this summary of two research reports in
- [The Best Podcasts of 2005](https://www.combridges.com/the-best-podcasts-of-2005/) - This is what I get for following my own links! A nice thing about the two links below which provide links to cool Web 2.0 web services/sites is that they are a kind of demonstration of where things, hopefully, are going online. A great example is digg, which is on both lists. Digg led me
- [More Best of the Web 2.0: link from neat techie video podcast](https://www.combridges.com/more-best-of-the-web-20-link-from-neat-techie-video-podcast/) - I decided to browse some of the video podcasts on iTunes and sure enuf found a tech video program that was actually chock full of useful information and especially web links. commandN's holiday episode included a link that complements the one below, "Top 10 Innovative Web 2.0 Applications of 2005." And I also appreciated the
- [Awesome Free Online Applications](https://www.combridges.com/awesome-free-online-applications/) - The Open Source movement is alive and well and if you're not aware of all the great online software that's out there for free, here's a great Christmas/Holiday present for you: This page has reviews and links to some of the best online "Web 2.0" applications. From free network disk storage (eat your heart out
- [In Case You Thought the Growth of the Web Was Slowing Down...](https://www.combridges.com/in-case-you-thought-the-growth-of-the-web-was-slowing-down/) - Apple's Web Site Among Fastest Growing. Amongst the big boys at least, the likes of Apple, Google, Amazon, Wikipedia and the social networking sites are still seeing robust double-digit growth year-over-year.
- [An Amazing, Free To-Do List Manager](https://www.combridges.com/an-amazing-free-to-do-list-manager/) - Shortly, I'll post something longer about Web 2.0 applications, web-based software, software as service and all that. Meanwhile, I want to recommend an online to-do list manager called Voo2Do. It couldn't be easier to use, includes all the essential fields including prioritization, deadlines and estimated time to complete. You can add categories on the fly
- ["The Revolution May Just Be Vloggerized."](https://www.combridges.com/the-revolution-may-just-be-vloggerized/) - Groovy story in today's NYTimes about vlogging (video blog creation and syndication). Blog tech commentator Jeff Jarvis thinks the featured "$20/day TV star" in NY Times article could be earning $2 million a year before long and that the most interesting "news" in the story is the producer's deal with Tivo (which is kinda interesting.)
- [Brightcove (+ AOL + Barry Diller): Illuminating More Online Video Distribution (Great Flash too)](https://www.combridges.com/brightcove-aol-barry-diller-illuminating-more-online-video-distribution-great-flash-too/) - No time to write this up this AM, but my "video-video" juices are flowing... (FYI, I produced two videos about the desktop video revolution in the '90's). The announcement today of AOL and Barry Diller's deals with a start up called Brightcove of Cambridge, MA, lead me to their site and their excellent Flash presentation
- [Way Too Cheery, But Good Flash-Phone Integration](https://www.combridges.com/way-too-cheery-but-good-flash-phone-integration/) - And for another kind of convergence... Cheerioke! I've been enjoying my Gizmo Project software phone (see below). Voice over IP rules. But I'm also impressed with the way that the Cheerioke Flash application for an old time advertiser (General Mills) integrates telephone recording seamlessly into an interactive singing thingy. Listen to me if you dare,
- [Tivo Makes a Convergence Connection with iPods and Sony PSP to Play Video](https://www.combridges.com/tivo-makes-a-convergence-connection-with-ipods-and-sony-psp-to-play-video/) - The promise of digital video providing a convergence of all kinds of video sources has remained mostly that, a promise. But, finally, with Tivo's announcement today that it will be providing customers with the ability to playback programs recorded on it's devices on Apple iPod and Sony PSP portable video players, maybe we're finally starting
- [Search is a 2-Way Street: "Google Base" Breaks Posting Barrier](https://www.combridges.com/search-is-a-2-way-street-google-base-breaks-posting-barrier/) - I know it's starting to look like I'm a bit obsessed with Google. Maybe so. But, I also think that I know a true innovator when I see one. This time I salute Google for creating a new kind of interactivity via Google Base. This new service enables anyone (meaning folks without the slightest technical
- [Another Google Disruption: Free Site Statistics](https://www.combridges.com/another-google-disruption-free-site-statistics/) - A visit to one of the top website traffic statistic packages, Urchin and urchin.com, now delivers this logo, "Google Analytics" and an auto-forward to http://www.google.com/analytics/. Further, to make their acquisition of Urchin even more disruptive, Google is now offering this top package (which we use at ComBridges) for that magic Internet four-letter word: FREE.Read the
- [An Emmy for the Leading Role in Mobile Video (cell phones, iPods, etc.)](https://www.combridges.com/an-emmy-for-the-leading-role-in-mobile-video-cell-phones-ipods-etc/) - I dunno. Seems kinda early to me, but I guess a trend is a trend and the National Academy of Televison Arts & Sciences wants to be part of it. NY Times reports: "And the Emmy for Best Actor on iPods Goes to ..."
- [Warner Brothers Diggin' Digital for Development of Music Talent](https://www.combridges.com/warner-brothers-diggin-digital-for-development-of-music-talent/) - To quote Holzman from the Washington Post, "'Physical product has its place in the world,' but using the Internet is a faster and cheaper way of searching for and validating talent, said Holzman, a longtime proponent of independent music who made it big by signing the Doors on the Elektra music label in 1966." Maybe
- [Bush Meets Dalai Lama Despite China's Objections](https://www.combridges.com/bush-meets-dalai-lama-despite-chinas-objections/) - Way to go, George! ;)Read the Reuters report
- [Video Blog = "vlog" or video webcasting for the rest of us](https://www.combridges.com/video-blog-vlog-or-video-webcasting-for-the-rest-of-us/) - As someone who has been writing about and even producing videos about the democratization of media and the infinite possibilities for grassroots media & video for over ten years now, Apple's new ipod combined with the blogger's self-publishing and self-syndication platforms... not to mention podcasting... had to lead to video blogs. I was just wondering
- [NYTimes Gets Inside Google's Economic Impact & Yahoo's Community Strategies](https://www.combridges.com/nytimes-gets-inside-googles-economic-impact-yahoos-community-strategies/) - Likewise, I recommend NYT's "Techno Files" commentary (from the business section of the same issue), A Journey to the Center of Yahoo for anyone seeking a better understanding of what Yahoo is up to as the Web continues to grow in importance to our lives and for our businesses.
- [Beyond Skype for Internet Phone Calls](https://www.combridges.com/beyond-skype-for-internet-phone-calls/) - I decided to investigate this after reading that Gizmo Project was an Editor's Pick in the Wired magazine "Test" issue. They say that Gizmo Project has better sound quality than Skype. No doubt it's a much prettier looking application (Mac, Windows or Linux). It also includes FREE voice mail, IM integration, conference calls, and a
- [Google's Great is the Greatness of Change](https://www.combridges.com/googles-great-is-the-greatness-of-change/) - An Addendum to my post below... The greatness of Google's accomplishments are in way they are re-inventing media and advertising. "Changing the way... " as quoted here: "They've come up with a new product that is changing the way people are advertising," said ThinkEquity analyst John Tinker. "They are changing the way people are doing
- [Google the Great Gets Greater](https://www.combridges.com/google-the-great-gets-greater/) - Just the same, Google's latest earnings report is beyond impressive. So is their 45% search engine market share. (So is the fact that "Google" has become a verb.) So is the perspective of the book I'm reading, The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture.It seems that
- [Capote Carves Creative Portrait of Imperfectly Human Creative Process](https://www.combridges.com/capote-carves-creative-portrait-of-imperfectly-human-creative-process/) - Wow. Amazing film. Extraordinary performances. I didn’t realize it was also about the birth of the non-fiction novel. A must see. A very richly textured, deeply human, multi-layered drama. Phillip Seymour Hoffman will certainly be nominated for the Best Actor Oscar, and will likely win. You won’t be disappointed. A great cinematic experience. Worth seeing
- [John Daly, We Love Him Cause He's Us](https://www.combridges.com/john-daly-we-love-him-cause-hes-us/) - How could he miss that putt? A mental error? Perhaps. A heart-breaking ending? For sure. Does it change the way that we love John Daly? Not really. After all, he did out drive the un-out-drivable, Tiger Woods on that first playoff hole. A heroic golfing feat in itself. I guess it's time for another comeback,
- [Free Wi-Fi Becoming Urban Utility?](https://www.combridges.com/free-wi-fi-becoming-urban-utility/) - Why not treat Internet access the same way that you treat water or electricity, or maybe more accurately highway maintenance? Let the government pay for it and provide it as a public service. Now, that's another trend worth getting behind. Right on.Read all about it in the Washington Post
- [Google Grabs Sun for Open Source Alliance](https://www.combridges.com/google-grabs-sun-for-open-source-alliance/) - I expect to post more on this later, but I can't wait to applaud the new alliance between Google and Sun (whose CEO's are shown here). Yes, Virginia, there is an alternative to Microsoft Office, and it's called OpenOffice.org; and, yes, it's a viable alternative to the wickedness of Word. There's much more to this
- [When Will Wie Win?](https://www.combridges.com/when-will-wie-win/) - She already has won. Not that I think she's going to take all that endorsement money and run, but anybody who doesn't think she's going to prove herself on the LPGA as well as in a lot of other places, can step right up and I'll take their bets. She's a genuine star with genuine
- [Michelle Wie Getting Set to Turn Pro](https://www.combridges.com/michelle-wie-getting-set-to-turn-pro/) - Uh-oh. Two back-to-back golf posts... Well, on one hand, I'm interested in Michelle Wie from the sports business point of view... Specifically, how does a 15 year old who has never won a professional tournament become that highest paid woman golfer in the world? And, on the other hand, I love her from the "spiritual
- [The Grand Mr. Gore is Great for Golf](https://www.combridges.com/the-grand-mr-gore-is-great-for-golf/) - The future of golf is brighter today because of his victory. And, as a fan, I'm pleased to have someone that's this fun to watch making his mark. Keep it up, Jason. Click here to read a feature interview with Jason Gore about his win. Or, click here to accept my personal invitation to visit
- [Finally, A Fine Apple QT Webcast](https://www.combridges.com/finally-a-fine-apple-qt-webcast/) - When I was writing for Videography, among other events, I used to go to every Steve Jobs MacWorld keynote in San Francisco, and LOVED the show. (If you haven't seen Jobs in action, even if you're not an Apple fan, it's worth the experience to see perhaps the most masterful presenter, well, er, salesman in
- [JotSpot Wiki App for the Rest of Us](https://www.combridges.com/jotspot-wiki-app-for-the-rest-of-us/) - The techno dweebs among us (and apparently I'm in that category) know that a "wiki" is a kind of free form web-based collaboration environment. The only limitation that I know of is that they have required a certain degree of techno savvy, perhaps even a programmer's aptitude, in order to make good use of them.
- [Why the Levee Broke: The Cost of the Iraq War Gets Uglier](https://www.combridges.com/why-the-levee-broke-the-cost-of-the-iraq-war-gets-uglier/) - Like most Americans, I am horrified by the Hurricane Katrina disaster and its follow on challenges of health and downright survival issues. It's heartbreaking, the magnitude of the human suffering; and, for me, it comes "home" also because my father was a proud native of New Orleans, and I spent a bit of time there
- [Take the Rein on Your Own Goodness](https://www.combridges.com/take-the-rein-on-your-own-goodness/) - I promised this blog would get spiritual at some point, and it's time. I was inspired and delighted by an article in Shambhala Sun magazine, "A Reign of Goodness," by the American-born Tibetan teacher, Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, who also happens to be the son of one of my favorite Tibetan teachers and authors, Chogyam Trungpa.
- [Googlers Gripe Upon Getting Googled](https://www.combridges.com/googlers-gripe-upon-getting-googled/) - This irony is lost somewhere between "Do what I say, not what I do" and "Do unto others..." It seems that CNET News Googled Google CEO Eric Schmidt and then printed some of what it found. The result? Not praise for creativity, but a promised year of silent shoulder, black out, personna non gratis, "we're
- [Haggis on the Origins of Crash](https://www.combridges.com/haggis-on-the-origins-of-crash/) - More evidence of what a remarkable movie Crash is... And what a remarkable filmmaker Paul Haggis is... Here's a personal essay from Haggis telling the story and describing the feelings that inspired the film. Totally congruent and touching. (Thanks, Wade, for the link)
- [Awesome Flick: "Crash (2005)" Don't Miss It.](https://www.combridges.com/awesome-flick-crash-2005-dont-miss-it/) - This cinematic journey, emblazened by an impeccable ensemble cast who deliver astounding performances (Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Thandie Newton, Terrance Howard, and others), takes on the complexly human under-belly of racism as expressed in the lives of a broad cross-section of characters -- from Persian immigrants to car-jackers, from the LA District Attorney
- [Podcast Channel Broadens with More Corporate Podcasters (IBM)](https://www.combridges.com/podcast-channel-broadens-with-more-corporate-podcasters-ibm/) - This podcast thing is getting interesting enuf 4 me to be planning something coming "real soon"... stay tuned; and meanwhile I guess there's momentum to consider Apple's "next generation radio" as an interesting channel for corporate marketing communications. The latest entrant: IBM. And nobody ever got fired for copying IBM, or was that for hiring
- [Technographics: Techonology "Optimists" Watch Less TV](https://www.combridges.com/technographics-techonology-optimists-watch-less-tv/) - Forrester Research is reporting, in what may be one of the most comprehensive studies yet on the subject, that among those who feel good about technology (about 1/2 the market which they call "technology optimists"), there's significantly less TV watching. They also say broadband will continue to grow rapidly (duh), more than doubling by 2010,
- [Apple's Approach to Podcasting Appropriately Promoted by Pogue (NYTimes)](https://www.combridges.com/apples-approach-to-podcasting-appropriately-promoted-by-pogue-nytimes/) - The New York Times' excellent Mac-friendly technology columnist, David Pogue has further illuminated the podscape by agreeing with my comment below... awright he says a whole lot more and says it better... illuminating how the elegant integration of podcasts in Apple's iTunes 4.9 has moved this new form of audio communication (Next Gen Radio) a
- [Video Blog Provides Peeks Into the State-of-the-Art of Computer Animation](https://www.combridges.com/video-blog-provides-peeks-into-the-state-of-the-art-of-computer-animation/) - For those of you who may not know, SIGGRAPH (which derives its name from some old techie terms) is the annual assemblage (conference) for the computer animation industry, both art and computer science. I used to enjoy going in the days when I wrote for Videography. This year, anyone anywhere can get a nice visual
- [Treo & Blackberry Look Out. Here comes Moto Q. & Mo'](https://www.combridges.com/treo-blackberry-look-out-here-comes-moto-q-mo/) - Personally, I like being away from email when I'm away from my computer. It allows me more time to think for myself, introspection and all that. But, yo, if you want your network wherever and whenever, here's some new techno-fashion functionality to tickle yer IM type tastes: Read the ElectricNews.Net story on Moto Q and
- [NBC & A Podcasting Reality Check](https://www.combridges.com/nbc-a-podcasting-reality-check/) - I don't think I've posted yet how impressed I am with Apple's easy-to-use integration of the ability to subscribe to podcasts right within iTunes 4.9, but just the same I've been skeptical about podcasting's ability to become (as Apple says) "The next generation of radio." My thinking being somewhat along the lines of the comments
- [Podcasting: A more sober view (and more)](https://www.combridges.com/podcasting-a-more-sober-view-and-more/) - Who woulda thunk that wildman NBA Mavericks owner Mark Cuban would be the one to provide the most sober overview of the podcasting trend I've seen, but he did. Also, of interest to blog fans, Cuban announced the reincarnation of his blog-oriented search engine (formerly IceRocket, now BlogScour), not to mention a fun bit of
- [Geospatial Tech: An Important Next Frontier](https://www.combridges.com/geospatial-tech-an-important-next-frontier/) - I first came to understand the vast impact that "geospatial technologies" will have on all of us (think GPS systems hard-wired into computers, chips on packages and mobile applications) when I read Howard Rheingold's Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution. Apparently, leading edge publisher, O'Reilly also thinks this trend is important because they just had
- [Apple: the iPod Company (sales rock on)](https://www.combridges.com/apple-the-ipod-company-sales-rock-on/) - No longer the Mac company, Apple may now be "the iPod company." They shipped 7 times as many iPods in the last quarter at the year before, almost 6.2 million units, and only 1.2 million Macs (even though Mac sales did well too and represented more gross revenue). Read the Bloomberg report
- [CBS News Commits to New Net Services as "Cable News Bypass"](https://www.combridges.com/cbs-news-commits-to-new-net-services-as-cable-news-bypass/) - This new commitment to new content in some ways reflects what other networks are doing with their cable news sister networks. As reported by the New York Times, Kramer calls this a "cable news bypass." He said in the online video announcement, "On the web, daytime is prime time," and pointed to larger audience opportunities
- [Wallace Wide Open in Insightful Commencement](https://www.combridges.com/wallace-wide-open-in-insightful-commencement/) - Noted American writer David Foster Wallace concludes that "It is unimaginably hard... to stay conscious and alive in the adult world day in and day out." We all know these challenges. At least those of us who are trying to live our lives fully awake, or as awake as we are able to be... Wallace
- [Insights into Online Poker's Amazing Growth](https://www.combridges.com/insights-into-online-pokers-amazing-growth/) - To learn more about why I think that online poker is also a great way to learn to play poker, click here.
- [Inspiring: Steve Jobs Commencement Address at Stanford](https://www.combridges.com/inspiring-steve-jobs-commencement-address-at-stanford/) - When I first got an email with this commencement address by college drop-out Steve Jobs at Stanford University, I thought it must be urban legend; but, as this link shows, it's for real. And, more importantly, it's quality content. Inspiring even. Jobs speaks of "connecting the dots" in your life, the value of love and
- [Internet Talk Radio Coming of Age?](https://www.combridges.com/internet-talk-radio-coming-of-age/) - I had a solid hit of viability listening to some Internet radio shows this morning. I linked through from an inspirational email to Hayhouse Radio and listened to some pretty solid motivational/spiritual content. Then, I picked up on the fact that the provider was wsRadio.com and began listening to an SEO Radio show about search
- [Understanding Apple's Intel Announcement](https://www.combridges.com/understanding-apples-intel-announcement/) - Apple's announcement that they would begin producing Macs using Intel chips rather than IBM PowerPC chips is something of an earthquake, or a tectonic shift for the world of personal computing. It is perhaps best explained in simplistic terms as bringing the Mac software community into a more connected and less isolated place (of course,
- [Podcasting update from Steve Jobs & Washington Post](https://www.combridges.com/podcasting-update-from-steve-jobs-washington-post/) - Here's are some current stats and perspective from Steve Jobs re podcasting as reported by the Washington Post.
- [Jobs Reveals iTunes Tuning into Podcasts](https://www.combridges.com/jobs-reveals-itunes-tuning-into-podcasts/) - I admit to being a Steve Jobs fan, so you won't be surprised that I think he's making (yet another) smart move by incorporating podcasts into this summer's update to the iTunes software. Why not make his killer app more sticky? Makes sense to me. Or to quote Apple (and Pixar)'s master of promotion, in
- [Great Viral Videos for Firefox, plus "Is Viral Overexposed?"](https://www.combridges.com/great-viral-videos-for-firefox-plus-is-viral-overexposed/) - Viral marketing is spreading like, well, Firefox (the open source, grassroots web browsing software alternative). This trend is dramatically illustrated by these very funny Firefox videos produced by Mozilla Europe. And they are neatly complemented by this reasonably insightful commentary on viral marketing by Mark Kingdom of ClickZ Networks (even though I apparently liked the
- [Constant Contact Keeps Getting Better... Our preferred tool for email newsletters etc.](https://www.combridges.com/constant-contact-keeps-getting-better-our-preferred-tool-for-email-newsletters-etc/) - At last count, we have set up about 20 Constant Contact accounts for ourselves and our clients. It's the best, most cost effective email newsletter and opt-in user friendly email promotion application out there. We recommend it frequently and have taught even non-techie clients to use it themselves. Besides other features that I've described on
- [Sony & Cingular Ready Next Gen Hi-Speed Wireless Net](https://www.combridges.com/sony-cingular-ready-next-gen-hi-speed-wireless-net/) - In fact, if you haven't read it, Howard Rheingold's book, "Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution" makes quite an astounding case for the signifigance of ubiqitous wireless computing, from chips on cereal boxes to all kinds of GPS-empowered devices. The new wireless network is not something to be underestimated, in my not so humble estimation.More
- [The Fortune Cookies Were Right!](https://www.combridges.com/the-fortune-cookies-were-right/) - Maybe following the advice, or at least the numbers, in fortune cookies isn't such a bad idea after all. The New York Times reveals all. If you want to learn to play better poker, I've got a tip or two for that too. Click here.
- [Correction: When a PDA has a phone, it's a smart phone.](https://www.combridges.com/correction-when-a-pda-has-a-phone-its-a-smart-phone/) - (While we're at it, can I help you to get a deal on a free cell phone? If interested, please use one of the links on that page to visit Media Mall's partnership e-store with FonCentral. Just enter your zip code and check out the deals. And thanks for supporting this blog.)
- [Blogs and Podcasts: Hot Links](https://www.combridges.com/blogs-and-podcasts-hot-links/) - I can't stay away. While blogs andpodcasts are not quite revolutionary, they represent a continued evolution of media towards democratization, which is something that I believe in. Today, I enjoyed reading a feature article in the New York Times, "A Blog Revolution? Get a Grip" coveringthe commercial cream of the blogging crop, and listening to
- [PDA's Are Alive & Well Thanks to Wireless Email. Windows CE and RIM New Leaders](https://www.combridges.com/pdas-are-alive-well-thanks-to-wireless-email-windows-ce-and-rim-new-leaders/) - The bad news for palmOne was that their market share got significantly smaller--shrinking over 26% from 30.5 to 18 percent--although they are still the leader in terms of total PDA units shipped. At the same time, RIM, the makers of Blackberry's, grew over 75% to blow right by palmOne, increasing from 14.8 to 20.8 percent
- [Golf Lessons in Losing](https://www.combridges.com/golf-lessons-in-losing/) - (it's about time that golf made it into my blog) I really wanted Chris DiMarco to win the PGA tourney this weekend, but despite the extreme gutsy-ness he showed at the Masters, he wasn't up to the task. Since I was on the course playing golf, instead of watching TV when it happened, I wanted
- [Adobe-Macromedia vs Microsoft in Web App Dev](https://www.combridges.com/adobe-macromedia-vs-microsoft-in-web-app-dev/) - While my first thought when I heard about the Adobe-Macromedia merger was about Dreamweaver, the reality is that Flash has more to do with it. And, it's not really about us "creative professionals" who are the primary market for the obvious Adobe and Macromedia products. Rather, this merger is all about the enterprise market. That's
- [Video Activists Defeat Prosecution of Most Republican Convention Protesters](https://www.combridges.com/video-activists-defeat-prosecution-of-most-republican-convention-protesters/) - The New York Times reported that of the 1,670 people arrested during the street protests that were organized around last summer's Republican National Convention in NYC, 91 percent have ended with either charges dropped or a verdict of not guilty. In particular, the Times said: "A sprawling body of visual evidence, made possible by inexpensive,
- [New iPod Photo as Digital Camera Backup](https://www.combridges.com/new-ipod-photo-as-digital-camera-backup/) - Apple has significantly reduced the price of the iPod Photo and that event combined with an accessory that enables a direct connection between digital cameras and iPod Photos has a Washington Post reviewer explaining why this device has become more attractive to digital camera enthusiasts. Read the review.
- [Google Maps' Satellite View: Even Better!](https://www.combridges.com/google-maps-satellite-view-even-better/) - I forgot to mention (because I missed it originally), that Google Maps also has a satellite view with the same zoom and drag/pan functionalities as the map view. In fact, you can toggle directly between the map view and the satellite view. Awesome! http://maps.google.com
- [Forget MapQuest: Google Maps Rules!](https://www.combridges.com/forget-mapquest-google-maps-rules/) - If you're like me, MapQuest is useful, but clumsy. Navigating around those maps, clicking up and down is such a pain. Finally, there's a better solution. A much better solution. And wouldn't you know it comes from the "ease of use" folks at Google... another "beta" program. But the zoom and dragging is state-of-the-art, and
- [Voice over IP Phones Expanding Rapidly](https://www.combridges.com/voice-over-ip-phones-expanding-rapidly/) - Very few people realize how huge VoIP (voice over IP a.k.a. the Internet) is becoming. The quality is now totally viable. The costs are significantly less than from the traditional phone companies. All you need is a high speed Internet connection and some moxie. Soon you'll easily be able to do this wirelessly as well.
- [Google to Support Video Blogging](https://www.combridges.com/google-to-support-video-blogging/) - Here's one of many stories about this on the web today: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/2298.html OR you can test their "beta" video search engine for yourself: http://video.google.com/
- [Podcasting is, like, SO "last week"! Meet PSPCasting](https://www.combridges.com/podcasting-is-like-so-last-week-meet-pspcasting/) - Could the Sony Playstation Portable (PSP) be the next iPod? Maybe. In any case, it's already being used for a new kind of video broadcasting that is built on the inspiration of podcasting (see earlier posts in this blog). The facilitating technology is a new PSP-compatible video format called PSP Video 9 and the new
- [Steve Jobs Joins Ikea (happy april fools!)](https://www.combridges.com/steve-jobs-joins-ikea-happy-april-fools/) - Stranger things have happened than a guy with no furniture heading up a consumer furniture design and manufacturing company, right? Hey, if he can make the iPod a smashing success, why not dining room sets? Enjoy, and Get the gag at the UK's The Register
- [Urchin Gobbled by Google](https://www.combridges.com/urchin-gobbled-by-google/) - Don't you like the sound of that headline? Anyway, we use the Urchin web stats on our servers all the time. It's parent, Web Analytics just got bought by Google... I'm not sure if this is good news or not. Any opinions? Here's the story: http://www.searchengineguide.com/laycock/003904.html And the press release: http://www.urchin.com/company/news/03282005.html
- [Skype Me! NYTimes & the New Phone Net](https://www.combridges.com/skype-me-nytimes-the-new-phone-net/) - In a piece in tomorrow's New York Times, Internet free speech evangelist and Grateful Dead lyricist, John Perry Barlow is quoted as saying about the free Skype Internet phone service, "The combination of anonymity and intimacy creates a special kind of environment." I was even more amazed to learn that "Skype says that it has
- [Sony Playstation Portable, More that a Game Machine](https://www.combridges.com/sony-playstation-portable-more-that-a-game-machine/) - I don't write much about games, but it looks like the soon to be released Sony Playstation Portable is worth noticing beyond it's gaming capabilities. Among other things, it looks to be a pretty awesome video player too. This is, in part, enabled by a new storage medium called UMD or Universal Media Discs. These
- [Flash movie: A Creative View of Our Media Future](https://www.combridges.com/flash-movie-a-creative-view-of-our-media-future/) - Clearly the medium of Flash movies is evolving in fascinating ways. Here's an insightful work of visual fiction that is at the same time a provocative commentary on high-tech trends in publishing (including spins on the New York Times, Google and Amazon) while also providing a thought-provoking kind of entertainment... dare I say "edutainment"? All
- [Excellent Web Site Templates](https://www.combridges.com/excellent-web-site-templates/) - TemplateMonster.com has the best web site templates that I've seen online. Well done. Both HTML and Flash versions. A great resource, design short cut. I'm impressed.
- [Finally, a Directory of Local Search Directories](https://www.combridges.com/finally-a-directory-of-local-search-directories/) - I love good aggregations of content. As mentioned recently, yellow page style directories are becoming increasingly important for businesses that wish to target local searches, in other words, geographically-targeted searches to find a business of a particular type in your area. Now there's something called the Yellow Pages Association (YPA) and they've published an online
- [DropLoad: a Free, User-Friendly File Transfer Service](https://www.combridges.com/dropload-a-free-user-friendly-file-transfer-service/) - Credit my son, Andrew, for this tip: DropLoad.com let's you upload up to a 100MB file and then auto-sends download instructions to the person to whom you want to send the file, and then auto-deletes it from the server in seven days. It was immediately useful to me in the delivery of a large file
- [La Madame du Paid Search + Tip](https://www.combridges.com/la-madame-du-paid-search-tip/) - Here's a great resource for real online advertisers. Catherine Seda not only wrote the book (literally) on pay-per-click advertising, but she has written tons articles. Her most recent for Entrepreneur magazine is on the merits of local search, which if you haven't heard, is the ideal way to go for those of us who tend
- [Branded Blog Reader Software](https://www.combridges.com/branded-blog-reader-software/) - Blogs and podcasts (see my earlier posts if necessary) would be nothing without aggregator software. In the case of blogs, these applications and sites (I use Bloglines) are also known as RSS Readers. These applications enable you to "subscribe" to a particular blog or podcast; and, thus, to quickly scan a summary without having to
- [Apple Back in the Spotlight](https://www.combridges.com/apple-back-in-the-spotlight/) - As a mac man and an Apple stockholder, it should be clear that I'm a fan of one of the most innovative companies in the history of technology. So, of course, I'm pleased to see Apple back in the spotlight as evidenced by the current cover story in Fortune magazine, How Big Can Apple Get?
- [Wired: The End of Radio... Really!](https://www.combridges.com/wired-the-end-of-radio-really/) - Right. Podcasting is just a piece of the replacement of radio by "on-demand audio." Thanks to Tivo, podcasting and a slew of other digital technologies, combined with smaller, cheaper, faster electronics, media is finally coming into a new generation where we can see and hear what we want, when we want it. Thank goodness! IMHO,
- [More Kewl Podcast Links](https://www.combridges.com/more-kewl-podcast-links/) - OK. I promise. This is my last podcast post for a while. The "Marketing Diva" has her own take on the podcasting trend and her blog post includes a bunch of decent links to articles, resources, podcasts, Power Point presentations and more. Enuf said. Click here to dish with the Diva, Dahling!
- [Podcasting for Profits?!?](https://www.combridges.com/podcasting-for-profits/) - In the article, For a Start-Up, Visions of Profit in Podcasting NYTimes' John Markoff stays sober in describing a mini-start up that's making a move on the emerging market for podcasts. The most quotable quote, IMHO, attempts to provide perspective on how the leading commercial audio download service, Audible.com and podcasting may overlap (in the
- [America's Greatest Online Poker Player is 17](https://www.combridges.com/americas-greatest-online-poker-player-is-17/) - If you're interested in online poker, you will likely enjoy this article from Sync magazine. I did, and I am. Watch for more in Media Mall's online poker section soon (I hope). Click to read: America's Greatest Online Poker Player
- [Easy Jump Start & Podcasting Pitch](https://www.combridges.com/easy-jump-start-podcasting-pitch/) - Tinu Abayomi-Paul who writes for Search Engine Guide wrote a somewhat optimistic yet useful pitch, Why You're Missing Out on Hundreds of Visitors If You Aren't Podcasting which includes a link to her even more useful HowtoPodcast blog which includes a quite groovy little Flash movie, "The Easy Podcast Movie" which shows you how to
- [Blogs, Jeff Gannon, TV Clips from Bill Maher & Daily Show](https://www.combridges.com/blogs-jeff-gannon-tv-clips-from-bill-maher-daily-show/) - It's also somewhat fascination to me that I found these video clips via the Bloglines Top Links, and thanks to the web site OneGoodMove.org for capturing these video clips and linking them up. Nice to have a kind of video that I enjoy, rather than the dribble that's on TV most of the time, made
- [Podcasting Builds Momentum, Gets Defined](https://www.combridges.com/podcasting-builds-momentum-gets-defined/) - I was impressed with the NY Times coverage this weekend... snappy examples... Tired of TiVo? Beyond Blogs? Podcasts Are Here. I take as a sign of emerging yet premature maturity ;) that there are already sites like Podcastalley.com and Podcastbunker.com, that review and rank podcasts.I even download the iPodder podcast aggregator software, but I've not
- [Podcasting Maybe Bigger Than I Thought](https://www.combridges.com/podcasting-maybe-bigger-than-i-thought/) - According to this ClickZ article MP3 Player Adoption at Tipping Point, there are now 22 million Americans with iPod's or other MP3 players and this market has reached a "tipping point" that is making it viable as a distribution platform. I'll sure be amazed if podcasting takes off. Probably we just need more people with
- [SEO tip](https://www.combridges.com/seo-tip/) - Wanna know where you site is ranking on all the major search engines for a particular keyword term? Who doesn't!Use the Marketleap Keyword Verification Tool. It's easy as pie and they've got some other pretty nifty free tools up there as well. Enjoy.
- [Podcasting... a future or a fad?](https://www.combridges.com/podcasting-a-future-or-a-fad/) - Wow. Apple's runaway success in the MP3 player market has spawned a new kind of broadcasting called podcasting. I caught wind of it in Wired magazine (Jan/Feb issue) and then I saw mention in USA Today. Sites like PodcastAlley.com, Audio.Weblogs.com, Ipodder.org and Podcast.net are breaking new ground. Do you think it's a viable "broadcasting" platform
- [I couldn't stay away](https://www.combridges.com/i-couldnt-stay-away/) - I thought about giving up blogging. I started. I stopped. I couldn't stay away. Your feedback and encouragement are needed. Please let me know if you think I should keep doing this... or not. Thanks!

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