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SPOS #210 - Mistakes We Have Made A Few - Featuring Avinash Kaushik Jul 12, 2010

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Welcome to episode #210 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. Avinash Kaushik (Analytics Evangelist at Google and the author of the best-selling business books, Web Analytics - An Hour A Day and Web Analytics 2.0) reached out to me about an idea for an episode of the Six Pixels of Separation podcast. Kaushik wanted to have a candid conversation not about what we've done right in business and in Social Media, but what we got wrong and what we learned from it. It's powerful to reflect on your mistakes and the outcomes, and it was also a fascinating conversation about Marketing, leadership, management, maturity, Social Media and every other nook and cranny we've both played in (and got ours knees scraped along the way). Feel free to add your mistakes below. Enjoy the conversation...

Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #210 - Host: Mitch Joel.

Running time: 53:52.
Audio comment line - please send in a comment and add your voice to the audio community: +1 206-666-6056.
Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com.
Hello from Beautiful Montreal.
Subscribe over at iTunes.
Please visit and leave comments on the Blog - Six Pixels of Separation.
Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook.
or you can connect on LinkedIn.
...or on twitter.
In a perfect world, connect with me, directly, through Facebook.
Six Pixels of Separation the book is now available.
Episode #33 of Media Hacks will happen some time soon and it will feature:
Chris Brogan - New Marketing Labs - Co-author of Trust Agents.
C.C. Chapman - Managing The Gray - Digital Dads.
Hugh McGuire - LibriVox - Bite-Sized Edits - The Book Oven.
Christopher S. Penn - Blue Sky Factory - Marketing Over Coffee.
Julien Smith - In Over Your Head - Co-author of Trust Agents.
A candid conversation with Avinash Kaushik about making mistakes (and what we have learned).
Follow Avinash on Twitter.
Analytics Evangelist at Google.
Blogger at Occam's Razor.
Author of Web Analytics - An Hour A Day and Web Analytics 2.0.
Market Motive.
David Usher - 'Kill The Lights'.

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SPOS #209 - Media Hacks #32 Jul 05, 2010

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Welcome to episode #209 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. This is also episode #32 of Media Hacks. On the line is C.C. Chapman, Hugh McGuire, Christopher S. Penn and yours truly. In this episode, we celebrate the announcement of C.C.'s upcoming book, Content Rules (co-written with the truly awesome Ann Handley from MarketingProfs) which leads us down the rabbit hole into a conversation about content, authenticity, publishing (as usual) and how we all connect, create, curate and find content. And, in the end, none of us can figure out how to hold a phone the right way (who knew?). Beyond that we discuss devices and content and what this business may (or may not) look like. Enjoy the conversation...

Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #209 - Host: Mitch Joel.

Running time: 51:52.
Audio comment line - please send in a comment and add your voice to the audio community: +1 206-666-6056.
Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com.
Hello from Beautiful Montreal.
Subscribe over at iTunes.
Please visit and leave comments on the Blog - Six Pixels of Separation.
Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook.
or you can connect on LinkedIn.
...or on twitter.
Facebook Group - Six Pixels of Separation Podcast Society.
In a perfect world, connect with me, directly, through Facebook.
Six Pixels of Separation the book is now available.
Episode #32 of Media Hacks is here and it features:
C.C. Chapman - Managing The Gray - Campfire.
Hugh McGuire - LibriVox - Bite-Sized Edits - The Book Oven.
Christopher S. Penn - Blue Sky Factory - Marketing Over Coffee.
Not present:
Chris Brogan - New Marketing Labs - Co-author of Trust Agents.
Julien Smith - In Over Your Head - Co-author of Trust Agents.
C.C. Chapman is officially an author. The book is called, Content Rules, with Ann Handley from MarketingProfs.
Sadly, C.C. can't explain what a book is ;)
A conversation about Blogging, content and mass media.
The Good Old Days.
The value of links, retweets and web analytics.
The homogenization of Social Media.
Content has to be fun too.
How the FCC Plans to Regulate Internet Lines via The Wall Street Journal.
Filter, curate and crowdsourcing.
How should publishing be different?
Why it's ridiculous to argue about ghost blogging.
Moving away from Google Reader to Twitter to really be "in the know".
The challenge of RSS and syndication versus (or with) the real-time(ish) Web.
The changing media habits of people.
Google Buzz is also driving great content tips and ideas (at least, C.C. says so).
So, what's the buzz about Google Buzz?
It turns out you were holding your phone the wrong way.
You can never make an early adopter happy.
Remember, all issues are resolved through a software update. Life is just that easy.
Did you ever believe the bars or reception notification on your phone?
TED - Rory Sutherland: Life lessons from an ad man.
Great news about woot getting acquired by Amazon.
Amazon buys world's biggest bog o' crap, and it's call woot.
Google, Apple and Amazon are locked in a very interesting fight.
Is it the device or the content? We may be a little stuck in publishing purgatory at this point.
eReading devices are only a commodity and they will disappear (says Hugh).
And with all of this, Amazon Kindle continues to roll out new devices and lower prices.
The business challenge is this: if the devices don't matter and people steal the content, where does that leave us?
The open vs. closed platform for publishing and the Web.
David Usher - 'Kill The Lights'.

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SPOS #208 - Jaffe And Joel #6 (Across The Sound 6.20) Jun 28, 2010

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Welcome to episode #208 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. Joseph Jaffe is widely regarded as one of the top Marketing Bloggers (Jaffe Juice) and Podcasters (both Jaffe Juice in audio and Jaffe Juice TV in video). He is the author of three excellent books (Life After The 30-Second Spot, Join The Conversation and the newly minted, Flip The Funnel). Along with that, he is currently one of the chiefs over at the Social Media Marketing agency, Powered. A long time friend (and one of the main inspirations behind the Six Pixels of Separation Blog and Podcast), we've decided to hold monthly conversations, debates and back-and-forths that will dive a little deeper into the Digital Marketing and Social Media landscape. This is our sixth conversation (or, as I like to affectionately call it, Across The Sound 6.20), and it focuses on the future of television - from advertising to content to how we consume it. Enjoy the conversation...

Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #208 - Host: Mitch Joel.

Running time: 1:04:24.
Audio comment line - please send in a comment and add your voice to the audio community: +1 206-666-6056.
Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com.
Hello from Beautiful Montreal.
Subscribe over at iTunes.
Please visit and leave comments on the Blog - Six Pixels of Separation.
Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook.
or you can connect on LinkedIn.
...or on twitter.
Facebook Group - Six Pixels of Separation Podcast Society.
In a perfect world, connect with me, directly, through Facebook.
Six Pixels of Separation the book is now available.
Episode #32 of Media Hacks is coming soon and it will (hopefully) feature:
Chris Brogan - New Marketing Labs - Co-author of Trust Agents.
C.C. Chapman - Managing The Gray - Campfire.
Hugh McGuire - LibriVox - Bite-Sized Edits - The Book Oven.
Christopher S. Penn - Blue Sky Factory - Marketing Over Coffee.
Julien Smith - In Over Your Head - Co-author of Trust Agents.
Here's the Jaffe vs. Joel debate on the future of television.
I have officially changed the name of this show to Across The Sound (with or without Jaffe's permission ;)
Jaffe Juice.
Jaffe Juice TV.
Life After The 30-Second Spot.
Join The Conversation.
Flip The Funnel.
Crayon.
Powered.
Apple TV.
Google TV.
The Shakes - 'Liberty Jones'.

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SPOS #207 - Media Hacks #31 Jun 21, 2010

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Welcome to episode #207 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. It's not about whether or not banner advertising works, it's about how we are designing the Internet. More often than not, publishers create pages that are better for their advertisers than they are for their consumers. When that happens, consumers vote with their clicks, their Facebook status updates and with their tweets. The model for the Internet, Marketing and communications is more complex than ever. In this episode of Media Hacks, Christopher S. Penn, Hugh McGuire and myself explore some of the bigger changes that are happening online right now. This includes new developments like Apple's Retina Display as well as what email can (and should) do better. Enjoy the conversation...

Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #207 - Host: Mitch Joel.

Running time: 50:58.
Audio comment line - please send in a comment and add your voice to the audio community: +1 206-666-6056.
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Hello from Beautiful Montreal.
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or you can connect on LinkedIn.
...or on twitter.
Facebook Group - Six Pixels of Separation Podcast Society.
In a perfect world, connect with me, directly, through Facebook.
Six Pixels of Separation the book is now available.
Episode #31 of Media Hacks is now and it features:
Hugh McGuire - LibriVox - Bite-Sized Edits - The Book Oven.
Christopher S. Penn - Blue Sky Factory - Marketing Over Coffee.
Not available for this episode:
Chris Brogan - New Marketing Labs - Co-author of Trust Agents.
C.C. Chapman - Managing The Gray - Campfire.
Julien Smith - In Over Your Head - Co-author of Trust Agents.
The economy is still in the tank, but you can't find an iPad to save your life.
What does that tell?
Ninja gives us the rundown on the economy.
It's time to shut down the government for twenty years and start printing money.
...And with all of that, the release of the new iPhone still crashed both the AT&T and Apple website.
We are getting tired of being poor and we're not going to take it.
We are fine with living in debt... especially if it's cheap.
The big debate: do you buy an iPad or wait for the new iPhone 4G and get the next generation iPad?
A chat about the new iPhone.
It's all about Retina Display.
The new iBook shelf can scrape email and work in PDF formats.
Once again, we're talking about location.
A new conversation about a smarter email system.
There is a lot of talk about people not using email in the future.
Like Facebook: Email: Press Delete.
Managing information is still a struggle and it's not perfect.
Can Google Wave save us?
Does anybody remember bacn?
Hugh gets provocative: Death to Design? Death to the Banner Ad?
Loving both Readability and InstaPaper.
Avinash Kaushik (Analytics Evangelist, Google and author of Web Analytics 2.0) is all about not being a selfish lover.
Text will be displayed in many different ways, so let's make the text more like data.
Banners ads vs. Display advertising vs. the needs/wants of the reader.
How much stock is there in display advertising?
Ad-blocking is bigger than you think.
Danny Sullivan's take on Readability and display advertising.
Twitter and the new Promoted Tweets.
Broadcasting Works (Even In Social Media).
Twitter has over 125 million users. Twitter is now Times Square.
I rant about why banner advertising really messed up New Media.
What is the Internet as a media channel? What can it be?
With reading as the primary driver, who designs for the reader?
The Huffington Post design works well for them. As does the Craigslist design.
What provides comfort is what will win.
The flow of iPad usability will change the game (again).
Twitter Places is coming.
Check out The Deal Map.
Thinking about our friends at Podcasters Across Borders.
Happy Father's Day everyone!
David Usher - 'Kill The Lights'.

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SPOS #206 - How To Rock Twitter With Unmarketing Jun 16, 2010

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Welcome to episode #206 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. Do you question the value of Twitter? Do you still wonder if all Twitter does is help you know when people you don't care about are having pizza? Do you think there is a value for businesses to use Twitter? What about Twitter as a Marketing channel? Does it work? Can it work? If anyone would know the answers to these questions, Scott Stratten would. Stratten has well over 50,000 followers on Twitter (@unmarketing) and this had led to a very successful career in consulting, speaking and writing. Currently, Scott is promoting his first business book (named after his Twitter handle and consulting company), UnMarketing - Stop Marketing. Start Engaging (due out in early September). If you are still on the fence about Twitter, or even if you're on Twitter but struggling to build a relevant audience, this is for you. Enjoy the conversation...

Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #206 - Host: Mitch Joel.

Running time: 36:06.
Audio comment line - please send in a comment and add your voice to the audio community: +1 206-666-6056.
Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com.
Hello from Beautiful Montreal.
Subscribe over at iTunes.
Please visit and leave comments on the Blog - Six Pixels of Separation.
Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook.
or you can connect on LinkedIn.
...or on twitter.
Facebook Group - Six Pixels of Separation Podcast Society.
In a perfect world, connect with me, directly, through Facebook.
Six Pixels of Separation the book is now available.
Episode #31 of Media Hacks is coming soon and it will feature:
Chris Brogan - New Marketing Labs - Co-author of Trust Agents.
C.C. Chapman - Managing The Gray - Campfire.
Hugh McGuire - LibriVox - Bite-Sized Edits - The Book Oven.
Christopher S. Penn - Blue Sky Factory - Marketing Over Coffee.
Julien Smith - In Over Your Head - Co-author of Trust Agents.
In conversation with Scott Stratten.
UnMarketing.
Follow Scott on Twitter: @unmarketing.
Scott's first business book, UnMarketing: Stop Marketing. Start Engaging, comes out in early September.
The Shakes - 'Liberty Jones'.

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SPOS #205 - Media Hacks #30 Jun 07, 2010

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Welcome to episode #205 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. This is also episode #30 of Media Hacks. Who would have thought that we would have made it this far? In this episode, C.C. Chapman, Julien Smith and myself have a pretty hot and heated conversation that covers everything from our online identities and the types of content we publish to what it takes to create content on the iPad. We also look at how the publishing and advertising game changes when everyone is a publisher and what the world looks like as the Internet pulls our attention away from other media channels and one another. There is a lot to digest and plenty of fodder for the Blogs. Please keep in mind that this episode is not safe for work. Enjoy the conversation...

Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #205 - Host: Mitch Joel.

Running time: 41:04.
Audio comment line - please send in a comment and add your voice to the audio community: +1 206-666-6056.
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Hello from Beautiful Montreal.
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...or on twitter.
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Six Pixels of Separation the book is now available.
Episode #30 of Media Hacks happens now:
C.C. Chapman - Managing The Gray - Campfire.
Julien Smith - In Over Your Head - Co-author of Trust Agents.
Not available for this episode:
Chris Brogan - New Marketing Labs - Co-author of Trust Agents.
Hugh McGuire - LibriVox - Bite-Sized Edits - The Book Oven.
Christopher S. Penn - Blue Sky Factory - Marketing Over Coffee.
A conversation about being active (and inactive) online.
Protip: Your inactive blog makes you irrelevant.
The Internet has an identity issue.
Maintenance is an important part of what we do.
What is the legacy of content worth?
Welcome to the Elephant Graveyard.
Julien loved the end of Lost (that was a joke).
Julien has an iPad... what does he think?
Welcome back to the world of consumption.
The iPad needs the perfect Blogging app.
And now the capping of data begins!
C.C. is now done with his iPhone.
Do we now move from creation media back to consumption media?
Some thoughts on the shift in media.
Is Twitter useless for building followers?
You develop followers by switching from channel to channel.
The time, attention and capacity of people.
The leverage of using your network across multiple channels and platforms.
The quantity and the quality of the community.
Numbers are important.
If everyone is chasing the numbers game, will that create mediocrity?
Times Square is becoming everywhere.
Julien is (finally) out of his league.
Every media has its dissipation over time.
Nicholas Carr - The Shallows - a brilliant new book (and his Blog is up to date).
The Web is pulling our attention away from other media.
The anxiety over our use of time.
David Usher - 'Kill The Lights'.

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SPOS #204 - Jaffe And Joel #5 (Across The Sound #5.20) May 31, 2010

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Welcome to episode #204 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. Joseph Jaffe is widely regarded as one of the top Marketing Bloggers (Jaffe Juice) and Podcasters (both Jaffe Juice in audio and Jaffe Juice TV in video). He is the author of three excellent books (Life After The 30-Second Spot,Join The Conversation and the newly minted, Flip The Funnel). Along with that, he is currently one of the chiefs over at the Social Media Marketing agency, Powered. A long time friend (and one of the main inspirations behind the Six Pixels of Separation Blog and Podcast), we've decided to hold monthly conversations, debates and back-and-forths that will dive a little deeper into the Digital Marketing and Social Media landscape. This is our fifth conversation (or, as I like to affectionately call it, Across The Sound 5.20), and it focuses on Personal Branding. Does the term still hold meaning? What's our world like when everyone is broadcasting their personal brand to the world and what are the implications for Marketers? How do you figure out the signal from the noise? Enjoy the conversation...

Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #204 - Host: Mitch Joel.

Running time: 1:04:34.
Audio comment line - please send in a comment and add your voice to the audio community: +1 206-666-6056.
Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com.
Hello from Beautiful Montreal.
Subscribe over at iTunes.
Please visit and leave comments on the Blog - Six Pixels of Separation.
Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook.
or you can connect on LinkedIn.
...or on twitter.
Facebook Group - Six Pixels of Separation Podcast Society.
In a perfect world, connect with me, directly, through Facebook.
Six Pixels of Separation the book is now available.
Episode #30 of Media Hacks is coming and it might feature:
Chris Brogan - New Marketing Labs - Co-author of Trust Agents.
C.C. Chapman - Managing The Gray - Campfire.
Hugh McGuire - LibriVox - Bite-Sized Edits - The Book Oven.
Christopher S. Penn - Blue Sky Factory - Marketing Over Coffee.
Julien Smith - In Over Your Head - Co-author of Trust Agents.
Here the Jaffe vs. Joel debate on Personal Branding.
I'm thinking of changing the name of this show to Across The Sound (with or without Jaffe's permission ;)
Jaffe Juice.
Jaffe Juice TV.
Life After The 30-Second Spot.
Join The Conversation.
Flip The Funnel.
Crayon.
Powered.
David Usher - 'Kill The Lights'.

Please join the conversation by sending in questions, feedback and ways to improve Six Pixels Of Separation. Please let me know what you think or leave an audio comment at: +1 206-666-6056.

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SPOS #203 - Media Hacks #29 May 24, 2010

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Welcome to episode #203 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. This is also episode #29 of Media Hacks. All of us Media Hacks readily agreed that we had been away from these conversations for too long, so we decided to record (albeit via Skype) and publish the chat right away. In this episode we attack everything from the iPhone and iPad app goldrush to conversations about what, exactly, Apple is in the business of selling and a long discussion about how the Internet and books are quickly becoming the same thing, and what all of this means to the average consumer. There's some serious media deep-diving in this episode of Six Pixels of Separation/Media Hacks, and we hope you will come along for the audio journey. Enjoy the conversation...

Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #203 - Host: Mitch Joel.

Running time: 51:13.
Audio comment line - please send in a comment and add your voice to the audio community: +1 206-666-6056.
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Hello from Beautiful Montreal.
Subscribe over at iTunes.
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or you can connect on LinkedIn.
...or on twitter.
Facebook Group - Six Pixels of Separation Podcast Society.
In a perfect world, connect with me, directly, through Facebook.
Six Pixels of Separation the book is now available.
Episode #29 of Media Hacks is here (yes, two in a row...) and it features:
Hugh McGuire - LibriVox - Bite-Sized Edits - The Book Oven.
Christopher S. Penn - Blue Sky Factory - Marketing Over Coffee.
Julien Smith - In Over Your Head - Co-author of Trust Agents.
Not Present:
Chris Brogan - New Marketing Labs - Co-author of Trust Agents.
C.C. Chapman - Managing The Gray - Campfire.
Tweetie for iPhone get acquired by Twitter and wipes out the industry of Twitter clients for mobile.
The iPhone app goldrush.
Hugh leaves - he can't handle Julien's interruptions.
Hugh lacks enthusiasm about being a part of Media Hacks by typing while we're talking.
Julien swears (literally) by his Dvorak keyboard.
Twitter is changing how the authentication works.
How popular is the iPad? Is it a success? Yes it is.
What kind of company is Apple?
Is it more than a design company?
The concept of "lean start-ups".
Facebook, the "like" button and the truth about friends.
Facebook privacy.
Hugh thinks that there is no difference between the Internet and books. They are the same thing.
The debate about text and hypertext.
Hugh needs to pulls a Costanza right now.
Back to the, "what is a book?" debate...
Books are not just printed pages or e-books.
Believe it or not, the mash-up plays into this conversation.
TED Talk - Rory Sutherland: Life lessons from an ad man.
We still can't do enough stuff with our content.
Information as a style sheet.
Reading with InstaPaper and/or Readability.
The Shakes - 'Liberty Jones'.

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SPOS #202 - Media Hacks #28 May 17, 2010

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Welcome to episode #202 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. This is also episode #28 of Media Hacks. In prepping for the launches for both Trust Agents and Six Pixels of Separation business books, Chris Brogan, Julien Smith and I decided to hold half-day events titled, Building Trust In A Connected World Summit. This past week, we celebrated the last event of this mini-book tour in Salt Lake City, Utah. The night before the event we recorded (in person) this latest episode of Media Hacks... and hack away we did. Everything from privacy and the iPad to digital out-of-home advertising and the proximity Web. As you have come to expect, Media Hacks is not safe for work, but it is chock-full of passionate debate and conversation about Social Media, technology and the changing face of Marketing. Enjoy the conversation...

Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #202 - Host: Mitch Joel.

Running time: 46:22.
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Episode #28 of Media Hacks is here (it's true!) and it features:
Chris Brogan - New Marketing Labs - Co-author of Trust Agents.
Julien Smith - In Over Your Head - Co-author of Trust Agents.
Not present:
C.C. Chapman - Managing The Gray - Campfire.
Hugh McGuire - LibriVox - Bite-Sized Edits - The Book Oven.
Christopher S. Penn - Blue Sky Factory - Marketing Over Coffee.
Media Hacks was recorded live in Salt Lake City, Utah.
This podcast is not safe for work (Julien is here as are Chris' bowels).
Why does Chris Brogan not shill enough for Social Media 101?
Tara Hunt (author of The Whuffie Factor) is changing the name of her book?
It seems like everyone is working on a new business book.
The iPad is here... we can finally talk about it (and actually know what we're saying... sort of).
BTW, did you catch Julien's first thoughts on the iPad?
Hugh McGuire thinks that books and the Internet are really the same thing... deep thoughts.
The humanization of technology.
Back to the "what is a book"? by talking iPad stuff.
Our definition of "media" continues to evolve.
If you don't use InstaPaper... you should.
Julien rants about the paleo diet book, Primal Blueprint by Mark Sisson.
Networks versus devices speaking to other devices directly.
Chris Brogan wants some sub-dermal implants. Stat.
Video game devices can talk to one another... why don't other devices?
Collaboration and competition are central components of the Internet.
Collaboration software is already there, why isn't the hardware?
Facebook goes public and this means less privacy.
Scobleizer - Much ado about privacy on Facebook (I wish Facebook were MORE open!!!).
Resigning our privacy.
Everything we do is being captured and recorded forever.
Diaspora - the open source social network.
The problem is we all have to deal with this because we need these tools, channels and platforms.
Chris Brogan says local is dead and it's all about being global.
The great distribution systems are now three dimensional.
Is the future advertising or is the future in publishing and data?
Digital Out of Home.
A personal case study of Twitter.
Foursquare... where are you?
The resistance of new technology is a sign of getting old.
Listening at the point of need.
The story of haul videos (more on that here: Kids And The Haul - The Emerging Haul Video Trend).
Is Social Media just pushing us towards Sodom and Gomorrah?
Our version of privacy might be wrong.
The Proximity and Real-Time Web.
Chris takes a break (this might be a Podcast first).
Social Media encourages people to buy (which may be better than any stimulus package we have seen to date).
Media Hacks is a toggle of media thinking.
Getting Uncomfortable.
Creating stronger mental muscles.
Location be the ultimate private online social network.
Why don't hotel windows open?
David Usher - 'Kill The Lights'.

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SPOS #201 - Marketing And Sales With Jeffrey Gitomer May 10, 2010

Show notes

Welcome to episode #201 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. There are only a few authors out there who I feel compelled to read, consume, ingest and meditate on everything they do. Jeffrey Gitomer is one of the very few. When we started re-focusing Twist Image back in 2002, it was Gitomer's book, The Sales Bible (and his entire Little [insert color here] Book Of... series), that really pushed me to think differently about everything from sales and marketing to personal branding and networking. The impetuous to Blog and launch the Montreal Business Book Review were ideas based on Gitomer's writing (he's a huge proponent of establishing oneself as a recognized authority). All of his books are business best-sellers and he is also one of the most thought-provoking and entertaining public speakers around. He is a legend and it is a true honour to have him on the show. I'll recommend that you not only listen to this episode, but pass it on to five of your closest friends who have been struggling with how to get ahead in business. Enjoy the conversation...

Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #201 - Host: Mitch Joel.

Running time: 38:20.
Audio comment line - please send in a comment and add your voice to the audio community: +1 206-666-6056.
Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com.
Hello from Beautiful Montreal.
Subscribe over at iTunes.
Please visit and leave comments on the Blog - Six Pixels of Separation.
Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook.
or you can connect on LinkedIn.
...or on twitter.
Facebook Group - Six Pixels of Separation Podcast Society.
In a perfect world, connect with me, directly, through Facebook.
Six Pixels of Separation the book is now available.
Episode #28 of Media Hacks is coming soon (I hope!) and it features:
Chris Brogan - New Marketing Labs - Co-author of Trust Agents.
C.C. Chapman - Managing The Gray - Campfire.
Hugh McGuire - LibriVox - Bite-Sized Edits - The Book Oven.
Christopher S. Penn - Blue Sky Factory - Marketing Over Coffee.
Julien Smith - In Over Your Head - Co-author of Trust Agents.
In conversation with sales legend, Jeffrey Gitomer.
Follow Jeffrey on Twitter.
For all of his amazing business books (and yes, they're all amazing), please visit: Jeffrey Gitomer's books.
To find out where Jeffrey is speaking: Jeffrey Gitomer Seminars.
Train One.
You should also sign up for Gitomer's amazing e-newsletter (and yes, it's worth the sign-up): Sales Caffeine.
The Shakes - 'Liberty Jones'.

Please join the conversation by sending in questions, feedback and ways to improve Six Pixels Of Separation. Please let me know what you think or leave an audio comment at: +1 206-666-6056.

Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #201 - Host: Mitch Joel.

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