What Blogs and Podcasts Are You Following?

The more I learn about new media and its applications for Henry Russell Bruce and its clients, the more bloggers and podcasters I seem to follow, though adding and deleting from the list is an ongoing process. Most of us don't have the time to read 15 or 20 blogs or listen to multiple a day and still get all our work done. So, I've tried to keep it at about a half dozen so I can spend 10 or 15 minutes a day following them.

A few of my favorites are:

Chris Brogan (blog, with occasional videos)
The Hobson & Holtz Report (blog and podcast)
Seth Godin (blog)
GrokDotCom (blog and podcast)

If you give them a read (or a listen), I promise you'll learn something.

Jim Thebeau
jthebeau@hrb-ideas.com
www.hrb-ideas.com

Branding Through Your Web Site

I met with a client today to discuss development of a new Web site. The client knew he needed help with both his site and his marketing. When told his site had a multitude of issues, including a lack of searchable content that search engines could not index, he expressed surprise.

On a regular basis, we encounter clients and prospects who do not understand how quickly the Web and search engines are changing. Because we deal with the Web and its myriad components every day, we can help produce a positive impact for those clients relatively quickly. Our goal is more and more to brand companies through their Web sites, since that is their business card to the world that is available 24/7.

Are you branding your organization through your Web site? How else are you branding your company?

Jim Thebeau
jthebeau@hrb-ideas.com
www.hrb-ideas.com

Time to look to the Future

So 2008 has come to an end. Though the news in 2009 is not good, it's time to start using the power of positive thinking and action. Let's dig out of this situation by doing just one small positive thing, like donating to the local food bank. It may just be talking in a positive way about our country, our friends and our neighbors. It may just be sporting a smile more often and lifting the spirits of others. The power of positive actions is a strong medicine that boosts us all. Do something nice for someone and do it with a smile.

Jim Thebeau
jthebeau@hrb-ideas.com

Positive Thoughts

Happy thoughts for 2009. Do something positive for someone and do it with a smile.

Jim Thebeau
jthebeau@hrb-ideas.com

Seth Godin is right about New Year's

In his January 1, 2009 blog post, Seth is no big fan of New Year's and the wild celebrations. I agree. It was fun when I was 20, but not so much now. It's more fun to stay at home and watch a movie with my wife. No drinking and driving, no overeating and regretting it the next day. Plus Seth, author of the recent audio book Tribes, goes on to say that we should look toward the new year and take a leadership role - not a following role. Good advice from a marketer I admire.

Jim Thebeau
Jthebeau@hrb-ideas.com