Digital Marketing and Web Strategy by Bob Hazlett | One Half Amazing!

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On March 21, 2009 a fun, old-fashioned pillow fight broke out in Overton Park. Bobby Digital was there to catch all of the action. Enjoy!

Come out to Social Camp Memphis on Saturday, March 7th at the Memphis College of Art.  Social Camp is all about social media, social networking and the community of people behind it.  Learn about Twitter, Facebook, using new media in business and much more.  For more information or to register, check out the official Social Camp Memphis site.

Can’t get enough of Tommy?  Check out the Tommy the Toilet outtakes.

Originally posted November 8, 2008

BarCamp Memphis was great. If you missed my presentation or are interested in viewing it again, feel free to send me an email or check it out via SlideShare below.

Originally posted October 25, 2008

What is BarCamp? – BarCamp Memphis is part of a network of user generated conferences – open, participatory workshop events whose content is provided by the participants.  Often, content focuses on early-stage web applications, social media and related open source technologies.  I got the chance to attend BarCamp Nashville a couple weeks ago and it was simply amazing.  LunaWeb has a great overview of BarCamp.

When? November 7 – 8th

How Much? – leave your money at home, BarCamp is free

Where can I get more information? – BarCampMemphis.org, follow on Twitter or Join us on Facebook.

How do I sign up? – Sign up for BarCamp Memphis via EventBrite

Originally posted October 8, 2008

I’ll admit that there is a lot of stuff out there in terms of social media.  Some of it’s good and some of it’s bad.  Here are some of the folks I’ve found who actually understand social media and its application.

Chris Brogan – Chris advises businesses, organizations and individuals on how to use social media and social networks to build relationships. He builds great content and is one of my must-read feeds every morning.  It’s almost like I think of a question about social media, it’s then transmitted wirelessly to his brain and posted to his blog the next day.  He’s always been very responsive and helpful in answering any and every question I had.  For me, Chris is better than those little fried onion crisps that your mom used to put on green bean casserole. What I want a Social Media Expert to Know, His best advice on social media and 50 ideas on using twitter for business are some of my favorite posts.

Dosh Dosh – Maki offers internet marketing, blogging tips and social media strategies for entrepreneurs, marketers and small business owners. The key to effective viral marketing is emotional engagement, his three-part strategy on developing tactical knowledge on social media websites and this post on relevance and distribution; 2 essential factors in social media marketing made my day.

Darren Rowse - Problogger is probably best known for his tips on helping you make money from your blog, but Darren also has a great grasp on social media.  Some of my favorite articles are Blogging Tips for Beginners, 21 Tips to Pitching Bloggers and 5 Lesson Learned Launching your Next Venture Using Social Media.

Jeremiah Owyang – Jeremiah is a web strategist and analyst at Forrester Research.  He discusses the tools that allow businesses to connect with their customers. If I had a nickle for every amazing web post he’s written, I’d be a rich man.  Explaining the social graph to executives and his list of web marketing must be tagged and passed on.

Beth Kanter - I know a lot of my readers come from non-profit organizations. Beth specializes in training non-profits and individuals in effective use of social media.  It doesn’t get much better than Beth in the non-profit space. Check out Open Thread: How does my non-profit organization get started with social media! What should we do first?, How to Develop a Social Media Plan in 5 Easy Steps or her collection of Social Media How-to Screencasts.

Memphis Social Media Experts

* Dave Barger - Dave puts on Social Media Breakfast Memphis, runs LunaWeb and has been instrumental in Startup Weekend and BarCamp Memphis.  He’s always on the cutting edge and looking for new ways to use social media in business.
* Daniel Pritchett – I met Daniel at Social Media Breakfast and am always interested in what he has to say on his Sharing at Work blog.  How Twitter is affecting major brands online and Improving participation by simplifying sharing are 2 posts I really enjoyed.

Did I leave someone important off this list?  Let me know in the comments.

Check out the image below, its from Rhodes College.  While looking for some adult education classes I came across their form for a free class catalog.  The only (and big) thing wrong with it is that it requires a CAPTCHA to process your request.  The issue in this example is that the CAPTCHA image is broken, so the user will never be able to submit the form.

There are too many tools available today for this not to work.  Instead of playing the $350 for the class, I guess I’ll just find some videos on YouTube. Do you think Rhodes will notice?