This Article is Still Valuable to You Even if You Never Read It

May 28, 2013

Is how they way you’re using social media the way you’re “supposed” to be using it? Can you see the need each social media tool you use fulfills?

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Primer on Bay Area Tech Scene

May 27, 2013

My appearance on “Bay Area Focus with Susan Sikora” talking about how tech workers in the Bay Area are the highest paid and how you can get in it even if you’re not in your early 20s and just out of college.

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Hacking Media Production Podcast: Producing Video for a Mobile and Social Audience

May 22, 2013

Interview with Ed O’Keefe, Editor-in-Chief of NowThis News, an original news service designed specifically for viewing on mobile audiences, and shared via social media.

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Insider Tricks to Landing Interviews with Industry Rock Stars

May 21, 2013

After a lot of success and failure, here are some techniques we’ve used over many years of reporting to try to land killer interviews.

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Hacking Media Production Podcast: Produce 100 Blog Posts in One Day

May 15, 2013

For gadget review site Ubergizmo, coverage at CES is critical. They must publish on average 100 posts a day about product announcements and reviews. It’s a tough job that takes a lot of coordination and very little sleep.

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On BeanCast: Insulting Fat People and Is Real-Time Advertising a Fad

May 13, 2013

A spirited debate that involves also includes Nielsen recognizing online video on par with over-the-air video, how a slow web page can kill sales, and the value of G+.

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IABC Interview: Primer on Brand Journalism and Content Marketing

May 9, 2013

If you’re looking for a good primer on brand journalism and content marketing, listen to this 20 minute interview.

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Hacking Media Production Podcast: Using Storify to Produce Content

May 8, 2013

Storify co-founder, Burt Herman, on ways journalists, marketers, and political groups have been using his product to collect and publish information from the Web.

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20 Reasons to Move Your Startup to Vegas

May 8, 2013

All the most brilliant minds in tech are not in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Many are in other hot cities. On the last stop of the New Tech Tour in Las Vegas, I asked attendees to tell me why the tech scene is so hot there.

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27 of the Most Important Lessons I’ve Learned Since Starting My Own Business

May 7, 2013

Over 6 years I’ve learned a few things about running a business, but I have tons more to learn.

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