Writing for the web: tips
Just attended an excellent Refresh Seattle presentation yesterday evening about copy writing for the web, by Tiffani Jones of Second & Park. Here’ are some highlights.
category archive: field notes
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LAUNCH III on May 29, on being SMALL
Does being small mean being weak? In the current economy, are we the small businesses the ones to be eliminated first? Should we all be looking for a job?
Duh, obviously not.
I believe that being…
LAUNCH II: Report
Do we really need a logo? This provocative question was just a starting point for a very fruitful discussion on branding and the future of marketing.
16 people showed up for the second ever LAUNCH, an open forum for growing business, lightfoot way.
Want to hear what it was like? Download the mp3 of this session (edited down to around 30 min).
No Logo Branding: LAUNCH discussion next Friday
Would you dare start a new company without a logo*? No?
Why not?
No doubt, you have been told: “Your logo is the first impression of your company to your prospects. You need to make it…
Field report: LAUNCH last Friday!
Launch was a rousing success!
DK had a very engaged group of a dozen professionals willing to listen and give frank, honest contributions to the conversation at hand: do we need to change how we…
Social Media update II: from SXSW09
Continuing on my obsession with Social Media and its implication to lightfoot branding, here’s a talk from SXSW arguing for web sites that empower the users. I just read Seth Godin‘s Tribes
Extreme elevator pitch, anyone?
I just stumbled on this web site called 12seconds.tv: a short-form only video sharing. Is it relevant to you? There are, in fact, a few things you can learn from it.
Social Networking: is it for you?
I just got back from a really good (free!) forum hosted by the hard-working folks at NWEN. Ian Lurie of internet marketing company Portent Interactive, Nathan Kaiser of entrepreneurship blog npost.com, Nick Huzar of social media site Konnects.com were on hand to answer questions such as “is it all worth it? (yes, but don’t try to cash in right away)”. I missed the first few points, but here’s what I gathered in a bullet points.
On-line Advertising: A Great Idea?
I just attended a seminar on “digital marketing.” The lowdown: If you are a business selling goods and services to a local clientele, on-line “neighborhood” blogs can be a great way to market yourself. But you need a good plan.
Business cards, short tips
Here’s an article on business cards at FastCompany web site. The author gives some interesting and tangible ideas for how to make a statement with your cards. One caveat from Lightfoot, though—“standing out” in itself is…
