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Archive | September, 2007

29 September 2007 Comments Off

PME Day 2: Keynote with Jim Louderback

Jim Louderback, formerly of ZDNet, recently joined Revision3 that is essentially TechTV version 3.0.
I had a drink with him last night and we discussed their recent $8 million in new funding and how they would be using it.
He talked about the new studio and the vision to be the Discovery/TLC of the Internet Generation.
It is [...]

28 September 2007 1 Comment

The 7 Secrets of Media Monetization

Sitting in the PME afternoon sessions I had the opportunity to watch Paul Colligan of PodcastSecrets talk about the “7 Secrets of Monetization that Big Media Hopes You Don’t Figure Out”.
As a summary, here we go:
- You are the media
- Big Media is Big Business
- Always Improve/Never Invent
- It Changes when you stop thinking like [...]

28 September 2007 Comments Off

Podcasting is really New Media

Michael Geoghegan started his presentation with “podcasting is dead”. He said that if you are doing this you really are in the digital media business if you are engaging and producing podcasts and new media.
Couldn’t agree with him more.
Now, off to find lunch and people to network with….
Pick up your copy of the WordPress Bible, [...]

28 September 2007 6 Comments

How Much Do People Talk About You?

In today’s day and age of “dog eat dog” and marketing and getting ahead and SEO and linkbaiting… how much do people talk about you? Better yet, how often do you talk about other people. Picture the situation. You’re standing around in a crowded bar at a social event after a conference. There are 150 [...]

28 September 2007 Comments Off

Blogging from PME – Keynote with Howard Lindzon

This morning the keynote with Howard Lindzon he talked about his sale to CBS for a reported $5 million dollars.
Here are some of his opinions about the show:
- motivation to build the show – everything out there sucked.
- what his end goal was – to sell the show
- about interviewing over 600 people to eventually [...]

28 September 2007 Comments Off

Blogging the Podcast and New Media Expo

Since we cover startups and I am looking to start podcasting soon, I made a trip out the Podcast and New Media Expo.
This is the mecca for podcasters and new media people
First, up there is Howard Lindzon of Wallstrip who sold his video podcast to CBS for a reported $5 million dollars.
That is for the [...]