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Author: Aaron Brazell

  • Calling Maryland Area Internet Startups

    If you represent or in some way are connected to internet startups in the Maryland or Washington, DC area, I’d very much like to talk to you. I’d love to hear what you are doing, get a demo if you are prepared to do so, and discover (and share) more of what is happening in…

  • Google Reader Stats Still Pretty Useless

    Did you know this blog has only 7 subscribers? Me neither. In facts, I’m solidly in the 800 subscriber range according to all authoritative stats on such things. However, Google Reader is reporting 7 subscribers. Keep in mind that these are subscribers to a feed using Google Reader, so expect some skew. But a 793+…

  • The Golden Rule of Twitter Marketing

    Para hablantes de español, leer Le Regla de Ora de Twitter Marketing. You know Twitter, right? It’s the social network that ties people together in a pervasive conversation about whatever is happening at a given moment. Sort of like Instant Message. Sort of like Blogs. But in 140 characters or less. From Blackberries and Cell…

  • Techmeme is not Brilliant

    Jason Calancanis says “Techmeme is Brilliant“, (bolded on his site for emphasis, I guess – or SEO juice, who really knows). I disagree, but then again, it’s not hard to disagree with someone who claims to have the final, authoritative and officially official definition of Web 3.0. I really think his definition, while well written…

  • Shifting Technosailor

    Long time readers of this blog probably have been aware of the consolidation of the niche that I’ve been covering here. In the very early days, the topics were all over the place. At some point, that seemed to consolidate down to mostly technology related conversations. There was a definite focus for a period of…

  • Down with the Press Release!!

    First of all, thank you, Aaron, for asking me to contribute to Technosailor. It’s great to be here, and also serving a readership that’s not in the insular marketing blogosphere bubble. The best thing about writing for you (as opposed to communicators) is that you already understand that PR and marketing sucks. I don’t need…

  • Geoff Livingston Brings Entrepreneurs Sensible Online Marketing and PR

    The problem with the internet, the semantic web, Web 2.0 – whatever you want to call it is that there is a vacuum of effective marketing and PR. Nature abhors a vacuum and thats why you have folks from traditional marketing and PR rushing in to pick up the pieces and figure out the industry.…

  • Marketers Live in Alternate Realities, erm, Second Life

    I’m a pretty well known guy. I like that. It’s odd, at times, particularly at conferences or meetups where people I don’t know introduce themselves, “Hey, aren’t you that Technosailor guy?” Despite being known in tech and the social media scene, I never claimed to be PR-oriented, despite Geoff Livingstone calling this blog the top…

  • The Elite 100

    100 might just be the most elite number in the world. Why is it the most elite number in the world? Well, there are 100 U.S. Senators, quite arguably the 100 Most powerful men and women in the world. There are Fortune 500 companies, but more important in the pecking order are the Fortune 100…

  • Carnival of Entrepreneurs #37: October 2, 2007

    As many of you know, I took some time off to write for Startup Spark at B5 Media. Well that stint is over and I have brought over with me the Carnival of Entrepreneurs from BlogCarnival.com This is the 37th edition of the CoE and we have some great entries. Over 90 submissions!!! Check them…