Be Carefull !!!

Creative Error Pages

The 404 Error page is what you see when you go to web page that doesn't exist.

Smashing Magazine collected a bunch that are very creative.

Social Networking

Well it's been a month since I added anything here because I didn't really have much to say. Not that I've been sleeping all month, but rather I've been reading everything I can get on blogs, blogging and social networking.

I think I'm getting it!

If you don't get it yet, check this out -





I joined Facebook and shocked Kiersten when I "asked her to be my friend".




I have to admit though that Facebook isn't for me. I'm looking for business networking. The underlying Facebook program is built around friends and relationships.

Then I discovered LinkedIn. They seem to be getting it right. It's all about resumes and jobs.

“Look at the quality of our membership. It largely mirrors the Wall Street Journal audience.” The average income is $140,000 he said, and the average age is 35.

Check out Stewart Arnold's profile.

They even allow you to personalize the address nicely http://www.linkedin.com/in/stewartarnold.

And add buttons to your emails and/or blogs like above.

OK - That was weird

So today has been a day of experimenting and putting to practice some of what I've read.

One of the items covered is "linkback checking" and is important for companies monitoring what is said about them in the Blogosphere (ugh - that's not a real word is it?)

Anyway linkback monitoring works.

Take a look at the comments on my first post. Obviously David is watching what is said about his book.

Too cool.

Bad Day on the Water vs. Good Day @ Work

You know the old saying a bad day on the water is better than a good day at work.

Well .... I'll take work today.


Max Fun 35 keel failure

Hello World

As a techie type of guy, I guess I'm really late to this dance.

My first blog.

I guess it's not really my first because I've had Arnold.org going for a number of years. It's just that Blogger looks so easy, and the challenge of designing a web site that works has waned compared with the need to just get the ideas out fast and permanent.

Arnold.org has turned into a photo album which is not a blog.

I'm going to have to credit David Meerman Scott and his book The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use News Releases, Blogs, Podcasting, Viral Marketing and Online Media to Reach Buyers Directly with shocking me into action.

Part of my job is to promote motion control products for companies on the web site MotionControl.com and David's book speaks directly to the future.

Btw: If you are still visiting web sites individually and not using a newsfeed reader like Google Reader, you're wasting your time. I now understand how people can keep tabs on hundred's of web sites & blogs and still keep their jobs!

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