BlogPotomac interview with Li Evans

Update: there is nothing to see anymore as this was streamed live.

Watch this space! Starting Friday June 13, 2008 at about 8:30 AM you'll see a live Webcast of the BlogPotomac unconference here in DC, courtesy of one of our sponsors, ooVoo. ooVoo's livestreaming page here.

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Update: there is nothing to see anymore as this was streamed live.

Watch this space! Starting Friday June 13, 2008 at about 8:30 AM you'll see a live Webcast of the BlogPotomac unconference here in DC, courtesy of one of our sponsors, ooVoo. ooVoo's livestreaming page here.

Online Video provided by Ustream

Newly-published author, digital media strategist and social media celeb Rohit Bhargava is our special guest at the BlogPotomac Speakers’ Dinner tomorrow, June 12, 2008. He kindly took time to answer a few questions about social media and, specifically, how he is using it to promote his new book.

Debbie: You’ve just published your first book, Personality Not Included. Huge congrats! I know what a huge undertaking it is. Tell us a little

One of the mantras in social media circles these days is: "This is not just about blogging."

So true. I couldn't agree more. Whether it's microblogging with Twitter (see marriottpr) or idea generation with evangelistic customers' input (see MyStarbucksIdea), there are many ways that companies can deploy social media to listen and to learn.

Yet the fact remains that many (most? it's most if more than 50%, right?) companies are just waking up

One of the mantras in social media circles these days is: "This is not just about blogging."

So true. I couldn't agree more. Whether it's microblogging with Twitter (see marriottpr) or idea generation with evangelistic customers' input (see MyStarbucksIdea), there are many ways that companies can deploy social media to listen and to learn.

Yet the fact remains that many (most? it's most if more than 50%, right?) companies are just waking up to what they could do with a blog -- internally or externally.

An article by Rich Karpinski this week in BtoB Magazine reminds us that only about 12% of Fortune 500 companies are blogging (11.6% according to the Fortune 500 Business Blogging Wiki).

But that companies like Dell, IBM, Kodak,…

Jeremy Pepper, who blogs at Pop! PR Jots and manages PR & social media for start-up Boingo, is joining us at BlogPotomac this week to talk about strategy. I asked him to give us a sneak preview of his session.

It's not too late to register for BlogPotomac, BTW. There are a few seats left. We're calling BlogPotomac the premiere social media marketing unconference for the Washington DC area and we're expecting a sell-out crowd at The State

Jeremy Pepper, who blogs at Pop! PR Jots and manages PR & social media for start-up Boingo, is joining us at BlogPotomac this week to talk about strategy. I asked him to give us a sneak preview of his session.

It's not too late to register for BlogPotomac, BTW. There are a few seats left. We're calling BlogPotomac the premiere social media marketing unconference for the Washington DC area and we're expecting a sell-out crowd at The State Theater in Falls Church on Friday, June 13, 2008. More at bottom of post.

Debbie: When people talk about social media they almost always mean the tools (blogging, Twitter, YouTube, etc.). What's the difference between social media tools and a social media strategy?

Jeremy:…

Update: Amazon is back up as of 3:40 PM Eastern.

Just saw via Twitter that the Amazon.com site is down (click on Web page message at left).

Strangely, this seems like very big news. Yet when I click on my Google home page (see below), there is no mention of it under all the news tabs.

Wow. Kind of like the Internet shutting down.

Update: Here's what Amazon just put up. OK this feels better. They haven't disappeared.

Update: Amazon is back up as of 3:40 PM Eastern.

Just saw via Twitter that the Amazon.com site is down (click on Web page message at left).

Strangely, this seems like very big news. Yet when I click on my Google home page (see below), there is no mention of it under all the news tabs.

Wow. Kind of like the Internet shutting down.

Update: Here's what Amazon just put up. OK this feels better. They haven't disappeared.