February 2009
32 posts
I swear by PhoneTag, so does Laptop Magazine - Best Voicemail Transcription Service - http://tinyurl.com/LTPhoneTag
Really Digging BIGfish’s new newsblog http://tinyurl.com/theBIGfish
Taking brake at class
who wants to go to @boloco for break?
discussing @darthvader in class - who is a fan?
we really should get the founder of @boloco into class - thoughts?
Twittering in class - with the class - this could be a big mistake
Half my Emerson social media class eats at Boloco www.boloco.com during break - it would be great to have a Boloco exec come in to our class
Posted on gist at http://www.gerzof.com now tweeting on gist - I’m amazed no competitors have stepped up to the plate yet. Lost Opportunity.
Looking to get the GIST post - Trying to Get...
I have heard great things about Gist (www.gist.com) and I want to get my class of 30 graduating Emerson College seniors using gist for their Google sponsored projects, which will be well documented at the end of the semester. I signed up for Gist (my user email is david_gerzof@emerson.edu for any gisters out there scanning the Internet) and I got an email back about a week later saying if I post...
Having great conversion with Mark Handforth a fine artist - sculptor about social media - Can social media help out an artist?
Gearing Up to Launch New CleanTech Company - Raised $10M Series A - Stay Tuned.
Metrics - bounce rate, content created, page views, time spent, posts - comments - or private messages, searches
Need to get MocoSpace to speak in my Emerson Social Media class - 5B page views per month, based in Boston
Jeff likes Glam.com, a roll-up that brings together various aspects of fashion, also likes private label social networks
Jeff says: build virally - boomers are tougher need referals from people they know.
Customer acquisition - Scott says: use everyting to get customers - experiment often - best ROI is Internet search but try traditional too
At Consumer Internet Meeting organized by Doug Levin and sponsored by Goodwin Proctor
Panel includes Brad Rosen founder of Drink, Jeff Taylor - Eons, Scott Savitz - shoebuy and David Bater - Bzz Agent
Great Post on Mashable loking at Dijit http://mashable.com/2009/02/10/dijit/
Going to the Bean Pot Championship - Go BU
Bumped into Doug Quintal, started talking social media, missed an short-handed goal by BU - Damn you Doug! Go BU
“A crisis is a terrible thing to waste” perfect way to describe a driver for cleantech
The perfect storm - tight credit markets, economic recession, depressed fuel prices = tough times for cleantech
Starts with great quotes on green tech from US leaders - from 30 years ago - same as today - great intro
At Going Green Breakfast Paul Legget - Morgan Stanley CleanTech and Renewable Energy is key note
Over 18B investment in greentech since 2005
Gun-shop owners big winners of Obama’s presidency - James Wolcott, Vanity Fair http://tinyurl.com/ckmbnw
PhoneTag.com - my #1 business tool for 2008 - on course to be for 2009 - Have not had to listen to voicemail in the last 2 years.
OMG - Just got to the office to find another yellow pages waiting for me - stop chopping down trees, wake up and smell the search engines.
Just got home to find 8 inches of yellow page thickness waiting for me - can someone at Google shutter these guys? Such waste.
At Beanpot 2-2 BU vs. Harvard going into third period. Go BU!