Jeremiah Owyang discusses how web tools and social media enable companies to connect with customers

Going to have a busy week

Tomorrow I’ll be combating jet lag and going back into the office. Lots of stuff to do back on the homefront:

I’ve got several blog posts that I’m working on of content from Singapore (and a video or two) so that’ll keep me busy. I’m finishing up my article for Website Magazine on Social Media Measurement.

I’ve uploaded about 600 pictures tagged Singapore, that’s just a percentage, there’s a ton others that never get uploaded. You’ll notice I tend to tag photos, but don’t title them, there’s just too many.

Monday, buddy Frank Guber from AOL will be visiting me at PodTech, I may turn on Ustream as he shows me the new MyAOL that he showed off at Supernova. There’s quite a few business things I need to take care of and meet Montana, our new hire.

Tuesday I’ll be at Startup Epicenter at Fenwick and West, I think I may be one of the judges for some of the startups, I’ll be live blogging my thoughts about the startups, you can purchase a ticket here.

Wednesday is the Searchnomics conference, I’ll be attending as Media and will have a write-up of the current state of SEM and SEO for the Web Strategist.

Thursday I’ll be getting a private tour of KDPaine’s dashboard tool, it’s a web and social media measurement tool, so that should be interesting.

Friday I’ll be going to the SimplyHired Lunch2.0 event as well.

I’m trying real hard not to sleep until 10pm tonight so I can beat jet lag. One thing that’s a real chore is adding people to Facebook, there’s way to many steps to add people that want to be in your network. You can add me as a friend if you want, here’s my Facebook Profile and Twitter Profile.

10 Comments so far

  1. Connie Bensen June 24th, 2007 9:14 pm

    I knew that you were the perfect person to have the regular column in Website Magazine! and yes, a one click for Facebook would be better. The other info could be added later if the user wanted. They give the option to skip so the designer must have realized it wasn’t of high importance.

  2. jeremiah_owyang June 24th, 2007 9:19 pm

    Connie

    I’m just going to try out ONE article and see how it goes. I’ve not committed to a full time column but hey, it sounds interesting.

  3. Connie Bensen June 24th, 2007 10:47 pm

    Just razzing you Jeremiah! I had seen your comment that they should have a section on Web strategy. (be careful what you wish for/propose eh?!)

    Actually, my unspoken idea was that they could ask for volunteers & then rotate the responsibility around (so it’s not a burden on you). It could even be a regular column space and they could line up people, or take submissions. I’ve noticed that Darren Rouse is the master of gaining content that way. I’d be willing to do something in regard to online communities (ideas for increasing participation).

    I hope you find time to relax this week.

  4. Catherina Oh June 25th, 2007 12:00 am

    Really great meeting you and Shirley, thanks so much for your valuable time and contribution to iX 2007, Singapore.

    Enjoyed talking to you, and many thanks for being real and sharing your insights! Have a good week back at work!

  5. jeremiah_owyang June 25th, 2007 4:07 am

    Connie, that’s an interesting idea. I agree “Web Strategy” needs to be an area for content focus. There’s already so much content for designers, developers, engineers, SEO, SEM, Usability, UX, and IA.

    What about for people that are actually the ones that are responsible for the overall management of the site?

  6. jeremiah_owyang June 25th, 2007 4:08 am

    Catherina

    The pleasure was all ours.

  7. Connie Bensen June 25th, 2007 8:08 am

    Yes,absolutely - there are so many aspects. It would gain them a broader reader base, too. Are we helpful or what? :) (you have the connection, maybe you can suggest it?). James Lim is a great resource on this topic.

  8. jeremiah_owyang June 25th, 2007 8:14 am

    I’ll suggest it later, if they’re paying attention they should see this discussion in their trackbacks.

  9. Natasha Robinson June 27th, 2007 7:08 am

    FINALLY! I get to meet you. I’ll be at Lunch 2.0 with a few of my new co-workers (yes, now I work in the building next to HDS - lol). So look forward to meeting you on Fri.

  10. jeremiah_owyang June 27th, 2007 7:22 am

    That’s awesome! I can’t wait to see you too!

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