Yearly Archives: 2008

Oh, Hey, That's Me! (On Behalf of Omniture Summit)

By Kate O'Neill | Published November 23, 2008

I’m one of the video testimonials being used on the Omniture Summit site. Third one in. Oy. Of course, I’m identified with my former employer; I intend to ask to have that corrected. The day we did this video, I was being interviewed in a hotel room at the Grand America hotel in Salt Lake [...]

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Shopping for the "Holdiays"

By Kate O'Neill | Published November 10, 2008

Oops.

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Is “The South” Where You Think It Is?

By Kate O'Neill | Published November 8, 2008

Seth Godin talks about a map from the NYT showing counties where Republican voting increased. Seth’s take is about the persisting tribal effect, of course (relating to his recent work on tribes), and that’s all very well and interesting. I’m a big fan of his work. But I have two different reactions: 1. Well done, [...]

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You Know This Already, But Here It Is Again: Marketing vs. Mythology

By Kate O'Neill | Published October 24, 2008

Here’s a bit of wisdom from the Conversation Marketing blog: Of Mythology and Marketing | Internet Marketing Strategy: “Mythology is what makes people say “I don’t know why, but I just need a web site”. Or “We should add some social media stuff to our site”. Marketing is what makes people say “We have a [...]

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Barcamp Nashville

By Kate O'Neill | Published October 18, 2008

Did you attend Barcamp Nashville? Did we meet there? What did you think of it? This was my second Barcamp, the first having been a wonderful (if sweaty) adventure at Exit/In which I extensively live-blogged for Music City Bloggers. (Doesn’t that make it seem like a long time ago?) This time around, the air was [...]

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