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January 2009 Blog Posts (7)

The Digital Divide

As the Web 2.0 is developing critical mass I have sensed the chasm that divides the digital "haves" from "have nots" growing wider.

Some of you know me, others do not but I've been on the Internet since 1987 when it was a very loose collection of networks held together with a single "host list". In those 20 years, I have seen the digital community rush forward while the rest of the world struggles to keep up. There have been epoch-making events that marked significant… Continue

Added by Chip Roberson on January 30, 2009 at 6:25pm — No Comments

What Businesses Can Learn from Barack Obama's Social Media Strategy

Just another quick post to share a useful article. This one is from Rich Brooks in Fast Company and it is titled "What Businesses Can Learn from Barack Obama's Social Media Strategy".

Check it out.

Chip

Added by Chip Roberson on January 21, 2009 at 11:48am — No Comments

Develop a Unique Brand for your Blog

Here is a link to a good blog post about building a brand for your blog:

http://www.thefuturebuzz.com/2009/01/11/dosh-dosh-develop-unique-brand-blog/

It also contains some good statistics to give the reader a perspective on the blog universe.

[Christine, we need to identify a good place for people to post items like this. I like Facebook's way of posting links but perhaps… Continue

Added by Chip Roberson on January 12, 2009 at 7:42am — No Comments

The Top 5 ways to Create Online Visibility for Your Business or Organization

To be effective at digital marketing and messaging, there are two prerequisites. They are relevance and presence. If have these things in place, you're ready to be found. What do I mean by those terms? Relevance: your products and services and message have meaning to someone in the market, and you have a clear idea to whom and why. Presence: You have a credible digital presence (web site/location) in place. Increasingly, people find you, vet you, and reach you on the web- and… Continue

Added by Christine Mason McCaull on January 11, 2009 at 9:47pm — No Comments

LiveWired: Get-togethers and mini-classes

We're thinking about scheduling events and mini-seminars. If you want to lead a session on something in a fun and informative hands on way, or if you have something you want to learn, shout out.

Some ideas for Get-Togethers:

HotSeat: Roundtable case study style discussion of business issues, with or without beer.

PitchSlam: Throw your (thought-out and prepared) idea into the ring, and we’ll have at it.

Mini… Continue

Added by Christine Mason McCaull on January 11, 2009 at 9:10pm — No Comments

Why we created WiredSonoma.com

We wanted to more explicitly connect entrepreneurs, tech people, digital creatives, online companies and resources in the Valley of the Moon.

There were many reasons behind this, and they will undoubtedly expand… here are a few:

1) Highlight companies that are here: We want to highlight successful existing ventures to show that it can be done /reduce objections to investment in companies here

2) The World is Flat- why not bring it to Sonoma:… Continue

Added by Christine Mason McCaull on January 11, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

This is a test blog post

This is a test blog post to see where it shows up and what it looks like.

Sonoma needs a social network to build our network of information and digital technology professionals.

Thanks to Christine Mason McCaull for coming up with the idea for this organization.

Chip

Added by Chip Roberson on January 10, 2009 at 7:40pm — No Comments