DigiTales & Other Stories

I recorded a webcast at Haymarket’s offices in Hammersmith last week:

Topics include:

• Universal/blended search – present situation and potential
• Social search – is it a serious alternative to Google?
• Social media – is this/should this be driving traffic and is anyone making significant money?

Featuring a range of industry folk including me,  Flemming Madsen from Onalytica, BSkyB’s Scott Gallacher and Neil McCarthy of Latitude.

The webcast will be available from Wednesday, April 30 at 12pm BST.

Register Here to Watch!

 

Just received a mail from The Wynn - I stayed there for PubCon back in November.

So I scroll down to unsubscribe and get told the usual “click here” but then it gives me an alternative……to write to them and request to be taken off their mailing list.

I did some research and found out a postcard would cost £0.56 to mail to the US. Add that to the £0.75 for a nice one of the Queen (London prices!) and you get a snail-mail cost for unsubscribing of £1.31.

Weighing up the options, I figured the effort of “clicking there” to be a far superior one to writing and sending a post card to Mr Wynn so that’s what I did!

I’ll be speaking at Internet World on adCenter Tools for Marketers on Tuesday 29th.

The conference is at Earls Court until Thursday and is FREE to register for!

We’ll have a huge stand - sharing it with the SharePoint guys (geddit!) - we’ll have adCenter, Live Search and Virtual Earth demos - how mouthwatering!?

I’ve written a couple of pieces on the adCenter PPC Blog and the Analytics Blog in the last couple of days.

Check ‘em out…

Now off to Dorset now to visit my friend Ed Found who owns a restaurant in Dorchester and we’re staying in his Dorset guest house which looks fabulous.

It may not get the traffic YouTube does just yet but uploading your flicks to MSN Video can get you great visibility.

I don’t get a look in on YouTube (who wants to see the 2007 race?) but I am Number 2 on Live Search Video!

Last word on the London Marathon I promise!

I had my phone with me and took a few videos on the way around.

It gives you an idea of the trepidation, noise, crowds, furry animals, weather and the emotion of the whole affair.

Once again thanks for all the support and pledges…..together we raised £7k!

I look forward to sponsoring you all doing it next year!

You have to beat 5hrs 43mins 36secs!

Just heard this lot live on Radio 2 - they might just persuade me to demote my Genesis albums for a while!

I’m digging their use of “Nooo Meedja” too….

Thanks for the many emails and calls asking how I’m feeling.

The pain of recovery is best described by my friend Kevin Edwards who warned me:

“The worse thing is being unable to get off the toilet. Make sure you have something to hang onto, to help pull yourself up!”

What a day! My knees hurt, I’ve lost a toenail but I’m alive and I beat the rhinos!!!

Me and my buddy Tim Starkie - You can just see Mr (Un)Happy in the background!

I’ll jot down a bit more later in the week when I can walk, and I’ll post some more photos!

Thanks for all the support, calls, texts, writings on my wall (!) and of course, all the sponsorship………….laters!

www.justgiving.com/melcarson