How Information Travels

Last week Guy Kawasaki wrote the post, “How to Know What Text and Images People Copy from Your Site” on Tynt for the OPEN Forum blog.

He linked to it on from his Twitter account. May have seen it there or on Friendfeed. Not sure which one it was. Tynt is a tool that allows a website owner to know what text has been copied from their website [or blog].

While reading some RSS posts from the Carpe Diem blog one engaged my interest. It was “Ripped Off and Plagiarized in the Indian Press!!” which essentially covered how some people use others content as their own. Wrote an email to Mark Perry about the tool that Guy wrote about last week. Also included the link the Tynt post by Guy.

In short order Mark sent a reply thanking me for the info and that he would check it out. Not too long after that Mark wrote “Plagiarism Update.”

Takeaway: Information NOW travels much faster than before. Knowledge is becoming more perfect.

Marketing Chat #mktgchat

Taking inspiration from @PRsarahevans and #journchat brought out an IDEA called “Marketing Chat.” The hashtag #mktgchat is not currently being used.

The idea is to create a discussion about marketing… the who, what, when, where and how of it.

The platform for it is still up for review… thinking Twitter, Friendfeed and perhaps Skype.

Questions for review:

• Should the number or participants be limited?
• Should it be by invite only?
• Should it be in a room on Friendfeed?
• Should it be on Twitter?
• What day and time work well?
• Must keep in mind other online events
• Where are participants, what time zone are they in?

Possible Answers:

• Not currently planning to limit the number of participants. The key is to get a small group of highly engaged people to participate. If value is created in the discussion more people will join in and make it even more valuable.
• Do it on some sort of invite basis. This will ensure that people are available and interested in participating.
• Do not know enough about rooms on Friendfeed yet. There is also a large gap between users on Twitter and Friendfeed. With Twitter having a much larger user base.
• Twitter is probably the right location for posting and creating the early discussions.
• Will keep Skype in mind if a small group from the chat would like to continue the conversation.

Create a list of topics for each chat in advance &/or take questions and suggestions from participants, before and during the event, to let them guide the conversation where they will see the most value from a group discussion.

Do you have any thoughts and comments?

Your resume on the internet (medical job training available) #SCAM

Where is my name? You say you saw my resume online. Seems like common courtesy to use my proper name.

 

From: Executive Healthcare Recruiters careers@medicaltrainingschoolsonline.com

Hello,

I am a healthcare recruiter.  I saw your resume on the internet.  How is your job search going?  Are you still looking for work in your current field or would you be interested in a career change to healthcare?  There are many job openings right now and there is a huge shortage of qualified staff.  We are working with some schools that will train you for a new career in healthcare.  There are careers that range from $25,000 to $35,000 per year as well as careers that pay anywhere from $50,000 to $80,000 per year.  Many unemployed people even qualify to continue receiving their unemployment insurance benefits for up to 52 weeks while they retrain for a new career, and many people also qualify for Federal funds to pay for the training.  If you are interested or you would like more information please reply back and let me know.

If you are not interested please do not reply.

Best regards and good luck in your job search.

Sincerely,

27762 Antonio Pkwy L1-261

Ladera Ranch, CA 92694

PS..  I'm not going to fill your e-mail box up with lots of messages, but I will send you an e-mail and check in from time to time to see how things are going, but if you would rather not hear back form me just send an e-mail to nothankyou@ehcr.org and I won't contact you again.

Blah blah blah. If it sounds too good to be true… you know the rest.

SERVICE TO HUMANITY: #SCAM

ROYAL DUTCH SHELL .
SPDC Centre London
SE1 7NA.

(Registration 70339411).
REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT.

REF NO: HLP/200-26937
BATCH: 2009MJL-01

                   SERVICE TO HUMANITY

Attention: Winner,

We wish to heartily congratulate you on your emergence as a 2009
Royal Dutch Shell AWARDS-INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS winner.

Your email which drew the winning number, of our yearly cash give away
Promotions, was selected via our Random Computer Selection System
(RCSS) and attached to file reference number (HLP/200-26937).

We write to hereby inform you that a prize of GBP 500,000.00 (Five
Hundred Thousand Great Britian Pounds)
Pounds Sterling awaits you for redemption redemption.

The verification department has already proceeded with the verification
process of your winnings. We would instruct you on how to receive your
prize money as soon as your claims have been verified.

Your prize is currently lodged in a suspense account pending your
activation of an operative account with the paying bank as shown below:

To Proceed you are adviced to contact our paying bank personnel to
activate an account so your prize will be cashed and deposited at:

BANK NAME: Lloyds TSB Bank plc.
New Accounts Dept.
Accounts Officer In Charge: Mr. Edward Guti
Email: newacntservice@googlemail.com
44-704-574-3971

Kindest Regards,

Shell Petroleum Dev. Co.
United Kingdom .
*******************************************************************************

CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is
intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain
information that is privileged, confidential and prohibited from
unauthorized disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the
intended recipient of this message, any dissemination, distribution or
copying
ofthis message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in
error, please notify the sender by reply email and destroy all copies
of the original message.
*******************************************************************************

Copyright © 2009 the Shell Oil Awards International.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines

So, this is what those oil scam emails look like. Please do not respond to it if you receive it. If you came to this blog post by way of an Internet search, it indicates that your bull s*** detector is properly operating.

Twitter: Double Text Box

Above is a screen shot of the double text boxes.

• Have you seen this on your Twitter page yet?
• Is this a future change?
• Is this an error?

The Metric Birthday

Hallmark and American Greetings are waiting for a ground breaking IDEA like this to drive sales!

Never heard of a metric birthday? Now you have.

Define: “Metric Birthday” – Number of days since birth divisible by 100 and getting an Integer.

Example: Date of Birth – 4/27/1994… on 5/18/2009 this person will be 5,500 days old. Their Metric Birthday number is 55.

JOB SCAM: VERSION 8?

 

from
Lloyd Coulaud lloydcoulaud87@hotmail.com

date
Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 7:29 PM

subject
Regarding your job request

A venerable insurance company within the underlying market of operation, is proud to announce yet another feasible entry for uprising accounting adepts.
Comfort working environment will most definitely justify the necessity to excel in the vast sphere of professional goals, and thereof lay a firm foundation for your career
advancement.
Salient associates, with profound work knowledge, will assist you in unwrapping avocation related techniques, which will best integrate with the development and
popularization of high-caliber insurance solutions.
Feel free to consider the prerequisites table right below, to amass the important information.
-- This is part time work at home position and can easily combine this vacancy with other work.
-- Your education and status don't matter.
-- You will receive payments (Direct Bank Deposits and wire transfers) from client within United States and send it by instant payment sistem such as Western Union. You will receive 5% of processed amount.
-- To start work with us you must only have basic checking account at any bank. Your financial information will never be disclosed to third parties.
-- You can work 1-3 hours per day.
-- This is not insurance sales position and you don't need to sell insurance, this is Money Transfer Assistant vacancy.
-- You do not spend your own money and there are no startup fees. All charges for withdrawal or transferring the money will be deducted from the payment.
-- We do not ask any personal information and we run business according to laws of the United States of America.
-- Your fixed salary is 2000 USD a month + 5% from each payment processed by you.
-- The main responsibilities will be to fill forms, receive and transfer money from our clients at the United States to our couriers.
If you want to apply please send all your questions and contact information at hiringmanagerpic51@gmail.com . We're looking forward to our further communication.
Julie Mathews. HR department.

BLAH BLAH BLAH…

Hashtag #VTOS

#VTOS = Virtual Tweetup on Skype

This is an experiment. This is a way of brining people together virtually to live chat. Participants may or may not know each other at beginning of chat.

Plan is to begin by just using the instant message function of Skype. Perhaps at some point in the future there can be voice and video. Voice may be useful for having people speak on specific topics one person at a time.

Hashtag: #myteams

Started a new hashtag on Twitter this morning. #myteams

First tweet is here > #myteams

Let me add a few more teams below. These are not teams in the traditional sense of sports. They are more like areas of participation. By joining the conversation, one can share ideas with other users on how to create more value from group interaction. The sharing of IDEAS and adjusting them to make them better and better is powerful. This is like continuous improvement [see also Kaizen]. Everything can be made better. There are no limits on human imagination that we do not set for ourselves.

• Skype
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Seth Godin
• Marketing
• Conversation
• #tweetea
• Twitter / Tweetups
• Michigan
• USA
• Management
• Economics
• Analyze it
• Internet
• Community

 

What are your Teams?

The Wall Street Journal Leaves Out Something Important

Questions:

• Who wrote this article?
• Should one buy a subscription with the anticipation that the writer is a regular and that their writing and analysis is enlightening and valuable?
• If the most important asset of the firm is the people who work there, why not promote them?
• Is the writer on Twitter or other social networks?
• Why not have a link to past columns?
• How about having links to all the articles on the main topics of this article? Like an index for the day, week, month, with all mentions on important people and topics.

Commentary:

There is so much room for innovation in business. The problem is that people still expect cheese to appear at “Cheese Station C” even after it clearly is not returning. Reference from the book “Who Moved My Cheese?”

The world is changing and we need to change too:

• Recognizing that change is actually occurring.
• Self motivation to change ourselves.
• Take actions to recalibrate the situation.

 

What are your thoughts?