Really informative question and answer session at the 2010 Dublin Web Summit, hosted by Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.

By Al Morel

If you are in the world of business, marketing, website design, etc. you are probably fielding some array questions about social media and what it’s all about.

This is one of the best resources I’ve found out there for explaining all this linkedinfacebooktwitterblogmyspace drama. I use it as a starting point when someone asks me about the subject.

This is a presentation that David Meerman Scott gave to the Business Marketing Association last year. It’s targeted for business-to-business applications but can be easily transferred for all types of uses.

Enjoy!

David Meerman Scott is the author of several NYT best selling business/marketing books including, The New Rules of Marketing and PR, and The Word Wide Rave.

By Al Morel

Dan and I took a trip to the Microsoft NERD Center in Cambridge to attend the iaugural edition of Wordcamp Boston. This was a great opportunity to meet with other WordPress enthusiasts, find out what others are doing, and search for partners to work with for future projects.

We learned a breat deal, met some amazing people and renewed some old friendships. I didn’t have an opportunity to do allot of video work, but I was able to capture three Wordcamp Boston  luminaries:

1) Jake Goldman, one of the event organizers, shares the genesis of the first Wordcamp Boston event. Jake is the Director of Client Services at C. Murray Consulting in Providence, RI

2) Karen Rubin of Hubspot, an inbound marketing leader, gave a great presentation on blogging at the conference, and here, she shares a little secret.

3) Ned Watson, of 1080d Consulting, showed how he’s using WordPress for Time Inc. and some of their online titles such as Entertainment Weekly and People. Here, he shares some of his enthusiasm for a new project he’s working on: an online wireframing application, that sounds pretty exciting.

The 3W initiative is a series of templates that we’ve designed to be used with the blogging software WordPress.

This program was created to give web designers and others in the internet field an offering that they can re-brand and offer to their customers at an affordable entry level price.

When completed, the websites can be easily updated and expanded using a standard web browser and basic computer skills.

This offering is perfect for a client that:
• Wants to update their own site
• Needs a blog
• Wants to market via social networking
• Looking for a very affordable price

For more information, please take a look at the 3W website: www.webswithwordpress.com

by Al Morel

Recently, Dan and I, along with a group of fellow collaborators, launched a group called the New England Web Developers Association or NEWDA.

As many know that have followed the formation of CommAREus, we have run several edu/networking events over these past two years. It’s a great way to meet others in the web world and to share ideas and jobs. There are a few that think that they can do it all themselves, but it’s apparent to most of us that you really need a team of people to create a great website.

I would like to thank my fellow collaborators and state coordinators in this exiting endeavor:
Connecticut: Marjorie Clark of Little Fish Studios
Maine: Ken Pooley of Customer Ergonomics
New Hampshire: Kevin Skarritt of Acorn Creative
Maine: Paul Fleming of Fleming + Co.
Vermont: Tim Nitz of Panther Internet

In addition, I’d like to give a special thanks to Hans Riemer of Market-Vantage who gave a great presentation on Google’s Adwords program.

For more information on NEWDA, go to our website: www.newda.org
And, of course, come to one of our events!