Ink by the Barrel New Media

07/22/2015

Piece I wrote recently that has provoked some interesting discussions about whether traditionally artsy Ann Arbor still has the spark... http://www.theannmag.com/ypsi-arts-are-ready-for-their-close-up/

07/22/2015

This piece spells out some of the shared and distinct talents needed for content (marketing) writers vs. regular ol' writers... http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/247908

Content writers these days are doing oh so much more than just putting words on paper.

07/13/2015

Your head will explode when you see what Upworthy is doing to get you to read long-form news! http://www.niemanlab.org/2015/07/how-upworthy-is-using-data-to-move-beyond-clickbait-and-curation/

After hiring Amy O'Leary from The New York Times, the site has started using user data to inform its original content production.

02/03/2014

Interesting inversion of musical supply and demand: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/03/business/media/twitter-and-300-team-up-to-find-musical-talent.html?_r=0

Twitter and 300, a new company started by Lyor Cohen, one of music’s biggest power brokers, announced a partnership that hopes to analyze users’ tweets to identify promising young talent.

10/01/2013

Biggest key in getting testimonials? Going and getting them!

This is a post from our WordofMouth.org project. Check it out for more great word of mouth marketing tips like this every day. Great testimonials are fantastic sales tools that shouldn't take more ...

05/16/2013

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04/09/2013

This is one interesting tale as we go deeper into this rabbit hole of content marketing...

Jonah Peretti’s viral-content machine purports to have solved the problems of both journalism and advertising at once, all with the help of a simple algorithm.

04/09/2013

Certainly worth a try...

The organizational psychologist Adam Grant argues that the key to hyperefficiency is tirelessly helping others.

03/13/2013

Podcast of Monday's enjoyable chat with Lucy Ann Lance on Ann Arbor radio, scan down for the Think Local First/Ink By the Barrel part!

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03/11/2013

How to attract more female coders? Etsy did it themselves:

Want cognitively diverse teams Want women on your engineering teams Do what Etsy did: change who you target and change how you train them.

03/11/2013

Social platforms for small local businesses will be the topic when I join Think Local First of Washtenaw County's Ingrid Ault and Lucy Ann Lance on 1290 WLBY a bit after 930 today!

02/03/2013

How are these things still happening?

The firing of Chelsea Welch on account of Alois Bell's comment has brought about the most bewildering move in corporate social media/public relations that I have ever witnessed. Applebee's uses its...