RobSog

Starting your own business

Monsieur Le Blog (Loïc Le Meur) has some tips 'n' tricks for those wanting to climb aboard the 'startship enterprise'. In the last section of the Guardian piece, there's one line that I particularly like; 'Listen to your clients and be obsessed by quality.'

Loïc's strapline is 'Traditional media send messages, blogs start discussions'. So what's going on in your world today?

All aboard the Cardboard Spaceship

Hamish sets out his stall. I've had the RSS tail lights of the Spaceship wink at me for a while now, and I'm always pleased as punch when Major Tom opens his mike.

Looking forward to reading about 'selling outside the FMCG type arena where one-to-one communication and direct influence are the major aspects, but I hope there will continue to be the bonuslink/link lube feature which is really worth following up. An example.

The Hobson and Holtz Report - Podcast #10

Two lovely gentleman, bold and true – one in a Chicago hotel, one in Amsterdam – podcasting about some blogs, rss and other business communications. Listening to these podcasts is a great way to 'get blogging'. At 54 minutes it's probably best to lob those headphones over your shell-likes and check it out as you can always be doing something else at the same time. In between this posting, I'm designing a cover in a new typeface that I've just downloaded. Lovely.

Topics covered in the H&H#10 report:

– The GM blogging
– Upcoming interview with Robert Scoble, Microsoft
– Text information vs podcasts, and downloads
– Jason Kottke quits job to become a full-time blogger
– Skype - the service and third-party developments: new Skype-SMS gateway service
– Products and services and beta developments - partnering for added value
– Constantin Basturea's PR blogger list and The New PR Wiki
– Marketing, the web and RSS - it's about building connections and relationships

And much, much more . . .