Last night’s Throng event was another big success with some old faces and some new, which is always the best way to do it.

Boyd Neil of Hill & Knowlton
Lisa Walker of Hill & Knowlton
Martin Hoffman, Heather Anderson, Nicole Flippance, and (and another whose name I cannot recall, apologies) Natasha Compton of High Road Communications
Sean Moffit [...]

Hugh over at Gapingvoid has an awesome idea (so what if it isn’t really a new one). He has solicited and compiled a group of Manifestos on a range of topics, but all of them have that Cluetrain, Web 2.0, New Marketing feel to them. They are all supposed to stick to 500 words or [...]

Steve Rubel had an interesting post on Ad Age talking about the trend towards television services that are experimenting with different distribution models. We now have a growing arrary of options to view our TV shows and movies. A few of the alternative forms of TV distribution (and their status with advertisements) that have been [...]

I am a huge believer in the marketing power of word of mouth. However, I have still not managed to wrap my head around the actual practice of World of Mouth Marketing. I think I must be missing something. I have been to a conference on the subject (Hell, I even spoke at it), I [...]

I admit it, I am a serious fan of Jason Calacanis. Weblogs Inc. was a brilliant business idea and well managed. The Gillmor Gang is much, much better with him in it, even if it is the last show. He appears to be a controversial, sincere, capable guy who probably makes a bundle, but still [...]