Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Random Thoughts


My friend Dave sent these in an email. Don't know who the original author is.

Thoughts From a Wandering Mind


I planted some bird seed. A bird came up. Now I don't know what to feed it.
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I had amnesia once -- or twice.
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I went to San Francisco. I found someone's heart. Now what?
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Protons have mass? I didn't even know they were Catholic.
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All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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If the world were a logical place, men would be the ones who ride side saddle.
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What is a 'free' gift? Aren't all gifts free?
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Someone told me I was gullible and I believed them..
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Teach a child to be polite and courteous and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to merge his car onto the freeway.
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Experience is the thing you have left when everything else is gone.
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One nice thing about egotists: they don't talk about other people.
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My weight is perfect for my height -- which varies.
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I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure.
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The high cost of living hasn't affected its popularity.
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How can there be self-help 'groups'?
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If swimming is so good for your figure, how do you explain whales?
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Show me a man with both feet firmly on the ground, and I'll show you a man who can't get his pants off.
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Is it just me--or do buffalo wings really taste like chicken?

Blogging Scorecard

This came in my email recently:

Would Your Blog Get an A?

For nearly a year and a half, Mack Collier has produced a series he calls the Company Blog Checkup. "Originally," he says, "I looked at each blog's content, how they encouraged and replied to reader comments, and how frequently the blog published new posts. I would later start examining the blog's sidebar elements as well."

This May, he introduced a 100-point scoring system that allocated a certain number of points to each area of focus. He also assigned retroactive grades to the reviews in his archive. All can now be compared/contrasted with each other, and in a post at his Viral Garden blog, Collier has unveiled the Top Ten list based on these scores.

It's possible you've never visited—or even heard of—the first four:

  • Fiskars' The Fiskateers Blog (89 points)
  • Homegoods' Openhouse Blog (88 points)
  • Turkey Hill's Ice Cream Journal Blog (87 points)
  • Innocent Drinks' Daily Thoughts Blog (87 points)

Blogs from more recognizable names like Southwest Airlines, Dell, Stacks and Stacks, Coca-Cola, Patagonia and Mahindra round out the Top Ten.

If you want to know what an effective blog looks like—and the weak points it could stand to improve—check out Collier's series. The insight can improve your blog, and that's Marketing Inspiration.

More Inspiration:
Ann Handley: Want a Free Pass to the Inbound Marketing Summit?
Drew McLellan: Hey Blogger, Are You Ready for the Lawsuit?
Paul Dunay: Command & Control Branding: Not Dead Yet?

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Name This Local Website-78


Have you seen this one yet? Click here for the Answer.