Rice’s Riffs

Google Blogoscoped highlights KBPS’s use of Twitter in providing civil emergency information. I am curious why no one has harnessed the power and ubiquity of text messaging and the cell network for a standing emergency alert system.
I am currently flying into LA and San Diego for a week in the heart of these fires. I [...]

Joseph Jaffe of Jaffe Juice needs your participation in his social experiment of Bumrushing the Amazon Charts. He has written what is sure to be a killer book on social media and is looking to put his thesis to the test.
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Yahoo! has launched their new social networking platform into private beta. It is very Facebook-like with some interesting features. If you would like an invitation to try it out email me wmrice [at] gmail [dot] com.
My Yahoo!Mash Profile: http://mash.yahoo.com/wmriceusa

Does this enhance conversion rates?
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I want to know more about my readers. What do you read? What do you find interesting? Who are you?
So, here is my thought–send [wmrice AT gmail DOT com] me or do the following:

If you use Google Reader send me your share link. Here is mine
If you don’t use Google Reader make sure I have [...]

Seth Godin says to Blow up your home page. Interesting?!?
Technorati Tags: seth godin, home page, marketing, landing pages

This is the second time in a couple of weeks that I have noticed treads of significant issues showing in my increasingly International perspective RSS feed reader that are not appearing in the US press I typically read: NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Washington Times, NY Post, Wall Street Journal, memeorandum.
The first was a [...]

I highly recommend and encourage fitting this seminar (even if it is the only one you attend) into your priorities.
Why? This is 3+ Reasons!

Have you noticed that your inbound call center is slowly transforming into an outbound center? Are you ready? Do you have the tools and architecture to be successful?
The first obvious question is why is this paradigm shift occurring? The short answer is that consumers are shifting their increasingly limited attention to the Internet and advertising/marketing [...]

Blogging has come a long way from being an annoyance to some journalist and considered a bunch of technologist who found a new way to pontificate about things normal people didn’t understand.
In contrast, after a weekend of buzz ,Robert Scoble’s next career move is featured in the Wall Street Journal.
Who said you [...]