I had a good day. A few things:
Firstly, today I spoke with Journal Sentinel veteran and current co-worker, Tom Strini, at Milwaukee’s Intercontinental to request sponsorship to nearly every art & culture group in Milwaukee. It lasted over an hour and went very, very well. It was for ThirdCoast Digest, a company I was promised equity in and a place I very much want to succeed.
Also… I would like to address my non-involvement in Twestival 2.0. it’s a pity that it isn’t going to happen, but it’s a volunteer effort and given that I’m busy and we just had one on February – I think it’s ok to sidestep this event. I officially asked the governing body to skip our town this time ’round considering no one else that I saw stepped up.
As I organized and MC’d the first Twestival, I didn’t have the energy, or surprisingly, the “Twitter power” to garner enough interest. Yes, it seems as if Twitter’s first “coming out” party of global involvement has waned amidst the countless “tweetups” and newbies that think Twitter tweets are a full fledged answer to a genuine message – or as it’s commonly known as good pr and solid advertising.
This despite the fact that less than .1% of ANY community is using Twitter equaling is most cases, little market reach. I digress…
I also want to point out a few other items in new media of interest.
1. This site, Milwaukee Web Media, which came from a site I bought, MilwauekeeWebMedia.com is going for nearly $3,000.00 on the domain boards. I thought of it first, but couldn’t capitalize with such a general name, but then again - is there a market for common names- or is this just smoke and mirrors? I simply say write better. It’s what I tell bikers with the nicest bikes and sleeker spandex as I pass them on the road. “Pedal Harder” it’s what work is all about. (fyi i don’t wear spandex, just making a point dear god)
Winding down
And so as Obama made his pitch for health care reform and Steve Jobs returned today to the stage to announce new products on the Beatles deemed 9.9.09, there is always “One more thing…”
And I am no different.
Final Thought
I recently took the covers off MKE Today. A little site I run myself and without advertising and broadcast with social media using sites like Twitter. I received 50hits on it’s second day. Not bad. And for kicks, I thought – well… I just sent out a mass tweet or two to over 3,000 people as MKE Today. I wonder what that stained service MKE Online is up to.
As far as the domain, dormant. But most interesting.
On Twitter it’s back, as of tonight. Yup. someone is tweeting from MKEonline.com as of tonight in the name of JS Online. Fake? Likely. It would be a mistake for Journal Communications to show how inept they at new media only speeding their downward decent into the ground.
Seriously LOOK. (5 tweets within 5 minutes seemingly out of no where)
But it is interesting to think that someone would actually try to bring back a dirty, tarnished brand. Perhaps it’s the same fella that is leasing the original domain for this site, milwaukee web media? I dunno.
At any rate, I hope to see you at MKE Today soon. Thanks for your time and ear on such a historic, trans-formative night.
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