According to Experian, the majority of US searches (at least those that generate clicks) incorporate more three or more keywords. This is likely being driven keyword suggestions, a feature that's now the default for virtually every search engine and every browser. To get a sense for what this means from a PR point of view, all you need to do is visit Question Suggestions. Even better, try Google Suggest yourself on topics related to your brand. The results are sometimes eye opening.
We're very excited to announce the first major update to PicPosterous, our dead simple photo and video uploading app for the iPhone. New features include:
• Add photos and video to any album in the app • Delete a single photo from an album, and it's deleted from Posterous as well • Autopost completed albums to Facebook, Flickr, and everywhere else • Email a link to your Posterous photo album to your friends from within the app
PicPosterous should be your new iPhone photo library. Add and delete photos from albums as you go, and they will always be in sync with your Posterous site. Getting your photos online has never been easier.
Being able to post to Posterous without an account was something we designed for from day one, even before the name "Posterous" existed. I didn't want there to be hurdles like registration forms and email confirmations for new users.
Emailing to Posterous without an account is actually great for us in a couple different ways. First is the typical "try before you buy" scenario. It makes more sense for a user to *use* the service and see how great it is, before we ask them to sign up. But obviously, most of our users do eventually sign up to get access to all our advanced features.
But sign-up free posting is also great for group sites. When you setup a group Posterous site, you add contributors by adding their email address in site settings. Those people can now email post@sitename.posterous.com with no account. We do see these people engage with Posterous in the long term with no account, especially users who aren't tech savvy.
Using Posterous without an account isn't just some gimmick we did with email, it's something we believe in through and through. Registrations forms and other hurdles slow down adoption. We want to prove to you how valuable our service is *before* we ask you to sign up. That's why we allow this flow not just through email, but through our Twitter posting API and even our iPhone application.
Fall is perhaps the best time of year in Japan. Keynote slide with a box behind the text to give a bit more contrast, though at a large size on screen the quote could be seen just fine even without the box.
Above: Slide with Basho quote. Fuji can be seen from this lake (Ashinoko) on a clear day. Even hidden by clouds on a winter's day, the mere suggestion of Mt. Fuji expresses the spirit of wabi sabi. From the wonderful interior design book called "Wabi Sabi Style" by J&S Crowley: "Rather than bemoaning the inability to view the mountain — as would the person who has no poetry in his soul — the beauty of the nature's processes is both understood and appreciated."
I agree. Large company experience prepares you for the rigors of navigating fiefdom and hierarchy and pleasing your boss. Those goals don't align you with creating value in the marketplace. But that's the entire point of startups! Get closer to the metal, not farther away.
We hold virtual e-mail brainstorms here at Duarte for clients all the time. We get tired of seeing companies use the same dorky clichés to communicate a problem. Here’s a list of out-of-the-box ideas you can use next time you need to make a presentation that communicates the need to “reduce risk of project failure, operations and maintenance”: = = = = = = = Taking the apple off your head Pitting cherries Putting outlet covers on electrical plugs Wearing a suit of bubble wrap Using hand sanitizer Wearing a surgical mask “lock out/tag out” on industrial machinery Warning signs (like the one of the car going off a cliff) Structural support Insurance Training Wheels Pads Seatbelt Foam wrapped around everything Bubblewrap Fluffy Clouds – I don’t know why...don’t judge me! Fangless Cobra Tamed Lion Sleeping Alligator with keeper holding bottle of sleeping pills Monterey Bay Aquarium like tank with giant shark, and kids outside of glass Oiling gears (steam engine) for less risk of failure and maintenance example Bridge over troubled waters? Ninja vs. Indiana Jones with a gun! Big bowl of hot spicy chili with TUMS right there! Eating person smiling!!! A kid putting a pillow in their pants before they are about to be spanked.
I would love to be a fly on the wall at Apple sometime. I'd love to hear what they *really* say behind closed doors. "OK guys, lets really get rid of all the ding dongs..."
