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Episode summary of the first Ampalooza (Podcast)

December 24, 2010 by Joe Hackman 3 Comments

This week I had the opportunity to chat with some very cool people about my favorite social networking site Amplify.com. I have done several podcasts and lots of posts about Amplify, but after kicking the idea around with my friend Shonali Burke, the panel began to take shape. The panelists were:

Shonali Burke – my main co-conspirator in this effort, past podcast guest and all around awesome Marketing and PR genius. Also blogging at Waxingunlyrical.com and shonali.amplify.com or @shonali.

Tinu Abayomi-Paul – a new media veteran regularly sharing her traffic tips at freetraffictip.com and asktinu.amplify.com or @tinu.

Alex Schleber – my biggest influencer of #curation efforts, also savvy and prolific. Definite power user of #amplify. Also find him at businessmindhacks.com or Curation FTW his amplog or @alexschleber.

Eric Goldstein – the discussion would not be complete without the CEO of Amplify. Eric joined us for the last 20 minutes or so answering questions and sharing his insights. He’s participated in several interviews. You can find Eric on egoldstein.amplify.com or @egoldstein.

The community at large – there were tons of great Amplify users present in the chat, many of them are listed here. I regret that I could not have managed more people on the panel. This could have been a panel of 30-40 people that are great trusted sources on Amplify. Many (but not nearly all of them) are listed at “Why sources are more valuable than followers“.

Highlights

What can you expect by listening to this podcast?:

Insights from several different users with unique approaches
That Shonali has a wonderful speaking voice and accent (Thanks @zn_moment and @flapic)
How discussion and meeting people creates a lot of value for the site users
Ideas about how Amplify could scale and remain “intimate”
The power of the @mentions on Amplify (Originally suggested to Eric by Shonali)
Lots of great suggestions for new features
A conversation between the panel and Eric

Listen to the Ampalooza:

[audio:http://www.blogtalkradio.com/joehackman/2010/12/22/ampalooza–a-panel-discussion-about-amplify.mp3?localembed=download]

Quotables:

“Amplify is what Google Buzz should have been.” – Tinu Abayomi-Paul

“The structure of Amplify does create some of that intimacy, it’s not just happenstance and it’s not just that the community is still relatively small.” – Alex Schleber

“(On Amplify being a great time saver) – The clipping function which is to me is the core of it and is so beautiful about it and the way that it clips and presents the posts particularly when you post them to Facebook is remarkable.” – Shonali Burke

“(On being willing to change priorities) – The internet is incredibly fluid and one thing we try to do as a company is try to remain as fluid as possible.” – Eric Goldstein

Self quote (I know, strange quoting myself):

“(On the Amplify team) – When you deal with people that treat you right and give a crap, it makes it really easy to be an advocate.” – Joe Hackman

Listeners, how would you have responded to the questions? Are there any features that you would have suggested to the Amplify team?

Louis Gray Interview on Blog Talk Radio (Podcast)

October 28, 2010 by Joe Hackman 6 Comments

Since I’ve loved and worked with or used technology for most of my adult life, I knew that I would enjoy chatting with Louis again (the last time was with @egoldstein and it was about Amplify – listen here). I was first introduced to Louis in 2009 when I started following him on Twitter and occasionally reading his blog. During the interview Louis really lays out what it takes to be successful at blogging, I think there is something for everyone there. We also discussed his involvement as VP of Marketing at My6sense. It was obvious that Louis is excited to be a part of the company. I’ve installed it on my Android tonight and the first impression is very good, the UI is incredibly clean and stunning on my Motorola Droid phone. I will share more on it once I get some time using it. I’d rather you listen to the podcast then get the blow by blow here. I will just say if you have any interest in technology, new media, etc, this will be a great show to listen to. Louis has a very high level of knowledge and one thing I noticed is in spite of not having prepared any Q&A for this (we spoke for 5-6 minutes before the interview – and much of that small talk/sound check) he responds quickly to every question. I didn’t realize it until I was reflecting back on the interview while writing this.

Listen to the Interview

Also I asked Louis to share some resources that people will want to check out, here are some people and blogs you might want to watch or connect with:

Join the PRapalooza on Blogtalkradio November 3rd

October 22, 2010 by Joe Hackman 12 Comments

Ok so maybe PRapalooza is going a bit overboard but I am really excited about an upcoming panel I have arranged for my Podcast on Blogtalkradio. Thanks to a very interesting #SBT10 chat on Twitter and a subsequent awesome blog post on Spinsucks, several great people in PR and Social Media have graciously agreed to form a panel and discuss the topic of technology PR on my podcast live on blogtalkradio November 3rd at noon UTC – 8.

So who are these distinguished guests?

None other than:

Gini Dietrich @ginidietrich founder and CEO of Arment Dietrich, Inc., author of Spinsucks.com and recently ranked the #1 PR person by Klout and Techcrunch
Shonali Burke @shonali of Shonali Burke Consulting, based out of Washington DC, one of PRWeeks “top 40 under 40”, one of the top 25 women that rock social media and adjunct faculty at John Hopkins University’s M.A. in Communications
Danny Brown @dannybrown co-founder of Bonsai Interactive Marketing, AdAge Power 150 Blogger, and Hive award for Best Social Media Blog in the 2010 South by South West festival.

Do you have any questions for this panel?

The best question will be featured in the post, come on PR people, surely you can challenge this panel with some excellent questions?

Save the date:

On Blogtalkradio
On Plancast

Interview: Melanie Notkin aka @savvyauntie on Blogtalkradio

October 21, 2010 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

Melanie Notkin

I had the distinct honor to chat with Melanie for an hour last night on my Podcast. For those of you who might not be familiar with her work, she is the founder of savvyauntie.com a website that caters to PANKS (Professional Aunt No Kids). When I first stumbled on to her site I thought what a brilliant focus and it is authentic because Auntie Mel is very passionate about being both a Auntie By Relation (ABR) and Auntie By Choice (ABC). She carries this passion in everything she does and her cup was still running over at 10:30PM (her time) last night when I interviewed her. I hope you will check out the interview and if you enjoy it be sure to subscribe to my podcast to be informed of new interviews in the future.

Listen to the full interview on Blogtalkradio

Are you a Savvy Auntie? What did you think of the interview? I would love to hear your feedback.

Baragwanath Blessings Inc. Founder Colette Ankenman (Podcast)

October 6, 2010 by Joe Hackman 2 Comments

I had the honor to interview a very dedicated young lady on my September 22, 2010 Blogtalk Radio podcast. This young woman – Colette Ankenman as a senior in high school done more to serve others than most people could hope to do in their lifetimes.

“It’s very important to me to feel that every baby and child feels like they are important and loved.” -Colette Ankenman

Colette’s journey started during an 8th grade community service project at the Athenian Middle School. She knew she wanted to do a project to help babies and children around the world. After learning about the situations mothers and babies were experiencing at Baragwanath Hospital in South Africa, Colette was convinced that something needed to be done. At Baragwanath Hospital mothers are released six hours after giving birth and their babies are often sent home not wrapped in blankets but either newspaper or plastic. Colette ended up sending her first international aid in the form of knitted hats and blankets to a family friend in South Africa. Those hats and blankets ended up being given to new born babies at Baragwanath Hospital. In 2009 Colette founded Baragwanath Blessings, Inc. and is seeking a life of service. This interview provides some insights into the steps involved in founding a non profit and serving others. Listen to her story and be inspired, I was truly inspired by her passion, organization and achievements.