Constant Contact University

I am sitting at the Phoenix, Arizona airport waiting to head back to Denver after a fun day of learning more about Constant Contact, my favorite email marketing tool for small businesses. Today was a day to train the trainer and I picked up some ways to teach email markeitng and Internet marketing in general.

Here is one tip - check your sign-up emails and make sure they are still well branded. I checked mine and they were not - but now they are. Also make sure to collect where you connect and try and get people on your list whenever you can, speaking of which click here to join my mailing list.

I will be doing an introduction to email marketing in August and a hands on email marketing seminar in September using Constant Contact. See these and other upcoming seminars.

You can also sign up for a 60 day free trial and see what is all about.

Drupal Camp Colorado 2

Wow, 2 days of intense learning and I am ready to hit the ground running and keep building great websites. This morning I got to lead a seminar on an Introduction to Drupal. It was an honor to teach about something that I care about and to give back to the Druapl community.

Next year the Drupal Camp will grow and more people will be able to learn about Drupal and what is can bring.

The event was also a lot of fun with great energetic people.

Drupal Camp Colorado

I am excited to be spending the weekend learning and sharing about Drupal, the web development platform that I use for the Denver DataMan site and other sites that I have created . Denver DataMan is a sponsor of the Drupal Camp. At the camp I hope to learn more about creating custom themes (displays) for my content and to get better at incorporating multimedia into sites I create.

One of the speakers that I will be listening to and learning from is a 12 year-old from Poland. I would think this was even more scary BUT when I was not much older than him I was designing websites and participating in an international web development contest. Its crazy how the world of the Internet opens up opportunities for everyone of any age and location.

I will blog after the Camp and tell everyone more about what I learned and how I can better help others learn from it!

New York Times and LinkedIn Join Together

LinkedIn (business social networking site) has joined with the New York Times to provide relevant news to LinkedIn users according to B TO B Online. This is a big deal because it shows LinkedIn trying to become a portal for people to use has their entry point to the Internet. Look for LinkedIn to create more partnerships like this and for social networking to move to connect with all forms of media.

Moving

We all dread moving, but its exciting when its done! Denver DataMan is now headquartered in South East Denver to better service the greater Denver Area. The phone number is still 303-587-4428 to but or new mailing address is:

Box 281
1685 S. Colorado Blvd. Unit S
Denver, CO 80222

Denver DataMan is very excited for this move and we hope to hear from you soon!

Go Giver

I just finished reading the Go Giver by Bob Burg and John David Mann. This book does not have anything to do with computers, it is a top shelf business book BUT it is more than that it is a top shelf way of looking at life. Also check out their blog to see a good example of using social media to build knowledge and expand value.

I would recommend the Go Giver to everyone.

Acquisitions and Mergers Oh My

Acquisitions and Mergers are not new to the business world or to the technology world but today's major acquisition of two nonprofit centric companies brings the topic to the forefront again.

"Charleston, S.C. – May 29, 2008 – Blackbaud, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLKB), the leading provider of software and related services designed specifically for nonprofit organizations, announced today that it is acquiring Kintera, Inc. (NASDAQ: KNTA), a pioneer and leading provider of a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution to the nonprofit and government sectors."- http://www.blackbaud.com/default.aspx?pgpId=2531&PRID=260

This acquisition highlights the importance of moving applications to the Internet for greater access and mobility but it also shows that the bigger will eat the big and the faster will eat the fast in our economy.