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Comment on How to Put Together a Rational Content Strategy for Winning Business by Brian Driggs

Brian Driggs — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:10:00 +0000

I like your style, Matt, but one downside to such a strategy is the temptation to simply automate content push to social networks. Twitter, Facebook, and the like have grown because they connect people to other people – not brands or businesses. It’s important we don’t get caught up in such mindsets.

Our blogs are our home bases, but Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, et al., should be our personal haunts. We should BE in those spaces – not simply pushing noise to them. It’s one of the reasons my new content strategy involves me pulling the plug on both our Twitter and Facebook channels, instead staking my own name and reputation on our actions.

Comment on It isn’t about THE SYSTEM but a system and your diligence by Brian Driggs

Brian Driggs — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:15:00 +0000

WOW. That looks incredible. Looks far simpler than developing custom CSS to style a form to match existing branding. Insert a little shortcode on a non-indexed page and be done with it. Very nice!

Added bonus, to see the results with his other plugin. That’s solid.

Thanks, Matt!

Comment on It isn’t about THE SYSTEM but a system and your diligence by Matthew Moran

Matthew Moran — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:25:00 +0000

Brian,

Use the Google forms plug-in for WordPress.
http://michaelwalsh.org/wordpress/wordpress-plugins/wpgform/

Nothing short of amazing.

Comment on It isn’t about THE SYSTEM but a system and your diligence by Brian Driggs

Brian Driggs — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:28:00 +0000

I hadn’t thought about actually embedding the forms. That’s a nice trick!

And I’ve played with the email alerts on document changes, but I hadn’t put the pieces together yet. This is some very powerful stuff, Matt. Thank you for sharing.

Comment on It isn’t about THE SYSTEM but a system and your diligence by Matthew Moran

Matthew Moran — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:59:00 +0000

Brian…

I don’t really have a case-study per se.. but I am using google forms in a number of places.

Getting about 6-10 signups per day. I am converting to a mailchimp sign up for to automate the process but google forms with a plug-in to embed made this very easy.
http://www.kreativeknowledge.com/12weekssignup

This is an iFrame embedded Google form to give away a FREE CD: I will be re-doing this one as well – using the gforms wordpress plug in.
http://www.matthewmoranonline.com/free/

And another one here:
http://www.matthewmoranonline.com/music/cdproject/

In google docs, you can set notification so that any change to any document sends you an email. This way, I know when people enter data on those forms.

Thanks for commenting.

Comment on It isn’t about THE SYSTEM but a system and your diligence by Brian Driggs

Brian Driggs — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:50:00 +0000

Good call on intention. We are continuously bombarded with messages implying we need to consider options and only select the most optimal, when just doing something – anything – will get us results.

There is no progress without a baseline.

PS: Gmail and Google Calendar are at the heart of my ventures. Pretty sure I picked up on it from you a couple years back. Toolbox blog, perhaps? I’d be interested in learning more about how you use Google Forms. Any case studies?

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Comment on Embrace Your Inner Rock Star! by Indie Music Conference showcase recap and photos and Team Matt | Official Website for Songwriter Matt Moran

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:39:20 +0000

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Comment on Don’t Do It! Social Media Suicide.. or Who You Cannot Be Online! by Brian Driggs

Brian Driggs — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:05:00 +0000

Yeah. That’s the frustrating part. A lot of these people can be among the most chill, mellow individuals we know in person, but get them behind the pseudo-anonymity of the interwebz and they’re positively insane.

Comment on Don’t Do It! Social Media Suicide.. or Who You Cannot Be Online! by Matthew Moran

Matthew Moran — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:58:00 +0000

Kerry,

Humor keeps me sane in a world that would like to make me cynical and bitter.. Sorry, but I cannot go there. Thanks for visiting.