Marketing 2.0

Most popular blogs of 2004

BlogPulse has published lots of interesting statistics on blogs in 2004. They include top blogs cited, top blog posts, people, new sources, etc. By visiting their site, you'll get a nice overview of blog activity. Just the sort of light reading we need during the holidays.

Link: Intelliseek's BlogPulse: 2004 Year in Review.

Home-Brew IPod Ad Opens Eyes

I came across this very interesting article from Wired News on a homemade iPod ad created by George Masters, a school teacher. This raises all kinds of interesting issues for those of you interested in viral marketing, buzz marketing and using happy customers as evangelists.

Check out the article and be sure to view the actual video. Mr. Masters has done a masterful job. I just hope that Apple rewards this guy with at least a free iPod or two.

By the way, Wired reports the video has been viewed by over 37,000 people so far. Behold the power of the blogosphere.

Link: Wired News: Home-Brew IPod Ad Opens Eyes.

Blogbox.com

For those of you maintaining blogs, I direct your attention to Blogbox. They provide free, open-source applications you can add to your blog. Photoblox allows you to show personal image slideshows, while Soundblox lets visitors to your blog play MP3 audio. There's also applications for displaying time and weather.

Link: Blogbox.com.