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I am holding my first Introduction to Yahoo Pipes training course on May 7th. This Yahoo Pipes training course is designed for people who are new to Yahoo Pipes. In 2 hours, we will cover the basics of building Yahoo Pipes from building your first Yahoo Pipe to some more advanced uses.
When: Thursday, May 7, 2009 from 3:00pm - 5:00pm
City: Portland, OR
Location: WebTrends 851 SW 6th Ave., Suite 1600 (no remote attendance)
Learn more: Prerequisites, Course Outline and Information
Newsletter subscribers get a 10% discount on registration by using the code: fwapril
Register for the course
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The Companies and Communities: Participating without being sleazy eBook is now available in Kindle format from Amazon.com.
I am also offering a 50% off discount for the PDF version of the eBook for newsletter subscribers from now until May 1. In other words, you can get the PDF version for $9.99. Get your 50% off discount by using the code: fwapril
Both versions can be purchased by visiting Companies and Communities: Participating without being sleazy.
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I’ve been spending a significant amount of time thinking about the difference between traditional, static websites and online communities as more companies start to make the leap into online communities. In the past, when you created a traditional web site, only your employees could tell how many people visited and interacted with your site. You could hide the dirty little secret that only 10 people per day visited your website, since only the employees with access to your analytics would ever know the truth. In other words, websites fail privately. Online communities, on the other hand, fail publicly.
Read the Online Communities Fail Publicly post for more.
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An earlier Fast Wonder blog post with an introduction to Facebook for companies and organizations has been getting quite a bit of traffic lately, so I wanted to do a follow-up post with a few more details and updated information about Facebook. While we tend to think of Facebook as something for college students, recent college graduates, and technology early adopters, the reality is that Facebook users in the 35 and older category are growing at a very fast rate.
There are several primary ways to participate on Facebook: personal profiles (private), pages (public), groups, and applications. Each one of these is used differently, and you can read my getting started with Facebook post to learn more.
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I published two presentations this month that you might be interested in viewing:
Please contact me if you are interested in similar training for your organization.
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Interesting reports and data points:
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