﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>nicheprof's Xanga</title><link>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/</link><description>Latest Xanga weblog from nicheprof</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><image><title>The Weblog Community</title><url>http://s.xanga.com/images/xangalogobutton.gif</url><link>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/</link></image><item><title>Thursday, June 05, 2008</title><link>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/660147239/item/</link><guid>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/660147239/item/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:44:27 GMT</pubDate><description>YouTube Busts www.Bubbleply.com 's bubble with announcement of video annotation capabilities. http://ping.fm/U8djw&lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/660147239/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Wednesday, June 04, 2008</title><link>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/660138863/item/</link><guid>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/660138863/item/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:11:33 GMT</pubDate><description>Preparing for a webinar at 8pm EST tonight.  Join James Oliver, Todd Gross, Peter Dunbar and the NicheProf winning tips http://ping.fm/UcReS&lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/660138863/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Wednesday, June 04, 2008</title><link>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/660098454/item/</link><guid>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/660098454/item/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:51:14 GMT</pubDate><description>Do you agree or disagree with Joe Marchese's claim that Online Marketers love waste and insignificant metrics? http://ping.fm/3wWiq&lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/660098454/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Wednesday, June 04, 2008</title><link>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/660087625/item/</link><guid>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/660087625/item/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:08:26 GMT</pubDate><description>Discover what we need to learn from the TV Industry if we want to treat our work online as more than a hobby! http://ping.fm/6mZER&lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/660087625/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Ustream.TV</title><link>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/656630048/ustreamtv/</link><guid>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/656630048/ustreamtv/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 17:04:55 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;div&gt;My Mastermind BuddySherman Hu's 30 min Huddle should become a mainstay on your learning menu&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;embed flashvars="autoplay=false&amp;brand=embed" wmode="opaque" width="320" height="260" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.ustream.tv/flash/live/51024" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /&gt;</description><comments>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/656630048/ustreamtv/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Not Your Father's Social Media</title><link>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/655450194/not-your-fathers-social-media/</link><guid>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/655450194/not-your-fathers-social-media/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 02:26:08 GMT</pubDate><description>				&lt;div&gt;
					&lt;h3&gt;Swirl Starters -  Social Media, Web 2.0, And Wom&lt;/h3&gt;
					From: &lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/Pseudoreid/" target="_new"&gt;Pseudoreid&lt;/a&gt;, 1 week ago&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
					&lt;div style="width:425px;text-align:left" id="__ss_365485"&gt;&lt;object style="margin:0px" width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=swirl-social-media-web-20-and-wom-1208811615228042-9"/&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/&gt;&lt;embed src="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=swirl-social-media-web-20-and-wom-1208811615228042-9" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div style="font-size:11px;font-family:tahoma,arial;height:26px;padding-top:2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/?src=embed" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img src="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/logo_embd.png" style="border:0px none;margin-bottom:-5px" alt="SlideShare"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/Pseudoreid/swirl-social-media-web-20-and-wom?src=embed" title="View 'Swirl Starters -  Social Media, Web 2.0, And Wom' on SlideShare" target="_new"&gt;View&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/upload?src=embed" target="_new"&gt;Upload your own&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
					I've been in the process of educating marketers about the evolution of the web, social media, social networks, and word of mouth on the web.  I'm also providing strategic advice on how to take advantage of these constantly developing arenas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
					&lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/Pseudoreid/swirl-social-media-web-20-and-wom" target="_new"&gt;SlideShare Link&lt;/a&gt;
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			&lt;img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/CIMP/bHQ9MTIwOTk1Nzg1MzIwMyZwdD*xMjA5OTU3ODgyNjg3JnA9MTAxOTEmZD*mbj14YW5nYSZnPTE=.jpg" /&gt;</description><comments>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/655450194/not-your-fathers-social-media/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Analysis of Facebook as a Social Media Platform</title><link>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/654160837/analysis-of-facebook-as-a-social-media-platform/</link><guid>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/654160837/analysis-of-facebook-as-a-social-media-platform/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:12:53 GMT</pubDate><description>				&lt;div&gt;
					&lt;h3&gt;Facebook Study&lt;/h3&gt;
					From: &lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/faberNovel/" target="_new"&gt;faberNovel&lt;/a&gt;, 6 months ago&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
					&lt;div style="width:425px;text-align:left" id="__ss_125340"&gt;&lt;object style="margin:0px" width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=facebook-study3318"/&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/&gt;&lt;embed src="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=facebook-study3318" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div style="font-size:11px;font-family:tahoma,arial;height:26px;padding-top:2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/?src=embed" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img src="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/logo_embd.png" style="border:0px none;margin-bottom:-5px" alt="SlideShare"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/faberNovel/facebook-study?src=embed" title="View 'Facebook Study' on SlideShare" target="_new"&gt;View&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/upload?src=embed" target="_new"&gt;Upload your own&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
					A study aimed at providing insight into Facebook, the new Internet phenomenon.
This study is presented to you by faberNovel Consulting 
fabernovel.com/international/english
Address : 1426 A Howard Street, San Francisco 94103 California, United States
tel : +1 415 578 4664
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					&lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/faberNovel/facebook-study" target="_new"&gt;SlideShare Link&lt;/a&gt;
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					&lt;h3&gt;Web 2.0 and the online conversation&lt;/h3&gt;
					From: &lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/nschock/" target="_new"&gt;nschock&lt;/a&gt;, 1 year ago&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
					&lt;div style="width:425px;text-align:left" id="__ss_14236"&gt;&lt;object style="margin:0px" width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=web-20-and-the-online-conversation-7769"/&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/&gt;&lt;embed src="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=web-20-and-the-online-conversation-7769" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div style="font-size:11px;font-family:tahoma,arial;height:26px;padding-top:2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/?src=embed" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img src="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/logo_embd.png" style="border:0px none;margin-bottom:-5px" alt="SlideShare"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/nschock/web-20-and-the-online-conversation?src=embed" title="View 'Web 2.0 and the online conversation' on SlideShare" target="_new"&gt;View&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/upload?src=embed" target="_new"&gt;Upload your own&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
					This is a presentation I gave to my agency to keep us up to speed on the latest in online communication trends. It touches on Web 2.0 design and open source, but focuses mostly on the social web.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
					&lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/nschock/web-20-and-the-online-conversation" target="_new"&gt;SlideShare Link&lt;/a&gt;
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			&lt;embed height="0" width="0" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/CIMP/JnB*PTEyMDkxNzAxNTExNDAmcD*xMDE5MSZkPSZuPXhhbmdh.swf" flashvars="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" &gt;&lt;/embed&gt;</description><comments>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/654018126/web-20-social-media-conversations/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Upcoming Conferences</title><link>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/612581235/upcoming-conferences/</link><guid>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/612581235/upcoming-conferences/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:49:08 GMT</pubDate><description>I return to the classroom at &lt;a href="http://academic.missouriwestern.edu/capps" target="_new"&gt;MWSU &lt;/a&gt;tomorrow and will be teaching 3 courses on Tuesdays and Thursdays.&amp;nbsp; The courses are all foundation courses in Human Communication.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I will be attending Jack Humphrey's &lt;a href="http://authoritysummit.com/" target="_new"&gt;2007 Authority Summit&lt;/a&gt; in Las Vegas, NV on the 8th and 9th of September and then in San Francisco, CA for &lt;a href="http://worldinternetmainevent.com/main4.html" target="_new"&gt;The World Internet Main Event&lt;/a&gt; the 13th thru 16th of September.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I look forward to meeting all of my community members and online colleagues in person for discussions and potential join projects.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To our mutual continued growth and prosperity,&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Dr. Ron the NicheProf&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nicheprof.com" target="_new"&gt;www. nicheprof.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/nicheprof" target="_new"&gt;www.myspace.com/nicheprof&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You are all welcome to follow my online moves via &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/nicheprof" target="_new"&gt;Twitter.com/nicheprof&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;NOTE:&amp;nbsp; If anyone is looking to share a hotel room at the conference hotel in San Francisco, I have a room reserved for up to 4 for the nights of September 12 - 16 with departure on the 17th.&amp;nbsp; Contact me by private email if interested.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/612581235/upcoming-conferences/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>I Would Like Feedback On a New Childcare Resource</title><link>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/612391377/i-would-like-feedback-on-a-new-childcare-resource/</link><guid>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/612391377/i-would-like-feedback-on-a-new-childcare-resource/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:18:44 GMT</pubDate><description>If you have children, grandchildren or an interest in childcare or education, please drop me a note.&amp;nbsp; I have a raw file that I am converting into a product and I would appreciate your feedback and testimonials for a non-internet marketing product.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In return, I will provide you with a copy of the finished product and private label rights for any able to provide a testimonial and release for use in my marketing the finished product.&amp;nbsp; Drop the email to me at mailto:admin@safeguardchildren.com&amp;nbsp; or my regular address.&lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://nicheprof.xanga.com/612391377/i-would-like-feedback-on-a-new-childcare-resource/#firstcomment</comments></item></channel></rss>