The sound of the Bee Gee’s will never be the same…

Have the Japanese inventors ‘Joymind’ created the worlds first social networking sex toy? The aptly named ‘gPod’ consists of a handset that can connect to a music player, television, mobile phone and now…you guessed it – a computer.

When Gavin Heaton and Drew McLellan published the marketing book ‘The age of conversation’ I’m sure they were not thinking about an actual age.

Bloggers can now satisfy their female and a few male readers with a simple podcast of their voice (Baritone are said to be good) or Barry White’s.

Its a big hit in ‘Second life’ and I hear lonely middle age women are using it while streaming live perfomances of Luciano Pavarotti.

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I’ve just received a letter from the Australian Marketing Institute calling for nominations to the State Council.

Should I or shouldn’t I nominate myself?

The last time I was elected to the NSW State Council, I was not allowed to take my seat at the table.

Why you may ask?

Well…the good old dudes on the AMI’s NSW Council, supported by the Institutes CEO and a few Directors, got together and decided to ignore the Institutes constitution to stop marketers living outside Sydney being elected. Especially regional marketer’s.

I’d love to find out how long this has been going on!!!

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I’m in the ‘The Top Marketing Blogs Power 150′ chart.

What is the ‘The Top Marketing Blogs Power 150′?

Well its a global ranking of the top English-language marketing blogs.

Quoting from their own site, "Originally launched in January 2007 as a USA-based ranking, the Power 150 expanded worldwide to include all English-language blogs after TechBrew provided the list’s automation in March 2007."

They,ve calculated who’s in the ranking by a very simple, multimetric algorithm, so they say! and the final ranking is based on the sum of four unique and mostly objective sources.

In true blogging fashion, I’m going to list all my fellow ‘Honorable Mentions’:

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Its official…Australian politics has gone Web 2.0

John Howard burst onto the video site YouTube yesterday with a gripping message on climate change and in no time whatsoever, Kevin Rudd posted his response.

What’s next? John & Kevin battling the next election out in Second Life…Now that’s a good idea!

What is Second Life?

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As I’m writing this, Media Hunter is in the other room talking to Gavin Heaton over the phone about the impending launch of their marketing ebook, ‘The Age of Conversation’.

So…it got me thinking, should I do a book review or do I let the blogging buzz spread the word. In true blogging fashion, I’ll let the experts do the talking and I do what I do best…cut & paste!

Oh…before I cut and paste, have you tried to Technorati ‘The Age of Conversation’?  You can choose from over 160k links…not bad for something that only started 3 months ago…

The book review I’m going to repeat for you is from the ‘Advertising Age’- enjoy:)

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Rock on to the sound of Blogmusik the social music revolution

If you are in the market for a this online sound just rock on to Blogmusik and grab their widget

I didn’t co-author this book…but I knew a man who did

Out of the 100 leading marketers that submitted articles for this book, I believe that my mate Media Hunter is the only one, from the Hunter Valley.

In only a few months, leading Australian marketer Gavin Heaton and Drew McLellan have conceived, assembled and produced a collaborative ebook which is all about the power of community in marketing.

The book will be launched world-wide in three formats — eBook, soft cover and hard cover. All proceeds will be donated to Variety, the Children’s Charity.

Launch date:  Monday, July 16th (world-wide)

Formats/Prices:
Hardbacks $29.99
Paperbacks $16.95
E-book $9.99

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Hunter Region bands together for storm tribute.

Craig "Rosie" Rosevear and Grant Walmsley of Screaming Jets fame plus Mark Tinson and leading home grown talent have collabarated as The Newie Allstars for the charitable release of "We Can’t Be Beaten single and video clip… a tribute to thank the heroes and volunteers who came to the region’s aid during the "storm".

"We Can’t Be Beaten" – The Newie Allstars from Hunter’s Best and Vimeo.

The CD single is available for sale from 18 July from Companion Credit Union branches, with other venues to be announced.

A free concert and family day is to be held on 22 July from 12 noon on the Newcastle forsehore featuring The Heroes, Grant Walmsley, The Retro Rockets, Benjalu, Vince Martinelli, The Physical Funkettes, Rosie’s School of Rock, The Balance Health Kanga Kids, Broadmeadow High School Band, Powerage, Jason Lowe, Dan Granero plus The Newie Allstars and special guests.

All monies raised form the sale of the single will be donated to the State Emergency Service (SES) or you can make a donation at the concert.

The concert, single and video have been proudly supported by Companion Credit Union and made with the assistance of NBN, ONE80 Digital Post, Newcastle TAFE, Rosie’s School of Rock, Hunters Best, Sticky Advertising and Stuart Glover.