DROdio - CEO @ Storytell | Advisor at FounderCulture

Mobile Analytics Event at Holocaust Museum

Julie Perlmutter's phenomenal Web Managers Roundtable [https://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1776650&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr] event series continued yesterday with the United States Holocaust Museum hosting an event on Mobile Analytics.PointAbout [http://www.pointabout.com/] was a sponsor of the event. You can also

teach

How-To Series: Blog & Twitter 3/3 at Johns Hopkins University

I'll be teaching a series of classes for the American Marketing Association this Spring at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC. I'll be bringing some special guests in as co-teachers for these events - it's going to be fun! The first event, on 3/

Competitor

Be 15 minutes ahead of your competitor

Here's an absolutely amazing piece by Beth Kanter titled, "Find the 15-Minute Competitive Advantage." In this post, Beth has concisely summarized the things that the PointAbout co-founders strongly believe. It's a sentiment echoed by Paul Graham in his essay on the six rules for

social

Finally: How to leverage social media, right now

There's so much buzz about social media that you're probably sick of hearing it. But for all the buzz, I always have people asking me, "How can I use it to my benefit?" To answer that question, I have to explain exactly what social

WSJ

How we got into The Wall Street Journal (and how you can too)

I wrote a blog in 2007 [http://danielodio.com/the-secret-to-getting-really-good-press] about how I get great press. I thought this would be a great time to update that blog, as we just got picked up by The Wall Street Journal twice in the same day. You can read the first article

MBA

PointAbout founders Interviewed by George Washington University MBA Students

Melissa, Dan and Chito, MBA students from George Washington University, came over to PointAbout's offices to interview the four PointAbout co-founders. The resulting 54 minute interview is below.

facebook

Facebook Presents at Web Managers Roundtable

The Web Managers Roundtable [https://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1776650&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr&src=aff-lilpar&veh=aff_src.aff-lilpar_c.partners_pkw.10078_plc.Skimbit%20Ltd._pcrid.449670_learning&trk=aff_src.aff-lilpar_c.partners_pkw.10078_plc.Skimbit%20Ltd._pcrid.449670_learning&

twitter

Projecting Twitter On A Wall

Picture of Twitter stream projected at the OnMedia Conference in a branded frame Here's a neat trick: You're running a conference, so you give out a hash tag. Wouldn't it be cool if you could show off everyone who's twittering about your

entrepreneur

The Entreprenuers Gut Check

I just ran across an absolutely stellar blog by Jordan Cooper titled "35 Gut Checks When Founding Your First Company." You can read the entire blog here, and the 35 checks are below. They all struck me as so very true, especially #35. Jordan Cooper's 35

twitter

Twitter Nuke: Unfollow Everyone

My Twitter list, with 4,320 following and 4,884 followers, has gotten to the point where it's just noise, especially with all the spam robots out there. I can't follow what real people say anymore, and Twitter has lost its intimacy for me. Just as

37

Tips You Can Use, from 37 Signals

Many of you are familiar with software company 37 Signals [https://37signals.com/]. For those of you who have never heard of 37 Signals, they are the rockstars [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basecamp_(company)] of minimalist web-based software design. We're big fans of 37 Signals at PointAbout.

My lecture to MBAs who don't "get it" (but want to) at Georgetown University

Yesterday Casey Golden of A Small Act Network and I were invited by Jim Hunt to be guest lecturers at Georgetown University on entrepreneurism for an MBA class on the subject. I talk about how I got Seth Godin to agree to making an app through our startup AppMakr (it

appmakr

AppMakr Launch: The Craziest Week Ever + Paul Graham's Famous Graph

As many of you know, PointAbout [http://www.pointabout.com/] launched AppMakr [http://www.appmakr.com/] this past week. And it has been the craziest launch I have ever participated in. I don't have a lot of time to write now, since we're still working until

iphone

Live Streaming from the iPhone

Here's something that I'm pretty sure will completely transform the real estate industry, along with many others: A newly approved iPhone application that allows for live streaming from the iPhone. You can get the application from iTunes. uStream Will Change the Real Estate Industry

abba

Embracing ABBA: Focus your time on the things that matter

Do you ever choose to spend time on something because it looks easy at first glance? Acknowledging and embracing ABBA can help you decide if it's something that really matters to achieving your goals. So what is ABBA? It's what happens when you have to choose

Switching from Mail.app to Gmail interface (finally)

For years, I've been tied to the native Mail.app mail client on Mac OS X. Disappointingly, it hasn't kept up with other OSX improvements, and has felt increasingly clunky. But the switching costs were very high, namely because of massive customization: I've been

"Brains to Ventures" Dinner & Panel

I was invited by the awesome connector Shai Goldman [https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaigoldman] of Silicon Valley Bank to the "Brains to Ventures [http://www.b-to-v.com/]" dinner and panel. B-to-V is group of European entrepreneurs and investors. The dinner was arranged while they were touring Silicon

Pics of our new AppMakr office in San Francisco

Jerry, our marketing specialist at AppMakr [http://www.appmakr.com/], just got some great pics of our new office in San Francisco. We've recently expanded from DC out to SF as our AppMakr "do it yourself" iPhone creation platform has continued to gain phenomenal traction. What

Being an Entrepreneur = Always On

Being an entrepreneur means you're always on. Here's a video that shows what I mean.

Videos

How I record videos in the car

How I Record Videos Being able to capture content means always being ready with your virtual notepad [https://www.amazon.com/Kodak-Pocket-Video-Camera-Refurbished/dp/B0025VKZMK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1248739743&sr=8-3] and accessories when the mood strikes. The video above shows the Panavise windshield mount

podcast

Podcast Interview: Jim Hopkinson of WIRED

Daniel Odio gives tips and tricks for entrepreneurs! Click to listen [http://thehopkinsonreport.com/2009/07/15/episode-65-part-1-daniel-odio/] to "Episode 65: Interview Part 1" and click to listen [http://thehopkinsonreport.com/2009/07/22/episode-66-interview-part-2-daniel-odio-gives-tips-and-tricks-for-entrepreneurs/] to "Episode 66: Interview Part 2" Jim Hopkinson, Wired.com'

content

Original Content Really Works: PR=5

Focusing on creating massive amounts of original content really works, as evidenced by the amazing PageRank of 5 of www.PointAbout.com [http://www.pointabout.com/], a domain which is only slightly more than a year old. One example of the way we're getting lots of original content

Balsamiq

Balsamiq Rocks Mockups

I recently found Balsamiq [http://www.balsamiq.com/], a $79 program that beats the pants off more sophisticated (and expensive) systems like Protoshare [http://www.protoshare.com/] for doing website/iPhone mockups. The designer, Peldi, has an unwavering eye towards simplicity and ease of initial use. Over time you discover

content

Transcribe your content for 25c/min or less

I've often written [http://www.danielodio.com/2008/03/22/my-quest-for-original-content/] about how great it is to transcribe your content for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) purposes. Now I'm going to give you the "secret sauce" about how to find someone to do it for

Team

14 Tips for Building a Startup Sales Team

Below is a great post by Dharmesh Shah on building a startup sales team. You can read the full post here [http://entrepreneur.venturebeat.com/2009/08/05/14-tips-for-building-a-startup-sales-team/] . "Your sales force if your company's lifeblood. No matter how good your product is, it won't