Livingston

Nov
13
2008

The Now Is Gone Bookiversary

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Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of Now Is Gone’s release! So much has happened since then, it’s been amazing and humbling at the same time. Thank you to everyone who supported Now Is Gone (image by lunaweb).

I know Brian Solis also was humbled by the reception towards the book. For me, it was a life changing event (may write more about this on Off Hours), and the culmination of a 15 year dream of becoming an author.

Consider some of the milestones:

  • Thousands of people have read the book
  • We’ve received hundreds of thank yous from folks who said it changed their business life
  • Ike Pigott, Lauren Vargas and I wrote 200 accompanying blog posts on the Now Is Gone blog
  • Now Is Gone received more than 50 positive reviews
  • It was cited by the Wall Street Journal as a resource for small businesses (thank you, Scott Monty)
  • and, it won a silver Axiom Business Book Award

    • Perhaps the most exciting news is that we are approximately 2/3 of the way through the first print edition, and are starting to weigh edits/changes to the original manuscript. The second edition will provide an update, as well as the lessons learned. Some likely changes include more on influencer relations, more on social networks, less on blogs, more on the media’s use of social media, and fewer typos

    A Final Bow for First Edition Sources

    The following bloggers had either blog posts cited in and/or were interviewed for the first edition of Now Is Gone. Some of them won’t make it to the second edition as the book will change quite a bit.

    These sources will remain listed permanently on the Now Is Gone blog to honor them and provide business readers additional source material. If you have questions about marketing the book, or the use of bloggers as sources, I refer you to the previous post, “Marketing Now Is Gone.” To the bloggers, thank you for creating great content in the new media world. The book’s sources are:

    by Geoff Livingston | Filed in Geoff, Livingston Communications, social media | 11 Comments
    Oct
    19
    2008

    Solutions Stars Video Conference Delivers Online Marketing Tips

    Solutions Stars Video Conference | Starts October 29 at 1 PM EST

    Network Solutions is producing the Solutions Stars Video Conference on October 29 at 1 p.m. This free video conference aims to provide insights and online marketing tips to small businesses. It will be of great service to small businesses, particularly now that the economy has gotten tough, and it’s not as easy to attend a conference in person.

    As author of Now Is Gone, it was an honor to work with Network Solutions Social Media Swami Shashi Bellamkonda and the 32 top bloggers who participated and shot videos with us at BlogWorld Expo.  The conference features nine different documentary style video sessions:

    • Building Web Presence
    • The Social Opportunity
    • Start with Listening
    • Strategy Drives Outreach
    • You Need Social Networks
    • To Blog or Not to Blog
    • Visibility Through Search
    • Rising Above the Noise
    • Time Demands

    In addition to Now Is Gone Co-Author Brian Solis, Solutions Stars include:

  • Tim Ferriss, Best Selling Author of Four Hour Work Week
  • Guy Kawasaki, Co-Founder, All-Top
  • Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos
  • Darren Rowse, Author, ProBlogger
  • Chris Brogan, Vice President of Strategy, CrossTech Media
  • Rohit Bhargava, Author of Personality Not Included
  • Wendy Piersall, CEO of Sparkplugging.com
  • Lionel Menchaca, Chief Blogger, Dell
  • Steve Hall, Publisher and Editor of Ad Rants
  • Scott Monty, Global Digital and Multimedia Communications Manager, Ford Motor Company
  • Liz Strauss, Social Web Strategist, Successful Blog
  • Toby Bloomberg, CEO, Bloomberg Marketing

    • I hope you can participate in this  conference and conversation. It will be well worth your while, with lots of great insights.

    In addition to the main site, please visit the Solutions Stars Video Conference event pages on Facebook and Upcoming:

    by Geoff Livingston | Filed in Blogging, Branding, Geoff, Internet Marketing, Interviews, Social Networks, social media | 9 Comments
    Jun
    04
    2008

    Taking New York by Storm

    yellow-thumb In addition to tomorrow’s Social Media Club DC chat and book signing featuring Brian Solis and I (c’mon out, DC!), Brian and I will be doing another book signing as part of the Tech Set event this Saturday night in New York City.

    The DC event will be held at the Barnes and Noble in the Clarendon neighborhood of Arlington. The New York event will be held at The Hotel Gansevoort, NYC - ROOFTOP BAR (Plunge) in the Meat Packing District). You can register for the DC event here and the New York event here on Facebook.

    For those of you unfamiliar with Now Is Gone, here are some recent reviews from:

  • Ariel on the CyberPR Blog
  • Leo Bottary on Client Service Insights
  • David Berkowitz from Inside the Marketer’s Studio
    • by Geoff Livingston | Filed in Now Is Gone | Comments Off