Age of Conversation

Age of Conversation Podcast with Jay Ehret: Episode 1 Starring Gavin Heaton and Drew McLellan

Welcome to the all new Age of Conversation podcast. The Age of Conversation II: Why don't they get it? will be published later this month.  This podcast will be a collection of "conversations" with contributors to the book. To kick it off, we have the guys who started it all, Gavin Heaton and Drew McLellan.

How did this idea of a collaborative book start? What does this mean? What's different from the first edition in The Age of Conversation II? Drew & Gavin answer all these questions and more in this premiere episode. 

To get started, press the play button on the player below or download the show as an mp3 file from the provided link. But you don't have to just listen. You can contribute too. Please add your comment or post a question with the comments link below. Or send us an audio comment or question in the form of an mp3. Just send your audio to jay<at>themarketingspot.com.

Download the episode here: Premiere Episode of Age of Conversation
You will soon be able to subscribe via iTunes, so check back soon.

Calling All AOC2 Authors! Send Us Your Bios.

Hello Fellow AOC2 Authors!

The launch date for the Age of Conversation is fast approaching, and we would really like to help maximize your exposure and involvement. As part of the effort to build anticipation for the book (and to promote the authors who made it all possible), we're going to compile and publish a series of short bios for each author, up to and beyond the publishing date.

Here's what we need from you:

1. Photo
2. Name
3. Blog URL
4. Just 3-4 sentences that describe whatever it is you'd like others to know about you. Keep it to about 70 words. It can include where you're from, what you do, where you work, or what your high score in Pong is.

Numbers 2-4 should be formatted something like this:

Version 1

Aki Spicer
http://fallontrendpoint.blogspot.com
Aki Spicer is Strategic Planning Director at Fallon Worldwide out of Minneapolis, MN. His previous work roles include Account Planning Manager, Urban ThinkTank at Vigilante / Leo Burnett / Publicis, Vice-President of Marketing at Rocawear and President / CEO / Brand Strategist at Machine. He is also a founding officer in the Facebook philanthropic network, 'Planning For Good'.

Version 2

Firstname Last
http://www.yourblog.com
[Firstname] believes [insert mantra here]. With over [experience in chosen profession], [he/she] writes at [blog title] about [perspective and subject]. [His/Her] interests are [list interests]. [Firstname] is a [job title] at [company name] in [city, state/country].

Email all bios to aocbios@ymail.com NO LATER than OCTOBER 10th.

For maximum impact, we're going to start running them about two weeks before the book is available.

Contacting Other Authors

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Originally uploaded by icarusjj

From time to time you may receive emails from other Age of Conversation authors. Indeed, you may, at some stage wish to send them all an email.
As you may expect, we respect the privacy of all contributors to the Age of Conversation. As such, we have a policy of NOT sharing email addresses or mailing lists.
However, if you do want to reach out to Age of Conversation authors, you can do so via the Age of Conversation Facebook group. And while this does include authors as well as interested participants, it at least allows individuals the choice of opting-in to communications.
If you are an author and do not want to hear directly from other authors, simply do not join the Facebook group. The choice is yours.

Feed Your Monster

Feed Your Monster
Originally uploaded by hyku

Douglas Karr has taken the blog roll or all the Age of Conversation authors and turned it into a handy OPML file that can be imported into your feed reader.

So now you don't have to go to the trouble of visiting each and every one manually.

You can download it here >> Download aoc2.xml .