I sent Return on Engagement off to Focal Press last Thursday just before 5:00 p.m. Final word count was 99,265 words, final image count was around 250, and there were dozens of sidebars, hundreds of quick tips, and seven case studies, including an entire chapter on Kurani Interactive’s awesome Book of Odds project. Topics range from using mRSS feeds to creating web video and semantic metadata. And just about everything in between. I have received positive feedback from the publisher so far regarding how well-organized the content is, which feels great, considering it took nearly a year to write.
SEO For Success at Community Media Workshop was a full-house with participants ranging from large companies to small non-profits and back again. Community Media Workshop did a great write-up of the three hour seminar on their site and included a video interview with one of the participants.
Here’s what one of the participants had to say: “Tim Frick was a very good speaker. He knew his material and communicated it well and kept the group interested. Good use of examples and group involvement.”
I think I’ve finally come to an agreement with Focal Press on the title for my new book:
Return on Engagement
What do you think? Focal requires a sub-title as well, so we have tentatively agreed to:
The Web Designer’s Field Guide to Digital Marketing
I’m a bit hesitant to restrict the book to only web designers because I think anyone who creates web content could benefit from it, but then again maybe I’m a bit biased.
Got any ideas? Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions?
Also, I’m on the hunt for good case study subjects! I’m particularly interested in people who have gotten some sort of tangible return on their social media or web content efforts. If you know anyone, please contact me. Thanks a gajillion.
I’ve been doing a bunch of research for this new book I’m writing and as part of that have been swallowing web design books whole on a near daily basis, so I posted a bunch of reviews, thoughts and general impressions to the Mightybytes blog:
The Arts & Business Council of Chicago Workshop went really well with sixty participants representing arts and non-profit organizations all over the greater Chicagoland area in attendance. The presentation covered strategies and production tips for managing your online presence, including website improvements, content updates and social media techniques as well as tools like WordTracker,Website Grader,TubeMogul, Google Alerts and Analytics.
Ratings from the 64 participants who attended this workshop:
“Tim had the highest ratings, across the board, when asked to rate Content, Presentation and Style.”
What the participants had to say about this workshop:
“Engaging powerpoint – easy to follow”
“We loved Tim’s knowledge of tools we can immediately use”
“Nice speaker presence!”
“It dealt with the subject in a very practical way that was understandable”
“Informative, engaging!”
“Tim did a great job!”
“Much better than ‘Cats’!”
(OK, just kidding on that last one.) If you would like a copy of the slide deck from this workshop, you can get it from the link below.
