Download The Virtual Handshake for free
* The best business book I've read in 5 years is now available for free on the web. Good luck printing...
http://thevirtualhandshake.com/free-book-download.htm
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Rich at Trade Show Marketing Report quits blogging. Apparently, his continued attempts to give a damn about the trade show marketplace have sputtered and stalled.
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State of the Blogosphere, February 2006 Part 2: Beyond Search
* Dave Sifry talks about the "magic middle" and the beta feature on Technorati allowing you to filter by "blog authority".
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Building A Successful Corporate Blog Survey With Northeastern University
* Backbone Media, John Cass & Dr. Walter Carl are partnering on some spectacular research on business blogging. With these guys behind an initiative like this, watch out for some groundbreaking findings.
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The Participant economy strikes at Amazon & BN.com according to this post on BlogRevolt.
* ..."consumer reviews on Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com had a potent effect on sales of the products reviewed."
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The Secret Cause of Flame Wars
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Linkology - Top 50 sites by links
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I tried to download the pdf, didn't work.

Anyone else having problems?