As my regular readers know, I’m not a big fan of PR. (See Blogger Relations I, II, and III.) Most PR people just waste my time, sending me invitations to blog about charity events, the Miss America contest, or the latest self help book by the guru of the day. And those are the better ones. Others offer to schedule meetings the week after I’ve left the city, or schedule meetings without checking if the person they’re scheduling can actually make it, and then don’t tell me the meeting isn’t happening until the call doesn’t happen, or, in …
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March 6th, 2010 | Posted in About, rants
CIPS Australia has a listing of the Top 20 Websites in the World of Procurement. I was thrilled to see that five of the twenty are Blogs, because, as I’ve been saying all along, that’s where most of the content is. Those of you in the US, have a great holiday weekend. And to get you in the mood, here’s a YouTube link to a classic: Snoopy vs. the Chair. …
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November 25th, 2009 | Posted in About, Miscellaneous
Starting next week, Sourcing Innovation will be running a special series on “Sourcing Tomorrow: The e-Leaders Speak” that will feature pieces from the visionaries behind many of the top e-Sourcing and e-Procurement vendors. So far, a dozen leaders of a dozen leading e-Sourcing and e-Procurement vendors have agreed to put their thoughts to paper [...]
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September 4th, 2009 | Posted in About, Guest Author, Miscellaneous
Because I will not publish comparative rankings that cannot be substantiated by one or more external sources, and because I claimed that SI was ranked #1 among the supply management blogs the first time this blog took #1 in the Alexa rankings (primarily because it was the ranking site most favored by the blog that [...]
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August 17th, 2009 | Posted in About, Miscellaneous
Share This on Linked InSpeculation, a favorite pass-time of many bloggers, is fun, but you should get the facts before you sponsor any blog. That being said, it never hurts to latch on to a winner early (especially if a sponsorship is being priced competitively), and there are a few up-and coming winners out [...]
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July 24th, 2009 | Posted in About, Miscellaneous, rants
Share This on Linked In I’m thrilled to announce that Sourcing Innovation, for the first time, has claimed the top spot in the premier traffic ranking engine. As of today: Blog Alexa Rank Sourcing Innovaiton [...]
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June 10th, 2009 | Posted in About, Advertisement
Nine Hundred and Forty Three Thousand Five Hundred and Eighty Four words later (including the words in this post), or Thirteen Hundred and Eighteen posts later (which does not count the dozens of guests posts on other blogs, including e-Sourcing Forum, Supply Excellence, Procurement Leaders, and Deal Architect), and Sourcing Innovation (SI) officially turns three. [...]
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June 9th, 2009 | Posted in About, Miscellaneous
Share This on Linked In While many organizations, including those you belong to, will slow down, go on vacation, and generally take it easy over the summer months (in the Northern Hemisphere), Sourcing Innovation is going to take it up a notch and bring you even more insight and innovation. [...]
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May 18th, 2009 | Posted in About, Guest Author
Continuing my recent post on Making Sense of Web Stats, before you sponsor any blog, including this one, you should get the facts … and do your own research. While they don’t capture all of the traffic, or even every site, used in conjunction, the free traffic ranking sites of Alexa, Traffic Estimate, Compete, [...]
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May 15th, 2009 | Posted in About, Miscellaneous
While Sourcing Innovation is, first and foremost, a daily blog dedicated to bringing you the latest and greatest in best practices, education, and innovation in sourcing, procurement and supply management, it’s more than that. In addition to its archive of almost 1,300 deep and insightful posts that remain as relevant as the day they [...]
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May 15th, 2009 | Posted in About, Best Practices
