Since Conan O'Brien wasn't able to come to the Minnesota State Fair, a bit of the State Fair was delivered to him. Watch the journey taken by a bacon, white chocolate likeness of Conan from St. Michael, Minnesota - home of No Name Premium Meats and Seafood - to Universal Studios in Hollywood, California.

This discussion of social bookmarks marketing, using del.icio.us as an example, is from a Communications 2.0 presentation. This presentation was given before a nonprofit communications class at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota on April 16, 2007. The presentation was given by Ann Treacy of Treacy Information Services and David Erickson of e-strategy.com. (more)

This discussion of events marketing with the online calendar services, Google Calendar and Upcoming.org, is from a Communications 2.0 presentation. This presentation was given before a nonprofit communications class at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota on April 16, 2007. The presentation was given by Ann Treacy of Treacy Information Services and David Erickson of e-strategy.com.

This question and answer session about marketing with Web 2.0 technologies and services is from a Communications 2.0 presentation. This presentation was given before a nonprofit communications class at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota on April 16, 2007. The presentation was given by Ann Treacy of Treacy Information Services and David Erickson of e-strategy.com.

This discussion of establishing expertise by marketing with such question and answer services as Yahoo! Answers is from a Communications 2.0 presentation. This presentation was given before a nonprofit communications class at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota on April 16, 2007. The presentation was given by Ann Treacy of Treacy Information Services and David Erickson of e-strategy.com.

This discussion of communicating with the online document service, Google Docs, is from a Communications 2.0 presentation. This presentation was given before a nonprofit communications class at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota on April 16, 2007. The presentation was given by Ann Treacy of Treacy Information Services and David Erickson of e-strategy.com.

This discussion of blog search engine marketing, using Technorati as an example, is from a Communications 2.0 presentation. This presentation was given before a nonprofit communications class at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota on April 16, 2007. The presentation was given by Ann Treacy of Treacy Information Services and David Erickson of e-strategy.com.

This discussion of marketing with the text messaging, instant messaging, and microblogging tool Twitter is from a Communications 2.0 presentation. This presentation was given before a nonprofit communications class at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota on April 16, 2007. The presentation was given by Ann Treacy of Treacy Information Services and David Erickson of e-strategy.com.

This discussion of blog search engine marketing, using Bloglines as an example, is from a Communications 2.0 presentation. This presentation was given before a nonprofit communications class at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota on April 16, 2007. The presentation was given by Ann Treacy of Treacy Information Services and David Erickson of e-strategy.com.

This discussion of video marketing, using YouTube as an example, is from a Communications 2.0 presentation. This presentation was given before a nonprofit communications class at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota on April 16, 2007. The presentation was given by Ann Treacy of Treacy Information Services and David Erickson of e-strategy.com.

This discussion of podcasting and podcast marketing, using Odeo as an example, is from a Communications 2.0 presentation. This presentation was given before a nonprofit communications class at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota on April 16, 2007. The presentation was given by Ann Treacy of Treacy Information Services and David Erickson of e-strategy.com.

This discussion of photo sharing marketing, using Flickr as an example, is from a Communications 2.0 presentation. This presentation was given before a nonprofit communications class at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota on April 16, 2007. The presentation was given by Ann Treacy of Treacy Information Services and David Erickson of e-strategy.com.

This is the introduction to Communications 20, a presentation on marketing with Web 2.0 that provides an overview of Web 2.0 technologies. This introduction discusses the theories behind Web 2.0 technologies and services, addressing the ideas of centers of online gravity, wisdom of crowds, the long tail, the sharing implicit in social media, as well as the answer culture. It was presented to a nonprofit management class at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on April 16, 2007, by David Erickson of e-strategy.com and Ann Treacy of Treacy Information Services.

Minnesota Twins starting catcher and Major League Batting Champ Joe Mauer's Quickswing baseball batting aid commercial, available at MauersQuickswing.com.

Hall of Famer hitter Paul Molitor of the Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays and Minnesota Twins provides hitting tips in this video that accompanies starting Minnesota Twins catcher major league batting champion Joe Mauer's MauersQuickswing.com baseball batting training aid. You can get your own Quickswing at http://www.mauersquickswingstore.com.