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How sweet it is - MVB enters round of 16

We're off to the round of 16. Congratulations to Godin's Blog, MicroPersuasion, Brand Autopsy, Creative Think, Wired, Why Business People Speak Like Idiots, Russel Davies, Gaping Void, Jaffe Juice (why, thank-you!), Cool Hunting, Church of the Customer, Spring Wise, Logic + Emotion, Mark Cuban, Beyond Madison Avenue and Radical Trust.

Closest calls were Radical Trust beating out Experience Planner by just one vote and Servant of Chaos losing to Mark Cuban by only 3 votes (my how things have changed!)

2 minor upsets with Spring Wise beating out PSFK and Radical Trust over Experience Planner

Full results here: Download mvb_round_of_16.xls

More importantly, voting is now open for the Sweet 16 round. VOTE NOW (and no cheating!) on these pairings:

• Heavyweight Matchup 1: Seth vs Rubel
• Brand Autopsy vs Creative Think
• Wired vs Why Business People Speak Like Idiots
• Heavyweight Matchup 2: Russel Davies vs Hugh Macleod (Gaping Void)
• Jaffe Juice vs Cool Hunting
• Church of the Customer vs Spring Wise
• Logic + Emotion vs Mark Cuban
• Beyond Madison Avenue vs Radical Trust

Click here to take survey

To NussbaumOnDesign, POW! Right between the eyes, Conversation Agent, Brand Strategy Insider, Pronet Advertising, Adliterate, Hello World, Adverlab, Top Rank Blog, Eggs, Bacon Chips & Beans, Where's the Sausage, PSFK, CK's Blog, Servant of Chaos, Modern Life is Rubbish and Experience Planner...your badge awaits.

I certainly hope all people looking for insight and inspiration in the changing world of marketing begin with you and build on from there.

Across the Sound now with live call ins!

Using Twitter, I was able to let my "followers" and friends know when I was about to record Across the Sound, Episode #74. And so this episode is special insofar that I have several live callers. It's an unscripted episode (aren't they all) with great conversation.

People (Mitch, CC, Chris, Jay) called in using my skype ID (jaffejuice).

Direct download here

Subscription via iTunes here

If you'd like to be a part of a future episode (I'm going to evolve this so that people can ask my guest and I questions), you'll need to be on skype (jaffejuice) and also on Twitter (www.twitter.com/jaffejuice)

As usual, audio comments and reactions to this format and the conversation to +1 206 203-3255

BRTC: Ancestor v Harry Potter

Scott Sigler, you beauty. As a follow-up to BRTC, Scott "bumrushed" Amazon.com today, on April Fool's Day no less, to launch his new book, Ancestor. I took a screenshot to commemorate the collective efforts by bloggers, podcasters, Twitterati, fans and his community to get him on the radar. Oprah, here Scott comes! Congratulations.

I look forward to receiving my copy...