With March Madness finally winding down (always trickles into April),  I figured I’d quickly blog about a few things that caught my eye over the last few weeks: The top Google searches in Canada over the 12 months are  “facebook&# & “youtube&#. Twitter potentially going to be bought by Google for a massive sum.

Coincidentally, or not, The Wall Street Journal [subscription needed for access to entire article online] today tells the story of a new type of collaboration between P&G (the iconoclastic consumer marketing organization) and Google, one that involves an employee exchange program. Where are the bloggers?" billion brand).

Merlin Mann has built an online empire around the concept and even did an hour-long workshop for Google staff on it. You probably read how Thomas Gensemer of the Obama email marketing team proclaimed that nonprofit e-newsletters are a waste of time. Join us this Thursday, April 16 at Noon Eastern (9:00 a.m. Inbox Zero. Ask them!

This is according to my three sales people on the team: Joanna, Holt and Ashley. . In the third circle the gang put business journals, competing fundraising events, networking events, Google and the advertisers they see and hear on radio, TV and print. Track your team’s progress. Prospecting using social media. Period.

When I first launched the CEPSM social media marketing workshop in April, 2008, I really had no idea that it would garner such a positive response. Further still, we will be using a live Google Doc to fill out certain sections of the workbook collaboratively.I Well guess what, we listened. I’ll stop confusing you though.