Books, bucks, buzz and the bux on beancast 63

Last night I joined George Parker, Angela Natividad (of MarketingVOX and AdRants) and host Bob Knorpp to record Episode 63 of the BeanCast, Bob's marketing podcast that features commentary on some of each week's biggest industry stories. Even though I'm fairly certain sleep deprivation is getting the best of me as I try to balance my day job and my writing schedule, I think my part in the show passed my podcast golden rule:

Try to sound reasonably intelligent at least 50% of the time my mouth is open. I'd give myself a 52% passing grade, but George, Angela and Bob hit it out of the park. Well worth listening.

Learn more about the episode, listen to BeanCast 63 online (embedded QT player), or if you like what you hear subscribe to BeanCast through iTunes.

The show runs about an hour and we hit on the following topics:

• Amazon's acquisition of Zappos
• Walmart demanding ad dollars from suppliers
• Twitter's buzz buzz buzz
• Target as taste-maker
• McDonald's coffee ads growing Starbucks revenue
• The Plaidnation tour (w00t!)

Check it out and give a shout.