Welcome to episode #176 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. It's not a great excuse, but business travel has kept the Podcast from being published - which (as you will hear) is a very lame excuse. Regardless, here is another episode of Media Hacks (it's #19). It's actually just a very personal conversation with Julien Smith about community, business, communication, business books and how to own your platform(s). Also, it's Julien, so please note that some of the language is not work-safe (like every second word out of his mouth). Enjoy the conversation... Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #176 - Host: Mitch Joel. Running time: 54:58. Audio comment line - please send in a comment and add your voice to the audio community: +1 206-666-6056. Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com. Hello from Beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the Blog - Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on twitter. Facebook Group - Six Pixels of Separation Podcast Society. In a perfect world, connect with me, directly, through Facebook. Six Pixels of Separation the book is now available. Media Hacks #19 features:  Julien Smith - In Over Your Head - Co-author of Trust Agents. And those who did not make it this week: Chris Brogan - New Marketing Labs - Co-author of Trust Agents. C.C. Chapman - Managing The Gray - Advance Guard. Hugh McGuire - LibriVox - The Book Oven. Christopher S. Penn - The Financial Aid Podcast - Marketing Over Coffee. Where were we? What happened? Are we back? Did Robert Scoble miss us? The power of publishing with consistency. How do you build a platform and what it can do for you. Building community for when you need it... not building a community when you need it. How great companies at really building a community? The network is everything. The DNA of community building. You can't buy community, but you sort of can... A side-tangent on The Cluetrain Manifesto (and stories of jetlag). What is techno-paganism? Not sure... but Julien knows. Lots of shilling of business books. AdLounge - Marketers Turned Authors. When The Comments And Links Go Dry. Blogging is your duty. 52 books a year is a lofty goal. The Internet is still about building hype. Bringing people up (and down) - the cycle of power. Why me? Why not me? Music from the Podsafe Music Network: New Leaf - 'Magic Carpet'. Please join the conversation by sending in questions, feedback and ways to improve Six Pixels Of Separation. Please let me know what you think or leave an audio comment at: +1 206-666-6056. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #176 - Host: Mitch Joel. Tags: advance guard advertising blog blogging book oven cc chapman chris brogan christopher s penn cluetrain manifesto community digital marketing facebook facebook group financial aid podcast hugh mcguire in over your head itunes julien smith librivox managing the gray marketing marketing over coffee media hacks new leaf new marketing labs online social network podcast podcasting publishing robert scoble six pixels of separation social media marketing trust agents twist image twitter web 20