Rackspace Conference Interview
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A few months ago I was interviewed at the Rackspace Reseller Conference in Atlanta, Georgia about a variety of topics related to Rackspace.
As some of you might already be aware I am a huge fan of Rackspace as a company and their CEO Graham Weston, who shares a very similar service philosophy as my partners and I. If I look a little rough in the video, please keep in mind that we were out until pretty late the night before this was shot and I am working of just a few hours of sleep. That’s my excuse…
My partners and I thoroughly enjoyed the conference and met a lot of really cool resellers from around the globe including Dubai, the Netherlands, Germany, and Mexico. I also serve on the Rackspace (NASDAQ: RAX)Customer Advisory Board. In the upcoming months I have also agreed to be part of a webinar focused on email archiving solutions, a product that Pleth has rolled out in a big way recently.
For more on the conference, please see the related links below…
EP:000 – The Cotton Club Podcast
In the next couple of days I will be launching the first installment of The Cotton Club Podcast. The Cotton Club is one of two podcasts that I am going to be a part of this year, the other is a project that I am going to be working w/ Keith Crawford on called The Social Radar, stay tuned for details on that podcast in the very near future.
Unlike The Social Radar Podcast project, The Cotton Club is going to be a lot less focused and a lot more laid back. The Social Radar will deal mostly with the topic of Social Media and Marketing as to where The Cotton Club could end up being a free for all! I am pretty passionate about what I do so it’s probably a safe bet that a large portion of each show will be dedicated to the web in general, including development, blogging, social media, seo, etc., but since I am also passionate about things such as NASCAR and Football, there is a high probability that there will be a certain amount of trash talking as well.
If you know me very well, you will probably know that I am also somewhat of a joker, and no matter how hard I try, weird occurrences seem to find me. Highlights from these occurrences as well as some older stories will also be a big part of this project.
If you have iTunes and would like to subscribe to The Cotton Club, you may do so by clicking here (iTunes will open in a new window, just hit the subscribe button).
Featured on TheCabin.net
Mike Allen from the Conway Log Cabin Democrat Newspaper came by yesterday and interviewed me in regards to our new NascarView project. Below you will find the article from this mornings newspaper and online edition.
There’s a new Web site designed for NASCAR fans that was launched this year, and the results have been a big hit across the nation.
Cotton Rohrscheib, who’s now working out of his home office in Conway, along with other team members, Stephen and Greg Smart, purchased the Web site NascarView.com four years ago. After presenting NascarView.com to Web viewers this year, the site has exploded in the amount of support from viewers and advertisers.
"This is a Web site geared for the fans," Rohrscheib said. "We offer a family friendly Web experience and monitor profanity or mature content from being posted. We keep it rated G, so we want the whole family to be able to use the site."
The Web site covers four areas of the sport. It has feature stories, which includes some of the biggest names in NASCAR. Team ownership and the driver’s news are also covered in depth by the Web site. NascarView.com also recaps and previews the past and future races.
"It just seemed like it was a need for a family-friendly NASCAR Web site that people of all ages can get on and take part in," Rohrscheib said. "This way people can have sort of sense of some community and social networking. Out of the 10 years that I’ve been building Web sites, this site is probably in the top two or three in terms of growth. It’s gotten that big."
NascarView.com is the only Web site that uses a Facebook connect at this time, which means Facebook users can automatically login to NascarView.com using their Facebook accounts. The Web site also just hit the 1,000 mark for followers on Twitter.com. It was recently the ninth highest Twitter feed on Twitter.com, according to wefollow.com.
"With MarkMartin.com, we already had a list of people who knew who we were," Rohrscheib said. "We’ve basically built relationship with guys over the years working in the sport. … Different guys have kind of helped us get the word out."
The Web site also features two popular podcasts: The Final Lap Radio and the Phatguys Fantasy Podcast. Rohrscheib has been a frequent guest on both. He is also good friends with NASCAR driver and Batesville native Mark Martin. According to Rohrscheib, the Web site’s biggest feature is Live Racing Chat, which takes place during the cup series races on Sundays. Bloggers from around the nation discuss the events that happen during the course of the race. The Live Racing Chat is also moderated by Cooter, who inputs in-car audio from the drivers during the race. So, fans can read what their favorite NASCAR driver is saying during the race.
"It’s an information-heavy (Web site)," Rohrscheib said. "We get our revenue from advertising on the site, so we’re looking for anyone who wants to advertise or sponsor."
Rohrscheib is also the co-founder of Pleth Networks, LLC. This year it was awarded the Best of Show for the Interactive Category by the American Advertising Federation for www.thechurchalive.org. They beat out 60,000 entrants in the Addy competition. Pleth, with 500 clients worldwide, has offices in Conway, Batesville and Jonesboro.
EP:032609 – Phatguys NASCAR Podcast
I was honored to be asked back onto the Phatguys on Fantasy Nascar Podcast today. We had a great show and talked about the upcoming race at Martinsville Speedway. My picks for the race were Tony Stewart and of course Mark Martin. My dark horse pick was Brian Vickers, we will see how those picks turn out this week. You can tune in and listen to phatguys podcast here, or click on the player located below:
My Recent Podcast Appearances
The past two weeks have been pretty busy for me, not only have I had a lot of church & client projects going on but I have also been pretty wrapped up w/ our NascarView project as well. I was honored to be a guest on syndicated radio talk show host Kerry Murphey’s Final Lap podcast earlier in the week but I was also on PhatGuys Fantasy Podcast last week and will be their guest again today!!! You can tune in and listen live by clicking here today at 5pm CST.
Podcast: The Final Lap Radio (episode 57)
I was honored to be a guest on syndicated radio talk show host Kerry Murphey’s weekly Nascar Podcast, The Final Lap. We discussed NascarView.com as well as the social network Twitter. We also talked a little bit about our relationship with MarkMartin.com and Nascar in general. Jimmie Johnson was also on the show and he talked about Twitter. You can listen to Kerry’s show by click here, or you can listen to my interview by clicking on the player below:
Interview – March 20th Show
I was asked by the Phatguys this past week to be a guest on their Nascar Fantasy Podcast to discuss the upcoming Bristol Race and talk about our NascarView project. It was a lot of fun, Oliver and Kevin might have too much fun with this podcast!
Also, Kerry from Final Lap Radio called into the show, as did our very own Genna from the NascarView community. You can click here to listen to the show in case you missed it.
March 20th Show
I just want to thank Cotton from NASCAR View and gennagirl for calling in this week to the show. And also Kerry Murphy from final lap radio for stopping by and talking some racing. Kevin has picked sadler as his dark horse pick . I went with montoya. I Have no idea why I did that. Listen to the show to see whom Cotton, Kerry And Genna picked for Bristol. Great show!
Podcast: Phatguys Nascar Fantasy #032009
Oliver and Kevin from Phatguys on Fantasy Nascar Podcast, who have been frequenting NascarView.com for a few weeks now, asked me to be a guest on their weekly podcast to run down my picks for the Bristol race as well as promote Nascarview.com and our new message board and live racing chat sections. You can tune in and catch Oliver and Kevin each week discussing fantasy Nascar picks at their live show on blogtalkradio.com by clicking here, or you can catch the interview by hitting the play button below:
Interviewed by Processor Magazine…
Just wanted to let everyone know that I was interview yesterday by Drew Robb who is putting together a piece on Email Uptime for Processor Magazine (a print and online industry publication).
Pleth will be mentioned in the article. I offered some insight to email uptime, virtualization, and clustering. The piece is supposed to run later this month or the first of next month, not for sure yet. You can go to Processor.com and search for Pleth though and find the article once it’s released. I will likely post a linkback to the article from here and from Pleth’s Corporate Blog.
Pleth mentioned on The Web Hosting Show…
My company, Pleth Networks, LLC, was mentioned this week in episode #145 of The Web Hosting Show. The Web Hosting Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Mitch Keeler and usually covers a wide variety of topics related to the web hosting industry. Mitch recommended Pleth for Linux Shared Plesk Hosting. This was a cool surprise for my partners and I this morning as we tuned into the show, thanks for the mention Mitch! Here’s a link to the Podcast where he goes on to discuss the following web hosting industry related topics:
- Best of the Rapidshare and Megaupload Free File Searchers!
- Web Hosting Basics – How to Traceroute?
- Is The Domain Up, or is it You?
- Answers for out Listeners Seeking Plesk on Shared Hosting!
- Learn to Spot Top 10 Web Host Scams!
