Sunday, November 04, 2012

David Ogilvy: Essentials

Ogilvy On Advertising!

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Friday, October 05, 2012

Luxury Brands Losing Next Generation of Customers

A marketing study warns that traditional luxury branding strategies 
fail to woo Millennial shoppers. - Erik Sherman


luxury marketing

Wednesday, October 03, 2012

Could baldness be a competitive advantage in business?


A new study shows bald men are perceived as more dominant, powerful - even taller. What do you think? 
Photo: Venture capitalist and Netscape founder Marc Andreessen
Credit: Bloomberg News

Read The Wall Street Journal Story Here:

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action


Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with a golden circle and the question "Why?" His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers ... 
Watch It Here:

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Making A Difference!

Here’s your heart-warming story for the day.  Man hands out birthday money to total strangers driving by.  
Would you ever do something like that? Pay It Forward!  It is good to help others!
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Monday, September 10, 2012

Inspire Others...


Tuesday, August 21, 2012

4 Tips for Using Social Media to Sell


You can use social media to land a sale--but only if you're following these key principles. By Inc. Magazine and Tom Searcy
Read The Story Here: Social Media Sales Story!


Friday, August 17, 2012

Forget the Phone Book. How to Generate Leads for Local Businesses



A big, fat Yellow Pages landed in my driveway the other day with an audible whomp. I promptly picked it up and deposited it into the recycling bin with a second whomp. Harsh, right? But when I'm searching for something local--be it a snow shovel or a cinnamon roll--the last thing I'd do is flip through the phone book.
Chances are, you feel the same way. A study last year by Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 51 percent of U.S. adults get information about local businesses from the internet, rather than from newspapers, word-of-mouth, TV reporting or those tragic phone books.
Read More Here From Entrepreneur Magazine...


Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Marketing Is Dead?



Traditional marketing — including advertising, public relations, branding and corporate communications — is dead. Many people in traditional marketing roles and organizations may not realize they're operating within a dead paradigm. But they are. The evidence is clear. Read More...

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

I'm Being Followed: How Google—and 104 Other Companies—Are Tracking Me on the Web

ALEXIS MADRIGAL - Alexis Madrigal is a senior editor at The Atlantic.


The Collapse of Print Advertising in 1 Graph

By DEREK THOMPSON - Derek Thompson is a senior editor at The Atlantic

Friday, February 24, 2012

Why Most People Say They’re Addicted to the Internet [INFOGRAPHIC]



Click on this blog post title to see the Mashable Infographic!  Pretty interesting read.

Thursday, February 23, 2012

How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did...
By, Kashmir Hill, Forbes Staff

Welcome to The Not-So Private Parts where technology & privacy collide



Wednesday, February 22, 2012

How Companies Are 'Defining Your Worth' Online



One of the fastest-growing online businesses is the business of spying on Internet users. Using sophisticated software that tracks people's online movements through the Web, companies collect the information and sell it to advertisers...



Email Use Is on the Skids Among Teens: Study


By: Courteney Palis , The Huffington Post




10 Little Known Social Media Tools You Should Be Using -- Now

Editor's note: A version of this article previously appeared at KISSmetrics.com.

Monday, February 20, 2012

Saturday, January 14, 2012

2012 Year Of Consumer Power! 2012 will highlight the new power that consumers wield because of social media and why businesses need to be vigilant about the relationship with their customers.