Being Thankful in Business is a Good Thing - Brands that GET IT

We’d like to wish our US-readers a Happy Thanksgiving and send a HUGE thanks to all of our colleagues, clients, community and partners. We’re thankful for your support, your business and your respect. Over the course of the last two decades I’ve been told more than once that appearing too grateful in business can be [...]

Raleigh’s Social Media and Tech Community share 2011 Predictions at TIMA Summit Party

Last Thursday night I attended the TIMA Summit Party – the only afterparty for the Third Annual Internet Summit in Raleigh, North Carolina. Quickly becoming one of the largest internet conferences on the East Coast, the Internet Summit was a near sellout this year with an estimated 1500 attendees! Bringing together Internet executives, senior marketers, entrepreneurs and [...]

Persuasive Picks for the week of 11/15/2010

How the Fortune 500 Uses Social MediaEntrepreneur magazine columnist & contributing writer, Mikal E. Belicove highlights the results of a recent report on social from the Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts DartmouthThe Real Power of Inbound MarketingJay Ehret from The Marketing Spot gives a brief breakdown of Inbound Marketing and shares [...]

Four Loko Divorces Social Media

Four Loko - aka Black-Out-In-A-Can - aka Liquid Cocaine - is causing quite a splash nationwide. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s the alcoholic energy drink - already been banned in Michigan, California, Washington, Utah, and now Massachusetts - the most recent state to jump on the “anti Four Loko” bandwagon. For the economical [...]

Brand Haiku for You

I was invited by my industry colleague and friend, Aaron Strout of Powered Inc., to participate in a fun experiment this morning. He asked me and a handful of other amazing marketing folks to share a brand haiku based on a recent experience we’ve had - good or bad. (Remember, a haiku is: 5 syllables, [...]

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