Did Facebook hack the 2016 U.S. election? No. Did it swing the result? Probably. Did it do it on purpose?
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The Long Tales – The Best In Business Innovation Content – Issue #3
Welcome to the 3nd edition of The Long Tales – the best in business innovation content. If you believe that
Continue readingFacebook's Big Trouble With Big Data And More On This Week's CTRL ALT Delete Segment On CHOM 97.7 FM
Every Monday morning at 7:10 am, I am a guest contributor on CHOM 97.7 FM radio out of Montreal (home
Continue readingSix Links Worthy Of Your Attention #402
Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know
Continue readingMedia's New Business Model: Surveillance Capitalism
The struggle is real. Brands simply no longer know where to put their money. It’s easy to build a dystopian
Continue readingMr. Zuckerberg… Tear Down That Algorithm
Every time that Facebook changes their news feed (and the algorithm that feeds it), Facebook changes. Some of those changes
Continue readingSix Links Worthy Of Your Attention #397
Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know
Continue readingWhy Facebook Is Cleaning Up The Neighborhood
Brands (and the people that work for them) are going apoplectic about where Facebook is headed next. Investors are a
Continue readingYou Can't Always Blame The Business Model When It Comes To Marketing
“Stop crying and get to work on changing your business model!” When I started off in the agency world (early
Continue readingThe Audience (Formerly Known As The Audience)
Who is your audience? On my early morning drive to the airport, I caught the tail-end of Howard Stern interviewing
Continue readingThe Amazon That You Don't See (That Google And Facebook Are Watching)
Amazon is a media beast. Amazon is just getting started. In 2012, I published an article titled, Is Amazon The Future
Continue reading"Digital Marketing" Is Not The Same As Marketing
Obviously, I believe in the power and opportunity of digital marketing. In full disclosure: digital marketing has (for almost twenty
Continue readingWhat They're Not Telling Us About Native Advertising's Explosive Growth
Native advertising is big business… and it’s growing. That’s the raw news and data from the good people at eMarketer
Continue readingDo Your Consumers Care About Your Digital Marketing? (Really, Really Care)
This week marks the annual pilgrimage to Social Media Marketing World in San Diego. Personally, I have been attending this
Continue readingBad Vibrations From Internet Of Things, Voice As The Next Navigation And More On This Week's CTRL ALT Delete Segment On CHOM 97.7 FM
Every Monday morning at 7:10 am, I am a guest contributor on CHOM 97.7 FM radio out of Montreal (home
Continue readingThe Hard Things About The Hard Thing Called "Digital Transformation"
You can’t throw a marketing professional down a flight of stairs without the words “digital transformation!” tumbling out of their
Continue readingEmbrace The Shift Away From Stuff – Strategy Magazine Column
Audio streams trump everything when it comes to music. That may seem obvious, but one could argue that it is
Continue readingContent Marketing As A Profit Center
Content marketing… be careful what you wish for. The water is getting very murky out in the marketing world, these
Continue readingThe Billion Hour YouTube Rabbit Hole (And It's Growing)
It can often be a sad state of affairs. I don’t know about you, but when someone send me a
Continue readingAn Open Letter To Brands: Be Mobile-First. Now.
Dear Brand Leaders, The time has come. I’ve been patient. Your consumers have been patient. Enough is enough. The discrepancy
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