In the past few months, we’ve seen major heavyweights come into Snapchat with some big announcements. Both Vice and MGM
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The Way That Content Is Changing Is Not Good For (Most) Brands
Brands think that content will solve their marketing problems. Brands may be woefully surprised as this pans out. There was
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 readingWe Are Going To Shove Augmented And Virtual Reality Down Your Collective Throats
It’s happening. It’s going to happen. Brands, be prepared. It’s a binary world when it comes to those who believe
Continue readingTwitter Curbs The Hate, Messenger Attacks Snapchat And More On This Week's CTRL ALT Delete Segment On CHOM 97.7 FM
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Continue readingThe Hot Mess Dumpster Fire That Is Corporate Content
How many brands are creating content that you just can’t wait for? Go ahead. Make a list. I’ll wait. You’re
Continue readingThe Digital Generation Is Now Every Generation
Everything is digital. Fine. Everyone is online. Fine. These are just platitudes. There are many industries and businesses that are
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 readingInstagram Wants To Eat Snapchat, BlackBerry Has Zero Percent Of The Mobile Market And More On This Week's CTRL ALT Delete Segment On CHOM 97.7 FM
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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
Continue readingPump And Dump Does Not Generate Great Content
“Let’s share everything. There’s lots of good stuff here. Did you catch that?” Put aside the issue of narcissism (and,
Continue readingA Lesson From Facebook That Every Brand Should Learn
How hard is it, really, for your brand to change and adjust to new times? The public answer is, usually:
Continue readingFacebook's Wild Revenue Run, Snapchat's IPO And More On This Week's CTRL ALT Delete Segment On CHOM 97.7 FM
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Continue readingNew Platforms + Meager Results = Same Old Song And Dance
Explosive growth on a platform does not (often) come with great marketing results for brands. If brands love one thing,
Continue readingProgrammatic Advertising Creative. Winter Is Coming.
Software eats the world. Statements like that are all fine and dandy, until they start hitting a little too close
Continue readingMy 3 Words For 2017
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2017. What’s your plan? It’s the second day of the new year, and you are
Continue readingWhere Is Content Marketing Headed In 2017?
Here’s my prediction for content marketing in 2017… The “owned” versus “rented” platform discussion is naturally going to shift to
Continue readingThe Mobile Commerce Chicken And Egg Conundrum
This was a big week for shopping. Unless you have been living under a rock in North America, we had
Continue readingWe Are Not (That) Social Media
Social media was not supposed to act like traditional media. In fact, one could argue that everything we thought was
Continue readingThe Void That Twitter Could Leave
Dear Twitter, please don’t go. These are dangerous times for Twitter. The public markets are no longer in love (their
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