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August 26, 2016 Articles

Advertising. Full Steam Ahead.

“Advertising is dying. Advertising is dead. Advertising doesn’t work.” A common theme. A common rant. It’s fine to think that

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August 7, 2014 Articles

Herding Comments In The Digital Wind

The ability to understand the community and engage in the discourse is hitting an all time low (and high) at

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July 22, 2014 Articles

Are Your Customers Frozen? Let It Go!

The competition is fierce out there. The battle for the consumer continues to intensify. Brands used to battle with their

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July 16, 2014 Articles

Marketing Fails When You Shift Instead Of Elevate

What are you really doing with your marketing dollars? Digital media advertising is now bigger than TV advertising. I didn’t

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June 30, 2014 Articles

Why Spam Is Here To Stay (And Getting Worse)

Every Monday morning at 7:10 am, I am a guest contributor on CHOM 97.7 FM radio broadcasting out of Montreal

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June 25, 2014 Articles

The Marketing Of Permission

Have you ever tried to unsubscribe from an email newsletter? I don’t know about you, but I handle multiple personal

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May 19, 2014 Articles

One Last Comment About Blog Comments (Hint: They're Back)

I’ve missed you. How have you been? Sadly, I shut the commenting functionality on this blog down on April 16th

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February 12, 2014 Articles

The Marketing Moral Compass

Are marketer’s the most loathed human beings on earth? It is a question worthy of an answer. As a marketing

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October 18, 2013 Articles

5 Simple Ways To Get More Creative, Inspired And Smarter Every Day

Stop complaining about email. We all get too much email. Most of the time it’s about things that should probably

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October 3, 2013 Articles

Why Popular Science Killed Their Comments And The Huffington Post Should Too

If the comments following this post or any others were gone, how much of a difference would that make? Last

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September 8, 2012 Articles

Let's Not Mess Up The Internet

Do you love Seth Godin? I first met Godin at an Internet event in New York City just prior to

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August 22, 2012 Articles

The Fatigue Of A Great Offer

Was I ever wrong about Groupon. Back in 2010, I was very bullish on Groupon (more on that here: One

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July 31, 2012 Articles

The Art Of Fake Familiarity

Pitches are getting worse. I recently got an email pitch from a public relations specialist that read something like this:

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March 17, 2012 Articles

The Early Days of Hashtag Marketing

Tweet this, get that. It’s disruption marketing at its finest. Companies are now using hashtag marketing strategies as a way

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November 16, 2011 Articles

Legacy Thinking

It’s easy to post to Twitter or update your Facebook status. Not much to think about, right? Just because something

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September 30, 2011 Articles

A Basic PR Blunder That Most PR Professionals Make… Constantly

Public Relation professionals do the darndest things. Some background first: I practiced journalism, worked in communications and did a stint

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August 26, 2011 Articles

Don't Forget To Be Human

Technology makes it easy to… Say "no." Ignore somebody. Speak your mind without looking someone in the eyes. Be "off

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August 16, 2011 Articles

Spamming Mechanisms

It used to be a very clear line between what was considered spam and what was not. Things have changed

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July 20, 2010 Articles

The Myth Of Location

Why hasn’t Foursquare and other location-aware platforms taken off? Let’s not dismiss the amazing growth that online platforms like Foursquare

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April 7, 2010 Articles

Moving Marketing From Your Eyes To Your Hands

I have a personal gripe with anyone who questions what Social Media can do for their business. We toss around

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February 27, 2010 Articles

Are Brands Really "On" Twitter?

Are brands doing the right thing when they join Twitter and get involved? It’s a tough question to answer. One

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