The last portion of this interview with Paul Laudicina of A.T. Kearney really struck me. Take a read through this paragraph, and then let’s discuss.
You know, Peter Drucker used to say that companies fail not because they do the wrong thing or because they do the right thing poorly,...
I love branded content tools and applications.
If you aren’t thinking about creating one, you need to be…now!
What is a branded content tool? Simply put, it’s an online application that comes from a brand (i.e., Kraft) that solves a very simple problem or is...
I had an interesting email conversation with Sak van den Boom at CustomerMedia.nl about digital magazines recently.
We can’t seem to find a company doing more with the digital magazine format than KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and their digital magazine iFly. If you haven’t seen...
Times are tough, and the folks at Monster.com are responding.
I was forwarded this updated career advice section from Monster (thanks @jimkozak) and from the looks of it, they are responding directly to the informational needs of their customers.
Let’s take a look at challenges...
In last Thursday’s edition of the New York Times I read this article about ‘Trust Me’ – the new TNT drama about a Chicago advertising agency – that premiered last week.
The difference between this one, and say ‘Mad Men’, is that real products are...
Quick story for you.
I was flying back a few nights ago from Chicago via Southwest Airlines. After we landed, there was a long taxi to get to the gate – and to pass the time, everyone was talking to each other (it was actually pretty loud).
About a minute into the taxi the...
We’ve talked about him before and recognized he has good ideas, and now he has something new to share. Tim Carter, the owner of AsktheBuilder, recently tried a different method to grow his list and is willing to share what he found.
Carter teaches his audience how to complete construction projects using videos. These videos [...]