Creativity and the Role of the Leader, written 2 days ago, Last year I participated in a Harvard Business School colloquium titled Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future. I had a great time contributing to the conversation there and learned a lot, too -- in other words, it was...

The Frugal Economy: "Times are hard, you know*", written 10 hours ago, Is there anyone out there who thinks we're not heading for an all-time doozy of a recession? You don't? Well then, read this. The rest of us will wait. (Time passes.) OK, now we're all back and on the same page, let's t...

Beginning to feel a lot like Christmas, written 18 hours ago, Christmas seems to be "felt" a little bit late than previous years this year. Yes, you hear Christmas songs already and malls are starting to display Christmas decors but the "feeling" of Christmas is not yet in the ai...

Bart De Waele Quotes, written 1 week ago, Bart De Waele (Netlash) did it again, this time with 2 interesting quotes (I feel like a character in "Fans"): "The price of being a sheep is boredom. The price of being a wolf is loneliness. Choose one or the other with great care." &quo...

Economy? TIME TO HIRE!, written 3 days ago, http://businesstodaync.com/economy.html Take a look at this front page!  Our very own Fran Boling of Cornelius NC is featured in this article.  CONGRATS FRAN ON A GREAT YEAR SO FAR AND FOR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF YOUR OPPORTUNITIES!

Thank goodness Columbus didn't rely on the USPS for directions, written 7 hours ago, Come on US Post Office! What kind of marketing are you doing there? Why are you making your customers work so hard for some simple information? On Columbus Day surely it makes sense to put a link on your home page t...

Social Media Marketing is an Ecology Lifecycle, Not a Sales Cycle, written 23 hours ago, In my research of Social Media I have developed an ecology lifecycle plan that goes beyond the sales cycle and into the real essence of what we are really dealing with in social networking: a social media ecolog...

Forty-Four Years Ago, written 3 days ago, We're hearing quite a few references lately to what happened forty-four years ago. In discussing swing states, it's often said that the last time xyz state voted the Democratic ticket in a presidential campaign was forty-four years ago. It was also the year ...

VCs Warn Start Ups to Reduce Their Burn Rate, written 7 hours ago, Om Malik, one of the few uber-A-listers I haven't met or hung out with yet, has a fantastic post about the economy, VC Funding and start ups. With the economy heading so completely south, start ups are starting to tighten their belts...

Legal News - LexBlogosphere: 10/10/09, written 2 days ago, One week of midterms down, one to go. I hope your week wasn't as stressful as mine. If it was, stop working. It's Friday afternoon, time to close up shop with the ten best posts from around the LexBlogosphere. Have a great weekend e...

Knockout Call - Over 1000 Called In…, written 5 hours ago, I when I say "Knockout" I REALLY mean it! We have over a 1000 people on PPC Classroom Interview call last. The lines were so flooded that many people got KICKED OFF! As a result we've have TONS of people requesting a recording. B...

Digital Signage – the Next Big Thing, written 7 hours ago, Not long ago, Times Square was the epicenter of digital signage in the U.S. It may still represent the highest concentration, but digital signage is exploding and you see it just about everywhere now. Digital signage is officially "th...

Information, decision rights and effective project management, written 1 day ago, HBR's article on Strategy Execution (Neilson et al, June 08) talks about the relative effectiveness of various strategic approaches to change and finds information flows and decision rights to be the key areas to addre...

Madison Avenue Agency Fails Advertising 101, written 4 days ago, Last night I saw a Burger King TV commercial in which two guys dressed in hamburger costumes go to Wendy's to order hamburgers, only to conclude that Wendy's doesn't offer burgers as good as BK. The primary visual displayed on the scre...

What is a Good Idea?, written 6 days ago, I just read one of the more compelling definitions of what a "Good Idea" is. This definition is remarkable in its brevity and clarity. You might also agree …"A really good idea is simple, unexpected and relevant. And it unites extremes: it s...

Media Roundup: 10/10/08, written 3 days ago, Hello, Readers ~As usual, there were a lot of interesting media headlines this week - airline ads taking off, Google playing games & ranking influence, and those wired Millennials forcing companies to revamp their customer experiences .

Twitter and the Usefulness of Real Time Social Networks, written 1 week ago, I don't feel the same way about Twitter as I do about my blog. If I don't get a chance to, uh, tweet for a couple of days, I don't feel an itch to get back at it. I'm in Twitter because, as my colleague once put it, &qu...

Bob Hoffman's Secrets Are Out In The Open, written 1 hour ago, The difference between a great agency and a good one--or a great creative team and a good one--is not what they can make, it's what they can sell. It has long been my contention that 90% of the people in this business can create One Show...

Social Media For Small Business, written 13 hours ago, Tomorrow I have the pleasure of presenting as part of the Master's of Business Online one day boot camp in Indianapolis. The title of my presentation is technically, "Social Media Strategies: Marketing in a Web 2.0 world," and will add...

Automotive search engine brand marketing for car dealers.