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by Mark Vanderbeeken
Disney is launching a US service that will enable parents to monitor how their children use their mobile
They will be able to track voice, text, video and picture messages and set limits on their children's
The phone will also allow parents to locate where their children are via a ...
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by Laurel Delaney
Taking your business global means searching for new customers and new markets. More than 95 percent of the world's consumers live outside the United States. Where in the world are your cross-border
Here are 12 places to
1. The Federation of International Trade Associations
Furnishes trade leads, news, events and ...
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by Leigh Duncan-Durst
MTV Networks has conducted a study which proves multichannel/multiplatform brands have a higher level of "transference" (or positive brand association for advertisers) than brands that are promoted within a single channel.
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by Jonathan Kranz
I just had lunch with Rosemary Brutico of Quintessence where we had a terrific conversation about marketing, consulting and
One of the recurring themes of our the value of publishing -- and the way the Web has changed
Take articles, for instance. In the old days (not so long ago), ...
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by Eric Frenchman
In Sunday's NY , a front-page article titled Internet Injects Sweeping Change into US , gave what I believe is a really one-sided view on how politicians are going to use the Internet in the
No, I'm not talking about left versus right views or Democrat versus Republican, although there ...
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by BL Ochman
Machine translations can be quite a hoot. Unless you are depending on them in business. Misled ladies and horsemen of " began the advice in BabelFish
to English of a blog post -- written in Spanish -- by Andrés , manager of Grey Interactive, , tracking from his blog, , ...
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by Andrea Learned
Have you ever noticed when a store's online look and feel don't match it's offline experience, or vice
You've built up expectations of a certain standard, but one just isn't even in the same league as the other in anticipating the needs of your buying
For the "it all matters" ...
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by Jeanne Bliss
Did anyone see the Business online The Skinny on Plus-Size Retailers specializing in women's sizes 14 to 32 are ringing up big sales gains, and their stocks are rising,
Surprise, surprise, the forgotten masses of women (who are more like normal women than those sticks who walk down the runway ...
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by Sara Holoubek
It's 1964 and you are sitting in front of the T.V. with your kid sister. Mom and Dad are on the couch. There is no arguing about what to watch; "The Ed Sullivan Show" wins hands
Fast-forward 42 years and you are watching video from your computer at work. Your ...
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by Seth Godin
Well, of course it had to happen. The marketing hordes are descending upon the passalong
...without really understanding what they're doing. Check out this stupid Dancing . It's sort of like the original dancing baby, but without the panache, the eeriness or the surprising
What marketers need to understand about ...
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by Elaine Fogel
I've worked on both sides of the consulting
I've been part of a senior management team that used a variety of consultants on a regular basis, and now, I am the consultant. What a difference a day
I'm encountering a whole new realm of experience. Business development - not for ...
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by Mark Vanderbeeken
As companies seek more innovative employees, MBAs who have learned techniques for cutting-edge creative thinking might have an
...in the new economy, writes Jeffrey Gangemi in a Business Week article on innovation and creativity development in business
An
B-school students in Professor Jim Patell's "Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability" course ...
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by Allen Weiss
Here is a second test of the poll concept. This also can be very short or somewhat longer. It will show up on the home page as well as dedicated page. So, here would be an example poll. Right now, I have to listen to gardners use their gas engines ...
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by Roy Young
Seth Godin says so. At least so says the title of his latest book, All Marketers Are . However, once you start reading the book, it's clear that what Seth means
...that All Marketers Are Storytellers. He even admitted it at a recent IIR conference in Las . He is ...
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by Eric Frenchman
This may have slipped under the radar, but Arnold Schwarzenegger, as reported by , launched a TV campaign now, even though he is running unopposed in the Republican Primary. The commercial, produced by National Media is significant
...it is very early in the campaign
Pushing out advertising now, 7 months ...
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by Ann Handley
Check out Chris
p.s. Many thanks to Mark for the
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by Jonathan Kranz
In 10 years of copywriting and consulting with clients, I can't think of a single instance where a traditional print ad made a meaningful contribution to a client's marketing and sales
Not one. (Okay, perhaps one or two. But these were very deep-pocketed clients who could afford to commit to ...
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by BL Ochman
"Free beer for review!" said the
I don't drink, but I always love to see how products are marketed. I'll write a review, I said, after I get a friend or two to sample the beer, which, strangely, wasn't named in the
The next day, a box arrives, containing this ...
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by Andrea Learned
Adam Sternbergh wrote a fun and insightful piece for the April 3, 2006 issue of New York magazine, entitled "Up With Grups*." In it, he
...about "a brave new world whose citizens are radically rethinking what it means to be a grown-up and whether being a grown-up still requires, you ...
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by Laurel Delaney
Think small and global marketing becomes a mouse-click away. As early as 1985, I started to view markets outside the USA
...the future of our business. We even put global, trading and sourcing in our company name. That vision, along with the new facilitator called the Internet, has broken down ...
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by Seth Godin
Britt Isaac writes in with this great before and after case study of a Super Bowl
Start with this about American HomeHealth Inc. of St. Petersburg, FL. Apparently, they blew their entire wad on the big
And now?
If they had spent the money over the course of a year, ...
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by Mark Vanderbeeken
Adam Richardson, strategy director at frog design, reflects on the fact that ten years ago this week, Palm Computing debuted the Pilot
"1996 seems like eons ago, but the major PDA market has been around for a very short amount of time, really. The primitiveness of that first machine is ...
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by Leigh Duncan-Durst
A recent study questions the ability of individuals with M.B.A. degrees to contribute to outperforming companies, adding fuel to the debate over the value of modern-day M.B.A. programs. What's missing in today's M.B.A. programs?
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by Jeanne Bliss
CEOs no longer need to be convinced of the importance of developing relationships with profitable customers and keeping them around. What they need now
...a way to accomplish this feat. Some are considering the creation of a C-level position to drive the
Suggesting a "Chief Customer Officer" may seem frivolous ...
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by Elaine Fogel
I've never been at a loss for words in my life. Even in ninth grade, I remember my French teacher, M. Depigny, chastising me for talking too much and sending me to the
Yes, the corner of the class in ninth grade! OK, so he was a
And on my ...
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