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Earlier this year I posted a blog titled “Hardwiring and the Hard Sell.” It discussed the possibility of integrating statistically predicted genetic tendencies with demonstrated past behaviors to create a powerful, highly specific marketing tool. I closed with the following, cautionary observation “Consumer profiling on this level might appear to be a marketer’s dream, but…

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[imageframe lightbox=”no” style_type=”none” bordercolor=”” bordersize=”0px” stylecolor=”” align=”right” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][/imageframe] 2552°F is the melting point of silicon. That’s significantly higher than the temperature at which paper burns, which was famously adopted as the title of Ray Bradbury’s classic science fiction novel: Fahrenheit 451. For those who haven’t read the book (or experienced the…

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[imageframe lightbox=”no” style_type=”none” bordercolor=”” bordersize=”0px” stylecolor=”” align=”right” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][/imageframe]I currently serve as volunteer co-chair of my local school district’s Industry Advisory Board. It is an organization founded on the principle that businesspeople need to work with educators to provide students with relevant, career-related opportunities that complement their academic achievements. When I joined…

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[imageframe lightbox=”no” style_type=”none” bordercolor=”” bordersize=”0px” stylecolor=”” align=”right” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][/imageframe] If anyone still doubts the transformational effects the digital media are having on our culture, the recent events in Egypt and Tunisia should finally set them to rest. In both cases, social networks, predominately Facebook and Twitter, are acknowledged as being instrumental in…

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For the past year or so I’ve been dutifully following the very public discussion on ROI as it relates to social networks and the digital media. I’ve tracked discussion threads, downloaded white papers, read articles online and in print (and yes, print does still matter). I initially approached the subject with interest, then continued to…

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It became a hot topic the other day, although I’m having a difficult time understanding why.  In last Wednesday’s baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays, shortstop Derek Jeter was awarded first base because the umpire believed that he had been hit by a pitch; a misconception Jeter played up…

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A few weeks ago this blog raised questions about the wisdom of using celebrities in advertising, particularly in the wake of Tiger Woods’ rapid fall from testimonial grace. Yesterday the Tiger Redemption Tour (soon to be part of the PGA Tour) reached a milestone with the announcement that he would resume his golf career at…

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This week marks National Employee Appreciation Week in the United States, a time for employers to stop and say “thank you” to all of their employees. In speaking with human resource professionals all day, every day, I hear of many companies that feel as though they are running on empty, with no resources left with…

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Living in New York, aka the Pizza Capital of the World, often (or usually) when the name “Domino’s” is mentioned there’s a good amount of snickering, if not an all out LOL. In fact, if you really stop to think about it, it’s amazing the pizza chain is still in existence at all. So this…

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Not too long ago I posted a blog paralleling Gresham’s Law in economics to issues in digital communication. Well, there’s another principle of economics I see applying to our brave, new digital world: the one propounded (with tongue firmly in cheek) by C. Northcote Parkinson in the November 19,1955 issue of The Economist. Parkinsons Law…

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