Last week I had the fortune to be part of an event that we should all care about. It was a meeting of the National Arts Marketing Project, a conference sponsored by the Americans for the Arts and designed to help art based organizations around the country use marketing to drive more engagement, subscriptions, and
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Trendspot: A Potential Influx of Expats
Regardless of how you feel about the way that the US presidential election turned out, there is one fact that seems fairly indisputable … the world outside of America overwhelmingly supported Obama over McCain. One site in particular that crystallized this truth is called www.iftheworldcouldvote.com. The site invites people outside of the US to share
Continue reading »Something to Believe In
There’s a singer named Israel Kamakawiwo from Hawaii that I first rediscovered during a good friend’s wedding. You may not know who he is by name, but you have probably heard his often replayed rendition of "=Over The Rainbow" at some point in your life. It was the song that my friend came down the
Continue reading »Inside BusinessWeek's Social Media Idea: Business Excha ...
Several months ago I had the chance to see a beta version of a site that I was immediately pretty excited about. As with most private beta versions of sites, I wasn’t able to talk about it at the time to share my impressions, but I knew that it was a site I would be
Continue reading »Is Social Media Becoming The New MBA?
The rise of Web2.0 success stories has created an interesting phenomenon in the world of business. Today, far more than 5 years ago, you could easily point to a list of entrepreneurs who have built successful businesses without having a graduate business degree. The same MBA degree that was once considered the "green fees" to
Continue reading »How Obama's Brand Helped Him To Win The Election
Just a few minutes ago, Barack Obama was officially declared the winner of the Presidential election and my vote in Virginia was officially deemed to mean something for the first time by going for the Democrats as part of Obama’s huge victory. Looking back, there were many marketing lessons that any business could learn from
Continue reading »Unpacking The "Pepsi 25" Social Media Rebranding C ...
By now you may have seen some posts from several social media influencers (Peter Shankman, Chris Brogan, PSFK, Jason Falls among others) in the marketing and advertising field about Pepsi’s innovative new campaign being dubbed by many the "Pepsi 25" for their choice of 25 bloggers to single out and send three packages over the
Continue reading »Why You Need To Hire Employees With Strong Personal Brands
Did you ever realize that actors in films are essentially short term employees? The model for big Hollywood films is that actors lend their personal brands to a film as much as their acting ability, and in return the studios leverage those personal brands to get people interested in seeing a film. It is a
Continue reading »High Peaks Resort's Recession Marketing Strategy
As everyone talks about how the recession may change their business, one industry that will likely feel the effects severely is travel. More specifically, leisure travel as people put off that next vacation, or choose to stick close to home rather than heading to more exotic destinations. You might think there’s not much any one
Continue reading »Buy My Second Book Today (And Save The World)
Ok, before I get into too much trouble – let me explain. Today is the release of a project that I am honored to be involved in, and you could arguably call my second book, though I am sharing author credit with 236 other authors I highly respect. The book is called Age of Conversation
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