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Are LinkedIn and Twitter anti-competitive?
Linked In was in the news yet again this morning after yesterday’s news that Linked In had more sales, made more money, but its growth arc may be flattening. Consequently the stock price took a hit after-hours as attention is … Continue reading
Don’t be fooled – inertia is a powerful force
Newton’s first law of motion is often stated as: An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. Inertia is … Continue reading
Supercell is the latest fast rising online game fad company
Following is an article from last week’s Wall Street Journal that I found extremely interesting as it relates to the ‘faditzation’ of mobile games. (I have edited it only slightly.) ‘Last week on October 16 Japan’s Softbank Corp. agreed to … Continue reading
The Direct Marketing Association Annual Convention – DOA?
I have attended more than twenty Direct Marketing Association conferences. But I gave up going to the conference two years ago after my then-company won a DMA Innovation award for a Twitter campaign at the 2011 DMA Boston event. Four … Continue reading
China Skinny does a good job curating China content
One of my new favorite China information sites is China Skinny It is a collection of stories related to marketing and lifestyle development in the Middle Kingdom. The variety of stories is very good and I almost always find more than … Continue reading
When will Foursquare sell you your own data?
I am still checking in on Foursquare. I’m not entirely sure why I do, but it’s become part of my daily routine. Earlier this year Foursquare received $451 million in additional funding. According to Forbes Magazine and an article by Jeff … Continue reading
CNN’s Headline News and Robin Meade – a bright spot wherever Americans Travel
Since I have been back on the road lately I’ve had occasion to spend a number of nights in hotels. Unlike what I do when I am home, whenever I travel, when I wake up I seem to always be … Continue reading
Leaders don’t think about leading
As I sit on a very cramped New Haven line train, I think about what makes a leader. For whatever reason I had not realized that leaders don’t need to know everything. I know this because I thought I liked … Continue reading
Newspaper tablet apps – good but not great
I’ve been reading the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal exclusively on my Amazon Kindle for a few months (except for weekends as I could not bear to give up the printed Sunday Times). Since I now have … Continue reading
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