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In flight internet service offers poor customer value
More than three years ago I wrote a post noting that gogo internet service http://www.gogoair.com was so-so. I’ve used the service when available and again this past week I flew on a certain airline that offered the gogo internet service. I’m here … Continue reading
Acxiom – a huge data marketing company that knows things about you
Having been in the direct marketing business for much of my career I have been familiar with Little Rock, Arkansas-based Acxiom including yesterday when he formally introduced http://www.aboutthedata.com an Acxiom website that offers consumers the chance to review some of … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Best business practices, Data collection, Data driven marketing, Living in the World Today, Marketing stuff, Personal Privacy
Tagged Acxiom, Allaboutdata.com, Dun & Bradstreet, Experian, Julie Brill, New York Times, Personal data collection, Scott Howe, selling consumer data
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Facial recognition software demonstrates 1984 is finally here – thirty years late
When I read the article yesterday I could feel my eyes get a little wider and my jaw drop just a bit. An article that started out as such: ‘The federal government is making progress on developing a surveillance system … Continue reading
Major League Baseball is not acting in its own best interests
For those of you who do not know, and per Wikipedia, the Commissioner of Baseball is the chief executive of Major League Baseball (MLB) and its associated minor leagues – a constellation of leagues and clubs known as organized baseball. Under the direction of the Commissioner, the … Continue reading
Why movie theater chains don’t bother with branding
It’s been a little over a year (almost 14 months) since Chinese owned Wanda Group purchased AMC Cinemas in one of the biggest deals of 2012. While I have posited on why people still go to the movies in a … Continue reading
Expats living in the U.S. and China still seem to forgo a wide world view
I’ve posted that American expatriates living in China have increased my learning curve. Having met more than fifty U.S.A. born expatriates that now live in China (and even more non-U.S western expats), there are similarities in their view of … Continue reading
Don’t telephone Millennials and they won’t call you either
Writer Joel Stein’s recent article in Time Magazine entitled ‘The Me Me Me Generation’ was well-written if not incomplete. We’ve all seen examples of narcissistic teens and twenty-somethings but as a generational group they hardly are unique as I’ve seen many … Continue reading
I’m saying good-bye to my printed newspaper – mostly
A study from Deloitte last week entitled “Readers abandon print for digital platforms but it’s a slow revolution’ really caught my attention. Excerpt from the article: Newspapers — Print plummets: 39 percent of newspaper reading respondents … Continue reading
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