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Continuing Discussions on Knowledge Management
thinkJar14 May 2013 | 12:00 pmDid you have fun reading through the last series of posts about the future of knowledge management I wrote for Stone Cobra (links at the bottom of this post)? My model is to do “sponsored” research; I know it sounds horrible, so let me explain. I don’t have the bandwidth as a single person organization to deliver consistent, periodic research as I did when I was with Gartner. I want to use blogs to spread the research, it is far easier than writing and distributing notes (trust me, I did that already) but I am somewhat limited when I just do it on my blog. As much as I… -
“The Mistake Bank” e-book is here – $3.99
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Barack Obama felicita a Cristina Kirchner por el 25 de Mayo
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El dólar "blue" pierde 20 centavos y se vende a $8,38
Clarin.com - HOME22 May 2013 | 7:55 amDesde las cuevas dicen que hay menos demanda y pocas operaciones. Las presiones oficiales para que la divisa baje a $8 y no supere ese valor hasta las elecciones de octubre, según los vendedores, están resultando.
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Switching to Mac from Windows? Here a great chart to help the transition [infographic]
22 May 2013 | 8:45 amSwitching from Windows to Mac? MacWorld has put together this handy chart to help you. From printers to speakers, it’s all here: For more on this and other Mac articles see: MacWorld. Love Macs? So do we. See more stories at mac. Photo credit: MacWorld Staff -
10 places transportation things (subways, bikes) go to when dead
22 May 2013 | 8:33 amWhat happens to old subway cars? Well, in some parts of the world they may end up offshore as part of a reef. Left your bike left in the wrong place at the wrong time in Amsterdam? Could be that you can find it at the FietsDepot – but good luck with that! There are [...] -
38 words with no English equivalent – “grief bacon”?
22 May 2013 | 8:17 amMental Floss has accumulated a list of 38 words that have no equivalent word in English and top of the list is Kummerspeck (German), which means emotional over-eating but is literally translated as “grief bacon”. Here are a few others. For the complete list, see the link to the article, below. Cavoli Riscaldati (Italian) The [...] -
How to decide if a daily aspirin is harmful
22 May 2013 | 8:09 amA new algorithm outlines factors doctors should consider when deciding whether or not a patient would benefit from a daily dose of aspirin. Approximately 50 million people in the United States take a daily aspirin to treat or prevent heart disease. Of these, at least half take more than 100 milligrams of the drug—more than [...] -
Cartilage gets bum rap for osteoarthritis
22 May 2013 | 7:31 amOsteoarthritis, a painful disease thought to be primarily a problem with the cartilage that cushions joints, may actually be caused in large part by the bone underneath. The insight led to a proof-of-concept experiment in which researchers found they could stop progression of the degenerative disease by blocking the action of a critical protein involved [...]
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Continuing Discussions on Knowledge Management
14 May 2013 | 12:00 pmDid you have fun reading through the last series of posts about the future of knowledge management I wrote for Stone Cobra (links at the bottom of this post)? My model is to do “sponsored” research; I know it sounds horrible, so let me explain. I don’t have the bandwidth as a single person organization to deliver consistent, periodic research as I did when I was with Gartner. I want to use blogs to spread the research, it is far easier than writing and distributing notes (trust me, I did that already) but I am somewhat limited when I just do it on my blog. As much as I… -
Salesforce Launched Communities Today
2 May 2013 | 6:45 am(Event note: the traditional Salesforce marketing cycle is to announce a new model/slogan/message at a Dreamforce event, then take the next 1-2 yeas to strengthen the delivery of that message, refining it along the way in Cloudforce or Tour events like this one. This is what happened with the social enterprise, and what is happening with the customer company. I still don’t like the concept of the customer company – don’t think i ever will – but, the past few months have been very good for Salesforce corporate communications people and the message I heard here was… -
Moxie Tries to Change The Collaboration Game
30 Apr 2013 | 7:01 pmOK, I am not going to assume you know this – so here it is: Moxie Software is a long-standing client (so are the competitors for the solution described here – I cannot escape that fact; I work in the industry I cover) and I worked with them on the strategy leading to this launch. Does this make my coverage biased? You can decide that, after you read why this can change the game for collaboration. If you think I can be tainted by my relationship with Moxie please feel free to stop reading. Here is the usual scenario: you can get free collaboration tools anywhere these days… -
What the Launch of Social.com Shows Us
23 Apr 2013 | 1:24 pmToday Salesforce announced the launch of Social.com – a social advertising solution that brings the power of Radian6 (R6) and Buddy Media (BM) (two acquisitions made by Salesforce in the past two years for over $1 Billion total that had been floundering looking for a purpose) into an innovative way to use Marketing 2.0 (or is it 3.0? 4.0? whatever version number would be the next). There are three reasons this is very interesting: It shows Salesforce listened to — well, virtually every analyst and pundit in the industry that told them that R6 and BM were nowhere near a traditional… -
Big Cheese Day at the Gamification Summit in SF
22 Apr 2013 | 4:37 pmIf you follow my blog you know that I am a fan of The West Wing and sometimes I quote it in my writing. In case you don’t know the reference to Big Cheese Day, in one of the episodes of The West Wing the Chief of Staff assigns the senior staff one day a year when they have to meet with groups that normally would not get access to the white house (usually because their message is not aligned with policy making or because their message is not relevant to a large part of the population). An example was the people who wanted to build “an animal superhighway” to allow wild…
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“The Mistake Bank” e-book is here – $3.99
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A sneak peek of Chapter 1 of the Mistake Bank book
23 Mar 2013 | 5:44 pmI’ve attached a pdf document that represents Chapter 1 as it will be laid out. Note that the illustrations are not yet the final scans, but this gives you a sense of what the whole book will look like. I hope you like it! The Mistake Bank Chapter 1 – Bouncing Back -
An even-briefer definition of strategy
29 May 2012 | 2:35 pmFrom a working paper by Eric J. Van den Steen of Harvard Business School (”A Theory of Explicitly Formulated Strategy“), via Harvard Business School Working Knowledge: I define a strategy as the ‘smallest set of – intended or actual – choices and decisions sufficient to guide all other choices and decisions’ (or, more concisely, the ‘smallest set of choices to guide all other choices’). The concise definition is 10 words long. Our prior brief definition, also via HBR, was 15 words long. -
Ron Adner mini-podcast: Why smart companies make avoidable innovation mistakes
27 Mar 2012 | 7:16 amAfter our recent interview with Ron Adner, author of “The Wide Lens: A New Strategy for Innovation,” we got to chatting, and in that exchange we talked about the reasons smart companies can fall into the trap of a too-narrow viewpoint. I You can learn more about The Wide Lens at its website, where chapter 1 is available to read for free. Mini-Podcast: Ron Adner after interview discussion (4:15) -
Podcast: “The Wide Lens” author Ron Adner shares stories of innovation mistakes
20 Mar 2012 | 5:24 amI had the opportunity to interview Ron Adner, professor at the Tuck School of Business and author of “The Wide Lens: A New Strategy of Innovation.” The book details the challenges with innovating when you are dependent on more than you and the end-customer – including intermediaries, co-innovators, etc., who influence the success of your new venture. Ron shares a couple of great stories, but perhaps the most significant part of the interview is the discussion that happens after each story. One of the great benefits of sharing mistake stories is dialoguing with others about…
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Barack Obama felicita a Cristina Kirchner por el 25 de Mayo
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Karina Jelinek viaja a Miami y abandona a Leo Fariña
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Cristina Kirchner bajó diez puestos en el ranking de las mujeres más poderosas de la revista Forbes
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La lista completa de los 500 productos con precios congelados
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El hombre señalado como autor de las fotos de la supuesta bóveda de Lázaro Báez
22 May 2013 | 8:07 amSergio Triviño habría ayudado al empresario a desarmar las cajas fuertes que tenía en su chacra de Río Gallegos; la diputada Elisa Carrió llevó las imágenes a la Justicia
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El dólar "blue" pierde 20 centavos y se vende a $8,38
22 May 2013 | 7:55 amDesde las cuevas dicen que hay menos demanda y pocas operaciones. Las presiones oficiales para que la divisa baje a $8 y no supere ese valor hasta las elecciones de octubre, según los vendedores, están resultando. -
Suspenden a una profesora por una clase de educación sexual
22 May 2013 | 7:43 amEs por un libro que les hizo leer a sus alumnos. El Ministerio de Educación provincial avaló la decisión del colegio. -
Forster se burló de las denuncias contra Lázaro Báez: “Se parecen a un folletín y a un vodevil”
22 May 2013 | 7:42 amEl referente del grupo de intelectuales K, Carta Abierta, cuestionó las investigaciones de Lanata. “Están llenas de personajes turbios y lúmpenes del jet set”, dijo. -
Investigan a Boudou por tráfico de influencias en el canje de 2010
22 May 2013 | 7:39 amLa causa es por presunto tráfico de influencias en favor de la consultora Arcadia. También está involucrado el titular de la Anses, Diego Bossio. La denuncia fue presentada por el diputado Pino Solanas -
Bajan a Cristina del ranking de la mujeres más poderosas del mundo y suben a Dilma
22 May 2013 | 7:29 amPerdió 10 posiciones en el ranking que elabora anualmente la revista Forbes. En cambio, su par brasileña, Dilma Rousseff, ocupa el segundo puesto.
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Geoguessr, un juego basado en Google Street View
21 May 2013 | 6:18 pmHoy encontré un juego basado en Google Street View que se llama Geoguessr; Let’s explore the world! El juego en sí es muy fácil de entender. Pero lo que lo hace genial, es que muestra otra faceta en que entender la geografía puede ser más interesante que solamente aprenderte las capitales, los volcanes y los ríos de cierta región. El juego pone a prueba tu sentido de la ubicación. ¿De qué trata Geoguessr? Geoguessr te pone 5 paisajes sacados de Google Street View, te los muestra uno por uno. Tienes que colocar un pin en el mapa del mundo, tratando de adivinar qué ciudad o qué… -
iPad revoluciona los juegos sociales
21 May 2013 | 12:52 pmAitcheson es un estudio independiente de un graduado en matemáticas con honores y que ha pasado los últimos tres años dirigiendo su negocio como una empresa individual que se centra en los juegos de iOS como Greedy Bankers, Slamjet Stadium, Spaceteam, entre otros. Aitcheson explicó que cuando se elige el modo multiplayer de las versiones exclusivas puedes ver el potencial del iPad como eje social. Por esta razón el decidió tomar esta idea de que a las personas nos gusta compartir momentos de recreación y creó Slamjet Stadium que es un juego en pantalla compartida con un tema… -
Xbox One, todo sobre la nueva la nueva Xbox
21 May 2013 | 12:02 pmEl día de hoy, Microsoft presentó en sociedad la Xbox One, la nueva generación de Xbox, y que pretende redefinir no sólo el mundo de los videojuegos, si no el del entretenimiento en el hogar. Tras 12 años de la incursión de Microsoft en el mundo de los videojuegos, le a tocado evolucionar, adaptarse a la sala de la casa, a decir de los de Redmond, uno de lo espacios mas “importantes” del hogar. La Xbox One, ha sido totalmente rediseñada, tanto en apariencia como internamente, el control y Kinetic también, destaca su integración con Skype, su procesadores poderosos, contenidos… -
Conoce los crímenes que has cometido en Facebook al rededor del mundo
20 May 2013 | 9:39 pm¿Alguna vez se han preguntado qué tan legal son las publicaciones que realizan en Facebook? Si bien la libre expresión en un derecho con el que contamos todos los Mexicanos, en algunos países muchas de las cosas que decíamos podrían ser causa de una sentencia a muerte. Amnistía Internacional ha creado una aplicación web de prueba con la que podemos darnos una idea de la cantidad de delitos que hemos llevado a cabo según las leyes que rigen cada uno de los diferentes países alrededor del mundo. La aplicación analiza el perfil de cada persona, tomando en cuenta todo lo que se ha… -
#backupmonday Por una cultura del respaldo
20 May 2013 | 2:25 pmEste artículo se publicó originalmente en la sección Voy derecho y no me quito del periódico el Nuevo Mexicano, medio en el que colaboramos semanalmente con artículos de opinión relativos a Internet, el diseño y Social Media. #backupmonday Por una cultura del respaldo La computadora se ha convertido en una herramienta fundamenta para nuestro trabajo diario. ¿Se imaginan que por alguna razón se quedan sin su información? Muchos tenemos la vida, profesionalmente hablando, dentro del disco duro de la laptop. Perderlos sería casi una tragedia. Desafortunadamente me ha pasado.
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Soldiers flood western Mexico to protect towns
22 May 2013 | 6:57 amMexico's top security officials promised Tuesday that a new federal offensive to rescue towns besieged by the Knights Templar drug cartel in western Michoacan state would stay "until there is security and peace for all state residents." Interior Secretary Miguel Osorio Chong and his national security team met with local officials in the state ... (more) -
China's President Xi Jinping To Visit Mexico Next Month
22 May 2013 | 2:43 amPresident of China, Xi Jinping, will visit Mexico from June 4 to 6, the foreign ministry said in a statement. -
3 plead guilty to cross-border kidnapping plan
22 May 2013 | 1:38 amFederal prosecutors say three men have pleaded guilty in San Diego to planning to abduct three people who owed money for drugs. -
Mexico: EFL Teacher
21 May 2013 | 9:23 pmITALY Successful and well known language school is situated between Milan and Turin, opened in 1972 is now for sale due to retirement. -
The pope and the devil: Is Francis an exorcist?
21 May 2013 | 5:08 pmPope Francis' fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped "liberate" a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican's insistence that no such papal exorcism took place.
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The Official Google Blog - Latin America
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Libertad de expresión en todos los medios
3 May 2013 | 8:03 amHoy se celebra el Día de la Libertad de Prensa, en el que las sociedades somos convocadas a reflexionar sobre uno de los principios básicos sobre los que se construyen las sociedades democráticas. En el 20 aniversario de esta fecha, líderes de la región de todos los ámbitos se están dando cita en San José de Costa Rica bajo el lema “Hablar sin riesgo: Por el ejercicio seguro de la libertad de expresión en todos los medios”. Ese “todos” incluye Internet, la más poderosa plataforma de comunicación y acceso al conocimiento que ha conocido la humanidad. Hoy, millones de… -
Informe de transparencia: más solicitudes gubernamentales de eliminación de contenido que nunca
26 Apr 2013 | 9:40 amHace tres años, cuando lanzamos el Informe de transparencia, dijimos que esperábamos que sirviera para aclarar la escala y el ámbito de las solicitudes gubernamentales de censura y de adquisición de datos en todo el mundo. Hoy, por séptima vez, presentamos nuevas cifras de las solicitudes gubernamentales que recibimos para la eliminación de contenido de nuestros servicios. De julio a diciembre de 2012 recibimos 2,285 solicitudes gubernamentales instando a la eliminación de 24,179 elementos de contenido, lo cual supone un aumento con respecto a las solicitudes que… -
Disfruten del Día Mundial del Arte y de La Colección de Arte del BID con Google Art Project
15 Apr 2013 | 11:25 amHoy es el Día Mundial del Arte y casi el segundo aniversario del lanzamiento de nuestro Google Art Project. Para celebrarlo, y en reconocimiento de nuestros socios, grandes y pequeños, tradicionales y modernos, vamos a dar una mirada a cómo interactúa la gente con el arte online. Internet hace que las pinturas cobren vida y parece ser que La noche estrellada de Van Gogh es uno de los cuadros más admirados por los visitantes de Art Project. En los últimos seis meses, fue el cuadro y gigapíxel (una pintura de altísima resolución que permite que el observador pueda acercarse a nivel de… -
Planifiquen su vida digital futura con el Administrador de cuentas inactivas
11 Apr 2013 | 11:40 amNo a muchos les gusta pensar sobre la muerte, especialmente la propia, sin embargo, hacer planes para lo que sucede después de que se hayan ido es realmente importante para la gente que dejan atrás. Es por eso que hoy estamos lanzando una nueva función que hace más fácil decirle a Google lo que quieren que se haga con sus bienes digitales cuando mueran o cuando ya no puedan usar más su cuenta. Esta función se llama Administrador de cuentas inactivas (no es un gran nombre, lo sabemos), y la encontrarán en la página de preferencias de su Cuenta de Google. Pueden decirnos qué hacer con… -
Participen en la II edición del Concurso de Blogs y ayuden a promover la cultura en español en Internet
4 Apr 2013 | 11:33 amEl uso del español, tanto fuera como dentro de Internet, crece año con año. Ya somos más de 495 millones de hispanohablantes en el mundo y se espera que en 2030 el 7.5% de la población (535 millones de personas) lo sea, un porcentaje que supera a los hablantes de ruso, francés o alemán. En el mundo digital, nuestra presencia en la red va por buen camino, sin embargo, seguimos estando por detrás de idiomas tan relevantes como el inglés o el chino.Actualmente, de los más de 2,000 millones de usuarios que tiene Internet, el 7.8% se comunica en español. El crecimiento ha sido de más…
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El Universal: México
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Reforma de telecom, cerca de ser constitucional
22 May 2013 | 9:15 amLa Comisión Permanente recibió las notificaciones formales de 23 congresos estatales de que también fue avalada la minuta en materia de telecomunicaciones -
PAN pide detalles de la Gendarmería Nacional
22 May 2013 | 9:12 amEl Partido Acción Nacional en el Senado pidió la comparecencia del secretario de Gobernación, Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, para que explique la ruta crítica para la conformación de la Gendarmería Nacional -
Otorgarán subsidio de seguridad a 6 estados
22 May 2013 | 8:21 amDichos recursos presupuestarios federales se destinarán exclusivamente para profesionalizar y equipar a los cuerpos de seguridad -
Preciado: Salida de Cordero, sin las formas adecuadas
22 May 2013 | 8:10 amEl nuevo coordinador de la bancada del PAN en el Senado admite que la salida de Ernesto Cordero de la responsabilidad, se dio sin las formas adecuadas y que además no era el tiempo -
Prevén precipitaciones moderadas en el país
22 May 2013 | 3:38 amEl sur del país presentará nublados con lluvias ligeras a moderadas y precipitaciones moderadas a fuertes en el surestes
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Las acciones de EE.UU. avanzan
22 May 2013 | 8:06 amLas acciones en Estados Unidos subían levemente al tiempo que los inversionistas se mantenían al margen previo al testimonio del presidente de la Reserva Federal Ben Bernanke ante el Congreso. -
Bernanke: Política fiscal de EE.UU. será 'freno sustancial'
22 May 2013 | 8:01 amEl presidente de la Reserva Federal de Estados Unidos, Ben Bernanke, defendió el miércoles las políticas monetarias flexibles del banco central en su testimonio ante el Congreso, al señalar que han generado "beneficios significativos" para la economía, aunque advirtió que la Fed no puede contrarrestar el lastre que implica para el crecimiento el ajuste presupuestario federal. -
Ventas de viviendas usadas en EE.UU. alcanzan máximos de más de tres años
22 May 2013 | 7:27 amLas ventas de viviendas usadas aumentaron 0,6% en abril frente al mes anterior, a una tasa anual ajustada por factores estacionales de 4,97 millones, informó el miércoles la Asociación Nacional de Agentes Inmobiliarios. -
Depreciación del yen no frenó déficit comercial en Japón
22 May 2013 | 6:41 amJapón registró en abril su décimo mes consecutivo de déficit comercial, el mayor periodo en déficit desde 1980, lo que indica que un yen más débil no es la panacea para esta economía enfocada a la exportación. -
El FMI urge al Reino Unido a relajar programa de austeridad
22 May 2013 | 6:33 amEl fondo afirmó que Reino Unido "está lejos de una recuperación fuerte y sostenible" y que recortes presupuestarios adicionales "debilitarían la producción, con el riesgo de pérdidas permanentes a la capacidad productiva".
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Impulsan a jóvenes a emprender
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Mexicana rediseña utensilios en hogar
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Ofrecen tecnología empaquetada para pymes
20 May 2013 | 9:24 amLa compañía Airos explica que empresas que necesiten tener instaladas un buen número de computadoras, con la virtualización pueden tenerlas con una menor inversión sin sacrificar la productividad de los recursos de TI -
Crean Mipymes 74% de empleo; reciben sólo 15% del crédito
19 May 2013 | 4:13 pmDe acuerdo con datos del INEGI, en México existen más de cuatro millones de unidades empresariales, de las cuales 99.8 por ciento son Mipymes y éstas generan 52% PIB
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Everyone Can Sell. Not Really. Top 10 Reasons Why Not
22 May 2013 | 6:08 amUnderstanding the Sales Force by Dave KurlanDan Pink, Author of To Sell is Human, has been getting a lot of well deserved exposure. He wrote a terrific book and most who have read it really like it. I don't have a problem with his book because read in its entirety, it makes sense. I do have an issue with the people who write about his book and take the concept, that everyone can sell, out of context. The context is that everyone can sell their ideas. Agreed. But out of context, it is suggested that everyone can be a salesperson. I strongly disagree. -
Salespeople Must Stop Snorkeling and Start Scuba Diving
15 May 2013 | 6:48 amUnderstanding the Sales Force by Dave KurlanWe talk a lot about the importance of using a consultative approach instead of a transactional approach to better differentiate and sell value instead of price. When we explain consultative selling, we usually emphasize the importance of listening and questioning. When we further explain effective listening and questioning, it becomes much more difficult to describe in a paragraph or in the absence of a demonstration or role-play. Until today. Snorkeling, or moving along the surface of the ocean, is akin to poor questioning, moving from… -
Impact of Sales Process versus Sales Coaching
14 May 2013 | 10:18 amUnderstanding the Sales Force by Dave KurlanWe are in the middle of the first day of our 2-day Sales Leadership Intensive. While most attendees admit that they must be more effective at coaching, many who said they have some kind of sales process in place didn't come to the same conclusion. So, why is it so obvious to sales leaders that they need to improve their coaching, but so elusive that they need to improve their sales process? Change occurs in direct proportion to the availability of immediate feedback. You get instant feedback from coaching. Your… -
Top 10 Reasons Why Salespeople Let Price Drive the Sale
10 May 2013 | 3:04 amUnderstanding the Sales Force by Dave KurlanSelling value. What comes so easily to the top 6% and some of the top 26% is so very difficult for others. Most salespeople have little capability to effectively build value. Talking about what your company does better or differently or telling a prospect what your value proposition is does not build value. Instead, value comes from 3 things: Uncovering the compelling reason(s) to buy and buy from you, Understanding the impact, ripple effect and cost of those compelling reasons, and Positioning yourself and company as the… -
Is the "Lack of Commitment to Sales Success" Finding Predictive?
6 May 2013 | 8:26 pmUnderstanding the Sales Force by Dave KurlanSo you have your sales force evaluated and in addition to learning why you are getting the results you are getting, and what you can do to significantly improve those results, you are suprised by some of the individual findings on some of your salespeople. One of the findings that generates the most push-back is Lack of Commitment to sales success. We could hear any of the following comments as push-back to this finding: our best salesperson, nobody tries harder, works longer hours than anyone, been here for years, landed our biggest customer,…
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C-Level, Relationship Selling Blog
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C-Level Selling for Closing Sales and Passing Legislation
12 May 2013 | 4:39 pmGaining support from C-levels and powerful legislators is the same challenge sales people and President Obama face for closing sales or getting bills passed through congress. Learn from this article the solutions to quickly move your sales or congressional initiatives to favorable conclusions. -
C-Level Sales Training 1–Become a Selling Super Star
22 Aug 2012 | 5:35 pmBecome a super seller by changing your selling approach with subordinates. Get over the anxiety of getting to C-Level executives, and profit center leaders and use the subordinates to help you get there. This article and bonus tip will show the step to become a selling rock star. -
C-Level Sales Training – It’s Not a Sale Until the C-Level Sings "Yes"
13 Jun 2012 | 5:30 pmIf you want to be a super seller, change your strategy. Focus on the C-suite, and profit center leaders. Don’t stick with subordinates, committees, or comptrollers. They can only recommend to the C-level leader. To guarantee success you and you alone have to win over the C-levels. -
C-Level Selling - Large Account Plans Require Both Parties’ Participation
7 Mar 2012 | 2:01 pmIf you manage your large account plans the way your financial department manages your budgets, you’ll have great results. Learn how to build and manage large account plans in this article. -
C-Level Selling Tips – Keep Competition Out of Your Key Accounts
20 Feb 2012 | 4:08 pmThe only way to keep competition out of your key accounts is to be perceived as the top benefit provider for that key account. Your competition wants those accounts and they will eventually penetrate unless those accounts fear losing the benefits you and only you can provide. This article will show how to make sure that happens
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No, the American Dream Isn’t Dead–Jaime’s Story
13 May 2013 | 8:20 amFor the past several years I’ve heard a great, loud chorus composed of government personnel, activists, and everyday individuals singing about how the American Dream is no longer attainable, how life is stacked against those who aren’t born to luxury and wealth, how life for the vast majority is nothing but drudgery and endless victimhood and hopelessness. That may make for good theater and give political advantage for some, but it isn’t the reality of a great many men and women who have rejected the victim role and have worked hard to live their dream.These men and women are all around… -
Mining Your Single Most Valuable Businss Building Asset
10 May 2013 | 7:44 amFrom a business generation perspective what is your most valuable asset?The telephone?Your computer?Your advertising budget?Maybe it’s your dedication to attending every networking opportunity in your area? The answer is none of the above. Your single most important business building asset is right at your fingertips—your existing client base. There is simply nothing more valuable and powerful to growing your business than the customers you already have. Taking the time and effort to keep in contact with past clients will grow your business through new direct sales to the client and… -
Guest Article: “10 Sure-Fire Ways to Build Sales for Entrepreneurs,” by Lori Richardson
22 Apr 2013 | 9:02 am10 Sure-Fire Ways to Build Sales for Entrepreneurs by Lori Richardson Some entrepreneurs and small business owners (and their salespeople) are talking about the stock market. Others are strategizing on and successfully growing revenues. Which camp do you fall into? Here are ten sure-fire ways to grow revenues in your business. You don’t need to do them all to be successful, but you DO need to do a number of them. If your business is at a plateau and needs a jump start, put these sales strategies into place and then roll up your sleeves and work to make them happen. 1. Have a very clear… -
Guest Article: “7 Sales Prospecting Ideas that Work,” by Mark Hunter
16 Apr 2013 | 9:08 am7 Sales Prospecting Ideas That Work by Mark Hunter The biggest item on the “to do” list of most salespeople is finding good sales leads. Here’s a list of 7 sales prospecting ideas you can use right now: 1. Give away prospects to others. You heard me — give away prospects. What I mean by this is help other salespeople develop leads. When you meet someone who might benefit from what another person sells, match them up. The more leads you help others with, the better you’ll feel about yourself and the more leads you too will get from others. 2. Have a “customer satisfaction” phone… -
Fear and the Choice to Fail or Succeed
11 Apr 2013 | 11:05 amThis past week I acquired a new coaching client. Nothing unusual about that–except this client, like many in the securities industry, finds himself in the position of having 120 days to develop a practice capable of sustaining his family—or he is out of the industry. He just finished his 13 weeks of training, passed his series 7 and 63 exams, and is now on a four-month do or die schedule. I have the opportunity to speak with thousands of sales people from dozens and dozens of industries. Depending on their industry, their “life support” (their initial guarantee, draw or…
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Web Marketing Finally Gets an IPO Success | Mediaocean Incorporates More Media into Online Buying Tool | Google Revamps Search Marketing Tools
21 May 2013 | 10:25 amRobot Invasion: Mediaocean continues its roll, adding out-of-home electronic market firm ADstruc - and its backer Posterscope - into its increasingly articulated cross-media buying platform. Marketing Automation: The initial public offering method of raising cash appeared more feasible today, as marketing automation firm Marketo launched a $79 million offering and saw the stock go up about 20 percent [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingvox/rss/~4/cXT-9SAZu34" height="1" width="1"/>
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The Nitty-Gritty of Brand Story Power
20 May 2013 | 7:00 amUnderstanding the power of stories is one thing; knowing how to craft them is another. So, let's delve into some practical applications of story. I'll use case studies, annual reports, and video as examples. Read the full article at MarketingProfs -
Social Media Delivers Highest-Quality Users in Ad Campaigns
20 May 2013 | 6:00 amSocial media delivered the highest-quality users in ad campaigns during the first quarter of 2013, performing 65% better than the industry overall and 33% better than the next best channel, according to a recent report. Read the full article at MarketingProfs -
The State of Digital Content [Infographic]
18 May 2013 | 7:00 amIn light of the increasing popularity of digital devices, video, and social networks, how has digital content readership changed? To answer that question, Uberflip researched key usage data from February 2010 through February 2013 then created the following infographic. Read the full article at MarketingProfs -
Wherefore Art Thou, J. Peterman? The Quest for Social Engagement
17 May 2013 | 7:00 amJ. Peterman is a brand with far more personality than most. However, somehow, it got lost along the winding road to the social Web, and it's a tragedy that's costing the cataloger. Here are our ideas to engage the J. Peterman fan base. Read the full article at MarketingProfs -
#SocialSkim: A Real Kitchen (and Social Media) Nightmare, Facebook Fan Value, Pinterest Stress
17 May 2013 | 7:00 amThis week, a Scottsdale bakery made social headlines. Find out why. And get to know the (new) value of a Facebook Like, how brands can use SnapChat, how to set up marketing analytics, and why preppies want to give the homeless a makeover. Read the full article at MarketingProfs
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Social Business Advisor: Enterprise Collaboration Strategy
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Connect to Work
20 May 2013 | 5:39 pmLast week I wrote about one of the key themes that I believe are going to make up the future work, I encourage you to read that post titled: The Future of Work is About Customized Work. There are several of these themes that I’m going to be exploring in the near future and the next one is “Connect to Work.” The traditional view of working sees an employee waking up around 6:30 am, having their morning breakfast and then commuting anywhere from 30 mins to over 1.5 hours to get to work. The employee gets to their office around 8 or 9 am and usually leaves around 6… -
The Future of Work is Customized Work
16 May 2013 | 12:08 amThe typical career path for an employee starts in an entry level position in a particular department wherein the employee needs to then ascend the corporate ladder and move up the proverbial food chain to a more senior level role. Most of the time the employee ends up stuck in a particular department or a particular role but occasionally some horizontal pivots are possible. This is a type of pre-determined work because essentially the career path of the employee is set out for them once they join the company. If they get hired in the marketing department then they will typically stay… -
Aligning on Purpose
14 May 2013 | 12:08 amOne of the things we can’t neglect when thinking about the future of work is for organizations to align on a sense of purpose. Many organizations who are investing in enterprise collaboration tools and strategies to a good job of messaging and conveying value but where many fall short is on being able to align the organization as a whole on a sense of purpose. Atos Origin does a good example of this but publicly conveying their goal of becoming a zero email company by the end of 2014. Another company that does a great job of this is TELUS which set out an aggressive goal to have… -
Enterprise Collaboration Technology Deployment Scenarios
9 May 2013 | 12:08 amI’m seeing a few trends around how organizations are deploying enterprise collaboration platforms. Typically one of four paths are taken which are: a unified solution, multiple solutions (not connected), an aggregator solution, or multiple solutions which are integrated together. These are explained in more detail in the table below. What is itProsConsWhen it occurs Unified solutionSingle platform across the entepriseIn most companies this is the ideal scenario. All of the employees will wok across a single platform which acts as the single source of truth for information. All… -
The Gap Between the Consumer Web and the Enterprise
7 May 2013 | 12:08 amMuch of what we are seeing in the enterprise is being fueled by the consumer web. For example if there would have been no Wikipedia, Twitter, Facebook, or Linkedin, chances are there would be no Jive, Yammer, Chatter, or any other enterprise collaboration platform. The behaviors we exhibit on social media channels are also making their way into the enterprise. For example we can easily use social media to: create communities, easily find people or information, share our ideas and insights, ask for help or get advice, create and share content, and get access to people and information…
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chrisbrogan.com
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Be Open to Inspiration
10 May 2013 | 8:41 amI’ve been in a bit of a fog the last week or so. Nothing worth talking about, really. Depression stuff. But then it lifted. What’s interesting to me is how I found my footing and how I got back on track, and so there are two items I want to share with you from this: the actual learning, and more importantly, the realization of what got me there. Be Open to Inspiration Humans have this way they deal with too much information. They discard tons of inputs and keep what they feel is important. This is necessary, by the way. Can you imagine how busy your brain would be if you thought… -
Do Local Businesses Deserve Your Money?
7 May 2013 | 1:38 pmI sat at the counter at my local restaurant the other day and waited for over 7 minutes without anyone bothering to acknowledge that I was there. And then I walked out. And so did my money. For good. In fact, I drove to McDonalds, got some scrambled eggs and an iced coffee, and was in and out of the system within the same 7 minutes. (You can save your comments with disdain for McDonalds. If you’re a parent, you go there, unless you don’t. Either way. It’s not the point.) Now, before you try to defend this other place, no, it wasn’t busy. Yes, at least two employees had seen me, and… -
Why Use These Outlier Social Media Tools?
30 Apr 2013 | 4:21 pmWhy should you bother using tools like Vine and Instagram, and the like? That question was asked to me by Pam Vitaz, and she asked it somewhat in this context (my words not hers): Vine’s interesting, but you basically just shot a funny video. Why do that? Here’s the video she meant: Can’t see the video? Click Here. Can’t hear sound? Hover over it and click the little sound thingy. On the surface, it’s the kind of question you can answer with “why not?” But that’s not good enough. Why Use These Outlier Social Media Tools? First, it’s your… -
Can You Work at Being Fearless?
29 Apr 2013 | 7:03 amFear is at the heart of most of our worst choices. I read this facebook post by James Altucher and it really punched me in the stomach. But that’s just one punch in a series, because every time I question how I ended up somewhere, the real answer (underneath all the bull answers) is fear. It’s why most stupid things happen, why all bad things happen (when humans are involved), and is even worse than you think. I’m afraid of a weird collection of things. I’m afraid of sharks (ever since seeing Jaws at a very young age – because I pestered my parents tirelessly til… -
Sponsored Post – Mobile Productivity and the Future
24 Apr 2013 | 4:53 amCan you be productive while on the road? I say yes. In fact, I’m writing this from a hotel room before heading off to a meeting with a client. The following is sponsored by Cloud Powered Work, which is a project with IDG, LinkedIn, and Microsoft’s Office365. Everything in this post is mine, and my opinions are my own. I just produced an episode of my radio show from my hotel room, because I realized that an episode was due and I hadn’t done the work before I took off for the day. Last night, while I waited for my slightly delayed airplane, I cracked open SkyDrive pulled down…
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7 Questions to Ask Yourself to Bring Clarity to Your Blogging
22 May 2013 | 8:28 amDo you feel like you’ve lost clarity around what it is that you’re trying to do with your blog? I’ve recently bumped into a few bloggers grappling with this idea. Some were new, even ‘Pre’ Bloggers, while a couple had been blogging for a while but had lost some direction. Out of these conversations, I put together a set of questions to help them think it through. The questions revolve around asking: What are YOU About? While I won’t guarantee you instant clarity on answering these questions I hope that putting a little time aside to work through them… -
7 Steps to Proofreading Like a Pro
21 May 2013 | 9:37 amThis is a guest contribution by Charles Cuninghame, website copywriter and owner of Text-Centric. I’m sure we can all agree that proofreading is the least fun part of blogging. But while it may be tedious, it’s well worth the effort. Typos are not only embarrassing, they can also cost you money. In a widely reported study in 2011, British entrepreneur Charles Duncombe found a single spelling mistake can cut online sales in half! If you don’t have a product, then you could be missing out a blog subscriber or repeat visitor! Here’s a tried and tested proofreading process that I’ve… -
Are You Balancing Emerging Technology with Effective Strategy?
20 May 2013 | 8:21 amLast week I was asked at a conference to reflect upon the future of digital and among other things I made a reflection that seemed to resonate with those gathered. It was: Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater. As online publishers we see a steady stream of articles being written about new and future technologies, companies and trends in the online publishing space. It is certainly an exciting time to be doing what we’re doing with such amazing development happening all around us and some amazing projections being made about what is ahead of us – however in the midst… -
How to Blog Like a Pro: Workshop on the Gold Coast Australia – Next Week
19 May 2013 | 7:56 pmNext week (29th May) I’m running a special workshop at the Internet Conference on the Gold Coast here in Australia. The workshop is titled – How to Blog Like a Pro – and you’ll get 4 solid hours of teaching in it – all delivered by me in a workshop limited to 40 people only. The workshop has only previously been available to those signing up to the full 3 day conferences as an add-on but there are a few tickets still available and so I asked the organisers if we could sell them as a stand-alone ticket (i.e. you don’t have to come to the full 3 day event). -
How To Use Auto Responder Emails to Boost Your Blogging Efforts
17 May 2013 | 8:22 amThis is a guest contribution by Asher Elran of Dynamic Search. I thought emails were a waste of time and that they are ignored, but then I learned how to do it right and watched the numbers flip. After you published a great post and pushed it through your social network, the third step is to leverage your email list too. This is where the auto-responders can help you gain new subscribers while you’re busy writing your next blog post. The majority of email marketing services are the same. I prefer Constant Contact or Mobilizemail’s new email feature. Following the steps below…
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How to Nail the Opening of Your Blog Post
22 May 2013 | 5:00 amThe opening four notes to Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony are the most popular notes in Western music. Dun dun dun dum … They are stormy. Heroic. Disorienting. Short enough to be remembered. Portentous enough to be memorable. Today you’ll find those notes everywhere. In movies, commercials, and songs when the dramatic and foreboding are needed … And we hardly bat an eye. We recognize them, we know them, and we love those first four notes. Not so for Beethoven’s opening night at Vienna’s Theater an der Wien in 1808. One contemporary composer of Beethoven —… -
5 Things Every Copywriter Needs to Know About Their Prospects
21 May 2013 | 4:00 amWhat do you really know about your prospect? Their age range perhaps? Where they live? What they do for a living? Useful definitely, but not enough to create copy that rouses emotion and compels action. For that we need to take a journey much deeper into the dark recesses of our customers’ minds … Want to join me? Today’s article is inspired by someone who understood that in writing, how well you knew your ‘characters’ made the difference between captivating an audience, or boring them. In 1946 The Art of Dramatic Writing, (now regarded as one of the best works… -
14 Free Ebooks and an Updated 20-Part Internet Marketing Course
20 May 2013 | 5:00 amCan’t see the video? Click here. Free Registration About the Author: Brian Clark is founder of Copyblogger and CEO of Copyblogger Media. Get more from Brian on Google+. Related StoriesWhy We Still Need to Write, Even When We’re Scared5 Ways to Bond with Your Blog’s Audience11 Compound Word Errors that Might Make You Look like a Numbskull -
5 Writing and Productivity Links You Can Use
18 May 2013 | 5:00 amThis week on The Lede … How A Copywriter Evaluates A Great Website The Unexpected Antidote to Procrastination The Daily Rituals of the World’s Most Creative People 4 Things That Lead to Success (or Failure) with Email Signup Forms How to Do More By Planning Less: The Power of the Anti-Plan Want to grab even more useful links (beyond those that make The Lede)? Follow @copyblogger on Twitter. // The Unexpected Antidote to Procrastination Procrastination: that merciless thief of our time, creative output, and potential reward. Mr. Bergman delivers a unique — but convincing… -
How to Become a Content Marketing Expert
17 May 2013 | 9:00 amYou hear everyone talking about online content marketing, because with today’s Internet-empowered prospect, content marketing is what works. And yet, you may be struggling with creating content that works for your business or your clients. Or maybe you’re just trying to take your game to the next level. There’s a lot to learn, and even then you’re left asking potentially expensive and time-consuming questions: How do I apply this particular strategy for my business? Is this a solid idea, and how should I execute it? Has anyone taken this approach before, and what were the…
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ReadWrite
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If Google+ Is Good, Why Does Google Force It On Us?
22 May 2013 | 7:02 amGoogle really, really wants us to like Google+. Google is embedding Google+ into each of its products, making it increasingly difficult to use its services without embracing the Google+ borg, whether you want to or not. Judging by Google+'s still stagnant market share, you generally do not want to use the social service, or whatever it is. When prodded by complaints that Google is forcing Google+ into its disparate products, despite not necesssarily fitting very well, Vic Gundotra, Google's senior vice president over Google+, rejected the criticism at Google I/O: I'm not sure that… -
The Sky Is Falling For Smartphone Maker HTC
22 May 2013 | 6:15 amSmartphone manufacturer HTC is in disarray. According to a report from The Verge, the company is hemorrhaging executives from its Seattle-based office amid poor sales, internal turmoil and controversy. Within the last several months, HTC has lost its chief produdct officer Kouji Kodera, VP of global communications Jason Gordon and product strategy manager Eric Lin among several others. In a classic "the sky is falling" scenario, everybody is blaming everybody else. Many in HTC blame Facebook for the problems selling the HTC First - "The Facebook Phone" - while others blame… -
Why Your App Design Doesn't Have To Be All Thumbs
22 May 2013 | 6:03 amThe debate about app design largely centers around screen size. What if designers worried about digit size instead? Luke Wrobleski, a respected designer who sold a company to Twitter and more recently founded Polar, an app maker, thinks it's time to reconsider mobile design principles. Instead of worrying about questions like whether to upsize smartphone apps for tablets, designers should start by asking how their users will physically interact with their devices when using an app. The technical term for this is input type—keyboard versus touchscreen, one-handed or two-handed interactions,… -
How Google Is Wooing Developers To Make Apps For Android First
22 May 2013 | 5:03 amThis post is the first in the ReadWrite series "Making Android Pay," in which we'll explore the opportunities and challenges mobile developers face in trying to make money from Android apps. In December 2011, Google chairman Eric Schmidt predicted that mobile developers would be building apps for Android first instead of iOS by the middle of 2012. That obviously hasn’t happened. But Google has doubled down on its push for more Android-first apps, largely by making it easier for developers to make money from them. "It has taken a long time, it is slower than we like, but we are getting… -
Xbox One: The Most Restrictive Game Console Ever Made
22 May 2013 | 3:56 amIf the Xbox One is the future of gaming, then that future is as grim as everyone feared. In an event Tuesday morning that felt like a casual bar conversation compared to Sony's brain-exploding extravaganza back in February, Microsoft unveiled the next-gen Xbox — not in a giant conference center, but in a tent set up on a soccer field at its Redmond campus. With a hard-line focus on the One's television connectivity and a smart decision to actually show off the physical console, Microsoft pulled off a tight one-hour presentation that glazed over the trickier undercurrents at…
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Mashable
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Find Your Next Favorite Song With Yap Music App
22 May 2013 | 8:40 amYap Music, a company advised by Steve Wozniak, is moving into the burgeoning social music market after building a popular second-screen app for television. Social music brings music to like-minded listeners and serves as a platform for artists to reach and cultivate fans. As of late, music discovery is proving to be one of the hottest verticals in tech. Yap Music, which debuts today on the App store, is planning a head-to-head battle with Twitter #music and a slew of other established giants like Shazam, Pandora and Spotify, which is valued in the $3 billion range. SEE ALSO: Google Unveils… -
4 Ways to Convert Your Site to Retina
22 May 2013 | 8:29 amA new generation of Retina displays with high pixel densities is now on the market. Unfortunately, that means your website imagery could instantly become ugly and pixelated if you don't take action With the introduction of the iPhone 4 in 2010, Apple no longer measured its screens in pixels, but in points. The scaling factor of the screen changed, which determines how a point relates to a pixel. A Retina display now has a scale of two, so one point is equal to two pixels — if you draw a one-point line, it shows as two pixels wide. If you're imagery isn't optimized to account for this,… -
The Epic 'Friends' Reunion We've Been Wanting for Years
22 May 2013 | 8:18 amSure, Friends has been off the air for nine years, but aren't the former cast members still hanging out like old times in a cozy coffee shop somewhere in downtown New York City? To help promote an upcoming co-hosting stint on Ellen, Jennifer Aniston taped a sketch where she shows up at friend Matthew Perry's house for advice (he previously co-hosted the talk show). But what follows is a series of awkward discoveries, forgotten names and surprise cameos. SEE ALSO: Beyond Barrel Roll: 10 Hidden Google Tricks We don't want to ruin the plot of the clip, but you'll get a kick out of the mini… -
Amazon's Latest Venture: Fan Fiction
22 May 2013 | 8:07 amBeloved novels, games, even TV series have spawned pages upon pages of fan fiction — much of it unauthorized and unsellableAmazon is hoping to create a new model to commercialize the genre. The company announced Wednesday that it has partnered with Alloy Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. that produces novels tied to its television shows, to authorize and compensate writers who produce fan fiction related to certain shows. Amazon writers are now authorized to publish and sell fan fiction on Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars and Vampire Diairies, with additional licenses on the… -
Anthony Weiner Announces NYC Mayor Bid on YouTube
22 May 2013 | 7:53 amBrace yourselves, New York City: Anthony Weiner officially wants to be your mayor. Weiner formally announced his candidacy in a YouTube video that first appeared late Tuesday night and was then shared with supporters in an early Wednesday email. The video puts an end to the will-he, won't-he speculation that has been surrounding the former Congressman for months: he has long been expected to run and has already amassed $5 million in campaign funds. Formerly a Congressman representing Queens and Brooklyn, Weiner was forced out of office two years ago after it came to light he had sent lewd…
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Seth's Blog
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Let's start with "sorry"
22 May 2013 | 2:43 amBy the time the phone rings, there's already trouble. When that manager is called or this department is reached, it's because someone is disappointed, angry or stuck. Illness, broken promises or a real urgency have led to this new conversation even taking place. So don't start with, "[Name of company] mumble mumble" as if there's a blank slate just waiting to be written on. There's already a lot of writing on that slate. Don't demand to know the record number or begin with doubt and an edge of dismissal. Be on our team. "It sounds like we've got a situation on our hands..." is a fine way to… -
Levels of marketing magic, the placebo effects of desire
21 May 2013 | 2:45 amANTICIPATION: Before the product is released, the true fans are buzzing and speculating and waiting in line. The anticipation is self-reinforcing, a placebo effect of desire. UTILITY: The album is good, the software is useful, the book changes things. It works better than we hoped. Exceeding expectations pays significant dividends. REMARK: It's purple. Remarkable. Worth talking about. The word spreads. Ten people tell ten people and suddenly, it's abuzz. Not because of PR or hype, but because the remarkability is built right into the product or service itself. And more people enjoy things… -
You should buy the book
20 May 2013 | 8:33 amMitch Joel is a generous and perceptive blogger. Well worth the daily read. He has a new book. You should buy it. David Meerman Scott writes an essential blog, daily. His book is a classic. You should buy it. Tom Asacker writes a very thoughtful blog about marketing. Worth the read. He has a new book. You should buy it, too. Every day, Mark Frauenfelder and Corey Doctorow blog tons of goodness at Boingboing. They each have books. You should buy them and share them. Bernadette Jiwa's blog keeps getting better and better and you are probably already reading it. She has a new book on the way. -
No Signal
20 May 2013 | 2:00 amAt a party the other day, I saw a dead TV monitor. On the screen it said something like, "No signal... check power, cable and source selection..." It doesn't matter at all how hard the DVD player was trying to put on a show. It is irrelevant how good the show on cable was. If it's not getting through, no one sees it. All of us own our own media companies now. We each have the ability to speak up, to tell our stories, and if we're good and if we're lucky, to be heard. Too often, though, there's no signal. You may be pumping noise through your social media outlets, but noise isn't signal. It's… -
Learning by analogy
19 May 2013 | 2:36 amThe story of Hansel and Gretel is not actually about Hansel or Gretel. You are surrounded by examples and lessons and case studies that clearly aren't exactly about your project. There's never been a book written precisely about the situation you are facing right now, either. Perhaps one day they will publish, "Marketing Low-Cost Coaching Services to Small Businesses Specializing in .Graphic Design in the Upper Peninsula for Dummies" but don't hold your breath. Marketing, like all forms of art, requires us to learn to see. To see what's working and to transplant it, change it and amplify it.
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TechCrunch
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Scale Out Provider Cloudscaling Raises $10M With Investment From Juniper And Seagate, Networking Takes Center Stage
22 May 2013 | 8:18 amCloudscaling has raised $10 million from Trinity Ventures, Juniper Networks, and Seagate Technologies in a deal that shows how software defined networking has become a focal issue for companies building out their own clouds. Cloudscaling delivers an OpenStack-powered cloud infrastructure system for enterprises, SaaS providers and cloud service providers. The company foreshadowed a deal with Juniper when it announced the company would provide Cloudscaling with its virtualized networking controller. That deal was precipitated by Juniper’s acquisition of Contrail Systems. The startup… -
Google Adds Monthly Top Charts To Google Trends, And A Beautiful New Search Trend Visualizer
22 May 2013 | 8:17 amEvery year Google creates a summary Zeitgeist feature to sum up the year in search data, showing what has been the most popular among its users. Now, it’s rolling out Top Charts, a new monthly series of lists similar to that year-end feature, available on Google Trends as of today. It’s built on Google’s Knowledge Graph, and provides a representation of the actual things people are interested in, rather than just keywords alone. The charts are broken down in broad categories, and include lists of things like actors, animals, whiskeys, TV shows, space objects and medications… -
Korean Startup Accelerator SparkLabs Reveals Its Second Intake
22 May 2013 | 8:00 amSparkLabs, the startup accelerator that wants to inject South Korea’s startup ecosystem with Silicon Valley expertise, announced its second intake today. Its latest class is an international lineup of companies that represent a variety of sectors and are at widely different stages of funding, from bootstrapped financing to those that have closed a Series A round. Founded in 2012, SparkLabs’ offers a three-month-long mentorship driven program. Co-founder Bernard Moon says that one of the main challenges faced by South Korea’s startup industry is the lack of role models and… -
Giphy Gif Search Engine Rolls Out Private Artist Profiles To Help Organize, Monetize The Gif Community
22 May 2013 | 7:35 amGifs, man! They’re trending harder than Jennifer Lawrence right now, but that doesn’t mean that finding them is the easiest thing in the world. That’s why Giphy, a startup that launched out of betaworks last month, is rolling out new tools to build out its library of awesome, high-quality gifs. See, Giphy is a gif search engine. It lets you search by keyword for any gif you could possibly want, and then saves load time and keeps things snappy by only playing the gif once you hover over one of the results. But sourcing the gifs you want is just the first step in organizing… -
Artkive Turns Your Kids' Artwork (And More) Into Printed Books
22 May 2013 | 7:24 amArtkive, an app designed to eliminate the overwhelming guilt you get tossing your children’s brilliant artwork into the garbage, now has another purpose, too: you can order printed out books of their creations. Instead of just hiding the child’s crumpled up drawings and precious finger-paint covered handprints that school sends home – what is now, like every day? – under cereal boxes and empty bags of chips, you can assure yourself that you’ve found a more efficient means of saving these items instead. You snapped a photo of them. The sense of relief is…
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WSJ.com: Media & Marketing
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ESPN Is Cutting Jobs
21 May 2013 | 11:21 pmESPN was in the process of laying off a few hundred workers, a sign that the hugely profitable sports cable-TV powerhouse is responding to the rising fees it pays to air games and other changes in the media industry. -
Music's Best Marketing: Awards
20 May 2013 | 10:45 amThe digital age is transforming the music industry, but an old standby is boosting record sales: the awards show. -
Starbucks Sets Sights on Vietnam
19 May 2013 | 4:10 pmStarbucks has penetrated scores of markets over the years, but may face a challenge in Vietnam's deep-rooted coffee culture. -
Hackers Hit Financial Times
17 May 2013 | 4:51 pmThe Financial Times said its Tech Blog and various Twitter accounts were hacked Friday by a group identifying itself as the Syrian Electronic Army. -
Sony Investor Loeb Irks Pictures Division
16 May 2013 | 7:37 pmExecutives at Sony's entertainment arm bristled at an activist investor's suggestion that it lags its peers in the film, television and music businesses.
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WSJ.com: Management
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Corporate Security's Weak Link: Click-Happy CEOs
22 May 2013 | 8:18 amWhat's the biggest threat to corporate security? In many companies, it could be the CEO. -
Dimon Strengthens Grip at J.P. Morgan
22 May 2013 | 6:25 amJ.P. Morgan shareholders rejected a proposal to split James Dimon's dual roles as chief executive and chairman, and re-elected all the members of the bank's board. -
Outsourcer Fires CEO Over Relationship
21 May 2013 | 8:58 pmOutsourcing company iGate said its board fired President and Chief Executive Phaneesh Murthy with immediate effect for allegedly failing to report a relationship with a subordinate employee. -
Nespresso's Growth Plan Focuses on China, U.S
21 May 2013 | 7:58 pmNestlé's Nespresso is riding the wave of the single-serve coffee market. Recently, Nespresso CEO Jean-Marc Duvoisin talked about his expansion plans and how the company's sales model lets it keep tabs on consumers. -
G4S Chief Buckles Resigns
21 May 2013 | 6:19 amSecurity company G4S said Chief Executive Nick Buckles, who was heavily criticized over the company's handling of the London Olympic Games last year, will resign at the end of the month.
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The Economist: The Americas
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The media in Argentina: Clarín call
16 May 2013 | 7:59 amSINCE she became president in 2007, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has grabbed control of the country’s pension funds, its main airline and largest oil company. Recently she won approval in Congress for laws that give the executive de facto control over the judiciary. But there is one target that has eluded her: dismantling Grupo Clarín, a big media conglomerate that has become her bête noire.In 2009 Congress approved a controversial media law that would force the company to divest most of its assets. Clarín secured an injunction staying the law’s implementation for three years while… -
British Columbia’s election: It’s the economy, stupid
16 May 2013 | 7:59 amChristyllising the voters’ hopes IN A beautiful land of forests, mountains and fjords, it is no surprise that British Columbian politics has a greenish streak. But the economy in Canada’s westernmost province is languishing. The campaign for the provincial election on May 14th turned into a fight between jobs and the environment. Jobs won, and so, probably, did planned pipelines across the province to take oil and gas from Alberta to Asian markets.Contrary to the findings of most opinion polls, the provincial Liberal Party (no relation to the federal party of the same name) hung on to… -
Justice in Guatemala: The genocide question
16 May 2013 | 7:59 amUnearthing a brutal past AFTER Guatemala’s former ruler, General José Efraín Ríos Montt, was sentenced to 80 years in prison for genocide and crimes against humanity on May 10th, a crowd in the courtroom broke into song. They cheered the judge, Jazmín Barrios, chanting her name and shouting: “Yes it was genocide!” To many of the Ixil Mayan people who told the court of barbarous massacres and rapes by soldiers during General Ríos Montt’s 1982-83 dictatorship, the verdict represented an unprecedented triumph against impunity.The jubilation spread abroad. In Washington, which only… -
Latin American geoeconomics: A continental divide
16 May 2013 | 7:59 amON MAY 23rd in the Colombian city of Cali the presidents of four Latin American countries—Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru—will sign an agreement removing tariffs on 90% of their merchandise trade. They will also agree on a timetable of no more than seven years for eliminating tariffs on the remaining 10%. They have already removed visa requirements for each other’s citizens and will proclaim their aspiration to move swiftly towards setting up a common market.The Pacific Alliance, as the group calls itself, is “the most exciting thing going on in Latin America today”, according to… -
Mexican politics: The PRI’s long tail
9 May 2013 | 8:00 amON MAY 7th Enrique Peña Nieto, Mexico’s president, showed off some of the fancy political footwork that days before had earned him the gushing endorsement of his first visiting head of state, Barack Obama. Flanked in the National Palace by leaders of Mexico’s three main political parties, he resurrected an ambitious reform programme that a scandal in his Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) had threatened to derail.Notwithstanding finger-wagging by opposition leaders, Mr Peña persuaded them to restart a tri-party political pact that is the crown jewel of his five-month-old…
