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(Nearly) Live at Social Media Week – Journos With Their Ear to the Ground
If you attended a panel discussion with the title “From Headlines to Hashtags” you might expect to find a group of media types talking about how social has become a key distribution platform, about how they promote themselves and their … Continue reading
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Tagged journalism, media, news, social media, Social Media Week, Twitter
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(Nearly) Live at Social Media Week – The Future of Money
Do brick and mortar bank branches have a future? Will digital currency make credit cards obsolete? Will the individual investor choose instead to become a crowdfunder? A Social Media Week Los Angeles panel tackled those questions earlier today as they … Continue reading
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Tagged banking, bitcoin, crowdfunding, finance, money, Social Media Week, startups, venture capital
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city of bridges/city of gardens
city of bridges city of gardens and food city of books and dancin’ in the street
Posted in Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged bridges, gardens, northwest, Oregon, Portland, roses, travel
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Monster Trucks, Freaks, Creationists and Other Things You Don’t Usually See in New Jersey
When you think of state fairs, New Jersey is hardly the first place that comes to mind. But we have at least two of the them. There is a so-called New Jersey State Fair that takes places for a couple … Continue reading
Marketing Content, With Fingers Crossed
An oft-cited story in the marketing industry this summer has been the Forrester survey of 113 BtoB marketers in which 51% characterized their content marketing efforts as only “somewhat effective.” That after an earlier Content Marketing Institute survey that found 42% … Continue reading
Posted in Digital publishing, Uncategorized
Tagged content, content marketing, digital publishing, marketing, media, native advertising, sponsored content
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More Random Thoughts on This World Cup and Tournaments Past
Zlatan Talking Garbage Zlatan Ibrahimovic was quoted this week as referring to the U.S.’s chances in the World Cup as a “big joke.” Now unless you follow European soccer year round you may not know who Zlatan is. He is, in … Continue reading
Posted in Sports, Uncategorized
Tagged Colombia, Fabio Capello, soccer, sports, World Cup, Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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Some Random Thoughts on This World Cup and Tournaments Past
Day 2 — The End of the Reign in Spain For the past 6-8 years Spain has been the dominant team in world football. They were European champions in 2008 and 2012 and World Cup champions in 2010. But it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Mexico, Rafa Marquez, soccer, Spain, sports, World Cup
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How Greed Stunts the Growth of Our Economy
We are all pretty familiar with the causes of the 2008 recession. In a word, it was greed, as evidenced by America’s bankers and brokers. What we saw from Wall Street was a willingness to do what they knew was … Continue reading
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