Why I’m not worried about formal advocacy programs…

When I talk about my vision for the future in which “WE” become the media, where we are incented to create feedback and reviews so that our connections can hear from a “friend” about a given product or service, I often get back the same response: (and I quote from @TonyKinard) “To your point regarding…

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Debate: Is finding influencers really all that?

I’ve been debating people lately about this.  To get a good discussion going, I am happy to take the contrary view and see where it goes.  At this point, I’m not sold on the importance of influencers.  My main premise is that right now, maybe 2% of companies are effectively leveraging social.  But almost every…

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My thoughts on the future of digital advertising

I was interviewed for Tech News Daily about the future of digital advertising.  You can read the entire article here, but I pulled out the parts that I contributed to get thoughts/feedback. …. Unrealized power of digital marketing Jeff Hilimire, chief digital officer of advertising and marketing agency Engauge, agrees that companies aren’t pushing the…

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Update: LiveScribe pen after two weeks

Week 2 of using the Livescribe pen.  In fact, I wrote this blog on Livescribe dot paper in hopes that I could have my handwriting transcribed to drop right into WordPress.  The transcription worked pretty well, I probably spent 3 minutes editing and reformatting this, but that’s not too bad. I guess my n’s look…

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