In December 2010, I installed Instagram on my phone. Six months and more than 215 photos later, I now enjoy using my mobile phone to take pictures as much as I enjoy using my digital camera. And in doing so I join more than five million users of a photo app less than eight months […]
Posted on June 21st, 2011 by admin
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Would that all CEOs were like this. Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, doesn’t change his vision but will change the ways that he tries to implement it until he finds a method that works. He projects a consistency of purpose that many CEOs neglect in their pursuit of shareholder value. For some CEOs, anything that […]
Posted on June 21st, 2011 by admin
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This is a discussion of basic business strategy and where social media fit into it. From an economic viewpoint, social media are communications tools that are no more or less valuable than any other medium. The key is what works with the intended audience. One can say “of course.” But, it is easy to […]
Posted on June 20th, 2011 by admin
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Here is an interesting argument — the Democrats own the economy and should be proud of its success. It is doubtful that too many citizens and politicians would be so forward about the state of the nation. In fact, President Obama’s vulnerability in next year’s election is precisely because he hasn’t been able to create […]
Posted on June 17th, 2011 by admin
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How do you communicate a positive message when news is continuously bad? This is the challenge facing the Obama administration on the issue of jobs. Job creation remains stubbornly flat, but jobs are what Americans want. To the President’s credit, he is focused on the issue and moving to create training programs, but there is […]
Posted on June 15th, 2011 by admin
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After you publicly chastise individuals, how do you get them to donate money to you? This is the conundrum that President Obama is facing with the Wall Street financial community. He wants their money to help in his re-election campaign, but at the same time, he is showing little mercy toward them in his rhetoric. […]
Posted on June 14th, 2011 by admin
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If stock markets are a barometer of confidence, then the world is in for months more of economic pain. On the other hand, market makers, for all of their models and math, are uncertain when it comes to predicting the future. They don’t know anymore than anyone else. So, why are the markets given so […]
Posted on June 13th, 2011 by admin
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In less than a week, Google, Twitter and LinkedIn announced “button strategies” – making it simple to deploy platform-specific actions on other sites. The seemingly basic news means each site can be distributed broadly across the web, keeping users connected to their sites through simple, lightweight user actions. The Heft of Lightweight User ActionsLightweight user […]
Posted on June 13th, 2011 by admin
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What happens when you lose your reputation in Congress? You become part of the walking dead, shunned, without influence and not even acknowledged. It’s an object lesson in the loss of personal integrity. Certainly, this Congressman engaged in heinous, if not illegal, behavior. He deserves whatever his fellow legislators mete out to him. One hopes […]
Posted on June 10th, 2011 by admin
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Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan, has become the de facto spokesperson for the US banking industry. It’s a dubious position. The banking industry is under a cloud that won’t dissipate for years. Every time Dimon criticizes a Federal official publicly, he looks less of a statesman and more of a self-interested whiner. Neither Dimon […]
Posted on June 9th, 2011 by admin
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