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Connecting with an influential group of individuals is a necessary component of every viral marketing campaign. In any social network, there are the groups of individuals Malcolm Gladwell calls the "Mavens" – who will evangalize a point of view to all in the network because they believe in it or because they think it is … Read more
As part of planning for a client project, I spent some time on a whole bunch of blogs that I would ordinarily never visit … mommy blogs. The phenomenon of Moms (and Dads for that matter) going online to blog about their daily experiences with parenthood is growing. There have been a few reports about … Read more
Blogs are easy to change. Podcasts are not. It’s essentially a software tool issue … with the evolution of CMS systems like Typepad, it’s easy for me to update my blog – change categories, design and layout (apologies to those of you who have suffered through my recent experimentation with the "Masala" template – but … Read more
When I was working in Australia with Royal & Sun Alliance, a large insurance company, we were called in to fix a disaster with a insurance quoting tool that had been developed offshore and released to RSA’s customers as a downloadable application. Unfortunately, there was no way to update the software and due to many … Read more
I had the chance to make an unexpected stop at the JavaOne conference today in San Francisco, meeting with the Japanese team behind the promising new xfy technology. The product created a great buzz among developers who have struggled with the limitations of current development environments and inefficiencies. As a marketer, the most interesting point … Read more
I have heard that once a "hot new technology" makes it onto the cover of Business Week, it’s already on the road to mainstream. Blogs have been heading that way since all the publicity during the 2004 election around the "citizen journalists", and even before. But do they matter outside politics? Apart from providing information, … Read more
A new report from eMarketer offers some new data in answering one of the most often asked questions in our industry: does time of day really matter for email marketing? The report notes: 41% of Americans check email first thing in the morning 18% check email right after dinner 14% check email right when they … Read more
This past weekend I went out to a local antique market to find a gentleman selling hundreds of old advertisements from magazines over the last 60 years, framed and mounted. I bought one for a Hartmann Wardrobe Trunk … a great illustrated ad with more than a paragraph of descriptive copy. In fact, all the … Read more
From discussion boards and newsgroups to blogs to podcasting … new forms of content creation are evolving the user-contributed "DIY" model of the Internet. I posted earlier about online photo albums as a symbol of the growth of content sharing online among the general online population. Blogs and podcasting are part of this trend, which … Read more
Yahoo! Group on VideoBlogging – A large user community of videobloggers and a great way to uncover what’s new in the world of videoblogging. VLogging 101 – An online tutorial to creating your own Vlog FireANT – A popular online RSS video aggregator and media player Steve Garfield – Video Blog of a relatively well … Read more
Non-Obvious Thinking is my latest book about the 4 secrets of becoming a non-obvious thinker - released 10/01/2024.
Rohit Bhargava is a trend curator, founder of the Non-Obvious Company and the 3-time Wall Street Journal bestselling author of ten books.
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In addition to Non-Obvious Thinking, Rohit is the author of 10 books on trends, the future of business, building a more human brand with storytelling and how to create a more diverse and inclusive world.
