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Apparently, the latest "innovation" in advertising is offering up ad space on the bottom of those security bins used in every airport. Despite fears that it might confuse people during an already confusing moment of separating liquids and laptops into quart-sized bags, it seems that airport authorities are ready to go ahead with the plan … Read more
I like my food spicy. The problem is, for most restaurants – it just doesn’t pay to make food really spicy. If it is, a large number of customers will send it back, and once you’ve added the spices, you can’t remove them. So the safe solution for most restaurants is to offer a way … Read more
Let’s start with a warning … this is the "clip show" post where I recycle a lot of old material so if that causes you extreme pain, please close this window now and come back tomorrow. For all the rest of you, it’s the holidays and a quick glance around the marketing blogosphere will show … Read more
9 Rules is an online network of blogs dedicated to uniting bloggers passionate about their efforts in many different categories. For more than a year, I have been an active reader of many of the blogs in the network; particularly in the marketing community. Folks like Cameron Olthuis and Karl Long. One of my favourite … Read more
Shopping in India can be a bewildering experience. Aside from the completely westernized shopping megamalls that are popping up all over large cities here, there are still thousands of stalls, streetside vendors, underground markets and bazaars selling just about everything imaginable. Lajpat Nagar in Delhi is one of these types of places, full of stores … Read more
In Jaipur at the Alsisar Haveli, I met a young puppetmaster and his ten year old brother. Together they performed puppet shows outside the main restaurant at the Haveli, with the older brother expertly controlling the puppets with every finger of both hands behind a curtained backdrop, and the younger brother playing the dholak in … Read more
For the next few weeks, I will be travelling through India on a combination of work and holiday. Rather than trying to find a guest author or some other poor sap to "hand over the keys" to the Influential Interactive Marketing blog, I have decided to hang up the equivalent of a "gone fishing" sign … Read more
On Friday last week, there was a great piece by Julia Beizer in the Washington Post Express about a different category of fantasy games that offer an alternative to Fantasy Football. Now officially giving up on my Fantasy Football team after losing my two star players in back to back weeks to season ending injuries, … Read more
The virtual world has been getting a lot of coverage in the real world these days. Second Life is becoming the new poster child for the rising popularity of avatars and virtual personalities that real people are taking on, and every day it seems there is a new development that causes those in marketing and … Read more
Add to: | blinklist | del.cio.us | digg | yahoo! | furl | rawsugar | shadows | netvouz A quick look at any marketing industry publication over the last few weeks will yield more than a few examples of how authors and publishers are getting smarter about marketing. As more and more outlets compete for … Read more
Non-Obvious Thinking is my latest book about the 4 secrets of becoming a non-obvious thinker - relesaed 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.
