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14 2008 September

Kellogg's Proves Why People Hate Marketers

Every once in a while, you see an example of a campaign or product that demonstrates a little too clearly the negative side of marketing...

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26 2008 August

Fighting The Puerto Ricans And 3 Ways to Vote For Me

This is a post about three things going on right now that I’d like to ask for your vote for. The first two are panel...

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18 2008 August

Visa's Exclusive Olympic Sponsorship Backfires

There is a myth in marketing today that many people blindly believe about sponsoring events … that you always need exclusivity. The benefits of being...

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16 2008 August

Secret Things Only An Olympic Athlete In Beijing Would Know

I spent the morning today at a press event for a handful of Lenovo’s athlete bloggers all talking about their experience of blogging during the...

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13 2008 August

How To Bargain Effectively In Olympic Beijing, China

The one thing I always relearn every time I return to Asia is the art of bargaining. It is one that is strangely missing from...

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12 2008 August

Kleenex Premieres Olympic Documentary "Let It Out"

If you are one of those people that gets in front of the television every evening with a box of tissues to get ready for...

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12 2008 August

A Great Day For India: Abhinav Bindra & Raj Bhavsar

Today I’m at the Olympics and I’m very proud to be Indian. You might have heard the story of Abhinav Bindra, the Shooter from India...

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11 2008 August

Dinner With The Namibians

When I boarded my flight to Beijing, I didn’t have a single ticket for any Olympic events and I wasn’t worried. To understand why, I...

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10 2008 August

An Inside Look At Beijing During The Olympics

I have officially been in Beijing for 4 days now. I start this post with that admission, because before you read this I want you...

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21 2008 July

The Rise of "Egommunication"

There is a magic power that a growing number of people are starting to have. It’s happening all around us with social media and yet...

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20 2008 July

4 Unexpected Observations From BlogHer

I spent all last week attending events from two Mashable parties to the PSFK conference. Along the way I had the chance last thursday evening...

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20 2008 June

The Right And Wrong Way to Steal My Stuff

I’m a blogger, so I’m used to my ideas getting taken and used – and I usually encourage it. One of the biggest learning curves...

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13 2008 June

Speaking To A Room Full Of Speakers at BlogPotomac

Last night I had an interesting challenge: to speak at the Speaker’s Dinner before BlogPotomac (a gathering discussing social media right here in the DC...

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