
01 2017 August
Food Transparency and When Storytelling Can Backfire
Storytelling can shape consumer perception, but it may also have an underappreciated downside. When journalist Amy Wu was invited by Iowa Select Farms to tour...
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24 2017 July
Tinder’s Redesign Prioritizes Your Looks and Profile Photos
Judging whether you want to get to know someone romantically solely based on their photos has become such a commonplace behavior that “swiping left” has...
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20 2017 June
Brazilian Publisher Offers On-Demand Clever Captions For Your Selfies
Sometimes it is hard to pick the perfect caption for your selfie, but Brazilian publisher Leya has a solution to help … and introduce you...
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05 2017 May
How Convenience Is Transforming Dating, Fast Food, Fashion And More
This week I kept seeing the recurring theme of convenience. Whether it was a story about how cell phones can be used for monitoring disease...
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21 2017 April
The Awesome and Terrifying Future Of Influencer Marketing
This week the FTC sent warning letters to more than 90 “influencers and marketers” as a reminder to disclose when social media posts are paid...
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09 2016 December
15 Non-Obvious Business Trends Shaping 2017 (Retail, Consumer, Tech, Marketing, and Media)
Are you a member of the media? Visit our media kit to download a trend summary and more information about requesting an interview with Rohit...
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Zika Killing Billboards, Facebook’s Tip Jar And HBO’s Ambitious Hologram Strategy
This past week it was hard to escape the dominating headlines of the US political primary – and the announcement of a coming change to...
Read Now28 2013 May
Brand Reputation And Why All PR Actually Is Good PR (Unless You’re Already Famous)
Lots of people who don’t work in public relations will tell you that “all PR is good PR.” In other words, if people are talking...
Read Now10 2012 December
2013 Trends – Friend-Sourced Travel
What’s the Trend? New and old friends change the travel experience by curating where to go, and offering more local authentic experiences. Your friends are...
Read Now25 2012 October
5 World Changing Ways To Avoid BS And Be More Believable
I was on a short flight from NY back to DC yesterday and opened a copy of the NY Times to find a full page...
Read Now21 2012 May
How To Be A Better Entrepreneur, Friend, Parent, Marketer & Human
NOTE FROM ROHIT: Likeonomics is now AVAILABLE – if you read my previous post and decided to wait to buy it because I asked you...
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How Whiskey Inspired The Making Of Likeonomics
The "fourth best island in the world" (according to National Geographic) isn't warm and rarely sunny. Yet the Isle of Skye is a celebrated part...
Read Now07 2010 July
5 Marketing Lessons From Fast Company's Influencer Project
Who is the most influential person online? That is the tantalizing question behind the Influencer Project, a brilliantly conceived marketing campaign from Fast Company magazine...
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