05 2012 April
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 Now14 2012 March
How To Find The Perfect Diagram For Your Presentation
My life would be a lot easier if I could give the same talk to everyone. I would just show up at an event or...
Read Now04 2012 March
50 SXSW 2012 Panels Worth Getting Excited About
Here's a sad fact about SXSW – at any given time there are at least 16 other talks, events or meetups that you could be...
Read Now01 2012 March
How MindValley Is Building the Next TED (Only More Useful)
This morning I watched an amazing TED video of flying robots that can operate autonomously and collaborate with each other at the same time. It...
Read Now12 2012 January
5 Reasons All The Hype About .anything Domain Names Is Like Y2K
The land grab is officially starting. For the first time since the popularization of the Internet, the big news today is that ICANN is opening...
Read Now03 2012 January
2012 Edition: 15 Marketing and Business Trends That Matter
Let me tell you a little secret. I look forward to putting together an annual trend report the same way that some people look forward...
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10 Big Brand Lessons From The Corporate Social Media Summit
Yesterday I spent the day at the Corporate Social Media Summit, a big gathering of some of the best minds in leading social media efforts...
Read Now08 2011 March
Characters Worth Celebrating
For a little less than a year, I have been contributing technology articles to an interesting blog launched by the USA Network (a cable television...
Read Now15 2011 February
Why The Future Of Travel & Destination Marketing Is All About Curation
Today content curation is rapidly finding roots in the highly immersive world of travel as more people share their personal experiences as a way to influence others on not only where to stay and what to do ... but also where to go in the first place. The Bottom Line: Curation is already transforming the way that people answer the all important question of where to go, but so far innovations are coming more from technology based startups rather than destinations themselves. In the near future, we will start to see more local, state and country tourism boards as well as convention and visitor bureaus using curation to better promote their destinations to all kinds of travelers.
Read Now09 2011 February
How Indifferent Authors Might Kill Traditional Publishing
The eBook won’t kill publishing, but the traditional book and its indifferent author just might. There was a time when the stereotypical aspiring author with...
Read Now24 2011 January
How Entrepreneurial Journalism Will Change Our World
Think about the best article you read last year. The hard hitting, excellently researched, insightfully written article that you just couldn't put down. Now think...
Read Now14 2010 October
5 Things I’ve Learned About Blogging After 6 Years
I am spending the end of this week surrounded by fellow bloggers at the annual Blogworld Expo in Las Vegas and it is one of...
Read Now20 2010 July
What USA Network Knows About Branding That MTV Doesn't
The day that Michael Jackson died, I turned to MTV for the first time in several years. Like others in the so-called MTV Generation sandwiched...
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