15 2017 June
Google Launches Beautiful Tool To Teach Kids Online Safety
If you are a parent, one of the things that probably keeps you up at night is how to monitor your kids activity online and...
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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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10 2017 February
LinkedIn Redesign, Whole Food’s Big Idea and Tech That’s Always Listening
As you know, this weekly post is a collection of interesting stories, but today I was inspired to try something different. Rather than sharing individual...
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13 2017 January
Kodak Brings Back Film, How To Be Funny On Stage, and the Professional Snowball Fighting League
The stories this week offer a valuable reminder that while we tend to focus a lot of our attention on looking forward toward the future,...
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23 2016 December
Hasbro Saves Families, Amazon’s Uber Idea, CES 2017 and Marketing Lessons From Hatchimals
Given it is the end of the year, this week’s stories include several holiday themes, including an inside look at the PR strategy behind Hatchimals,...
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16 2016 December
Glow-In-The-Dark Hair, Secret NYC Trains, Nike’s Anti-Social Ad, and Citibank’s Flawed Strategy
First of all, thank you for indulging me for the past two weeks as I shared my favorite books of the year and also announced...
Read Now09 2016 December
15 Non-Obvious Business Trends Shaping 2017 (Retail, Consumer, Tech, Marketing, and Media)
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Read Now28 2016 October
Google’s Touchscreen Whiteboard, Sweden’s Brilliant Tax Break and Honda 3D Prints An Electric Minivan
I took a tour through many different industries and sites this week to bring you my selections for the most underappreciated stories of the week...
Read Now20 2016 May
Branding Secrets Of Lin Manuel Miranda, Inside The Hyperloop and Google’s Vision For The Future
This week was filled with big news about big brands. Google revealed its upcoming roadmap of innovation. Fast Company interviewed the creator of the wildly...
Read Now18 2016 March
Why Instagram Reinvented Its Newsfeed, Racist Zip Codes and New Release Movies For $50
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Read Now26 2016 February
Whiny Millennials, Selfie Payments and Yelp Sells Its Data
This past week included the biggest event in mobile tech in Barcelona, the continuing #OscarsSoWhite drama about lack of diversity at the Academy Awards and our long...
Read Now12 2016 February
Grammys Get GoPros, Amazon In Retail And Diet Coke’s Bold Experiment
This was a big week in marketing, as the Super Bowl shined a spotlight on the best and worst of advertising (read my recap here)...
Read Now13 2015 February
Batkid, Bollywood and the Rise Of Everyday Stardom
On the morning of November 15, 2013, most of San Francisco woke up with no idea that their city was about to be saved by...
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