05 2007 February
IdeaBar: CGM, the SuperBowl and a New Model for TV Advertising
The Superbowl is the real start to the new year for the advertising industry. Just as the Chinese new year comes on a delay from...
Read Now29 2007 January
IdeaBar: "Beaconvertising" And New Social Media Phones
This post is not about the iPhone. You might have heard that many people believe the latest innovation from Apple will not only revolutionize the...
Read Now22 2007 January
Trendspot: Simplicity Marketing from Apple, Nintendo, and UPS
Like anyone else, I find Steve Job’s product launch presentations to be mesmerizing. Apple is certainly getting their mileage out of his typically irresistable keynote...
Read Now18 2007 January
The 5 Reasons Some User Interfaces Suck on Purpose
Once upon a time I used to focus my efforts on helping my clients create great user experiences. I even wrote a Masters level thesis...
Read Now09 2007 January
Are you Going Beyond Tabasco?
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...
Read Now08 2007 January
CES and Marketing in the Age of Control
Last night Bill Gates shared his vision of the future to kickoff the Consumer Electronics Show – and focus attention during the annual gadget-fest on...
Read Now27 2006 December
A Recap of 2006 on Influential Interactive Marketing
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...
Read Now19 2006 December
Trendspot: Autotagging Images to Help Organize the Web
I am a big fan of tagging as a way to organize content, save my bookmarks on del.icio.us, and optimize content for consumption on social...
Read Now20 2006 November
Ideas for Marketing with Fantasy Games Online
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...
Read Now09 2006 November
The Best College Admissions Website Ever?
After reading a post on one my favourite marketing blogs, Ypulse – I was recently pointed to the George Mason University admissions website, MasonMetro which...
Read Now08 2006 November
Riya Launches a New Visual Search for Online Retail: Like.com
When I first wrote about visual search more than a year ago, it was all about a new type of search interface that would allow...
Read Now11 2006 September
SquareSpace.com Offers an Elegant Solution for "Blogging Evolved"
There is a lot of discussion these days about corporate blogging, with some even suggesting that perhaps blogs should replace corporate sites entirely. While I...
Read Now06 2006 September
Google Sightseeing Promotes the Concept of Virtual Tourism
Everyone loves the idea of an exotic vacation, but not everyone loves all the difficulties that can come with it. From the pains of the...
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