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Old Spice Still Smells like Old Advertising
July 25, 2010 – 12:44 am | View Comments
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I have been watching the Old Spice phenomenon with interest and admiration so don’t get me wrong; it will set the bar for great, creative work in advertising but is it a high point for …

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Social Media in Theory vs. Social Media In Practice
March 25, 2010 – 10:20 am | View Comments

John Battelle cited a post of mine today in his great FM Signal blog.   At issue were my thoughts on the Nestle Facebook fracas.  John makes a great point and his post helped me get …

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Open Beats Closed: Netflix Announces $1M Dollar Prizewinner
September 21, 2009 – 3:37 pm | View Comments
Open Beats Closed: Netflix Announces $1M Dollar Prizewinner

Open beats Closed states a rather obvious law of doing business on the Internetwork:  There is more talent outside your company than within it.  Companies that harness the power of relationships using networks to tap …

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Social Media Blurs the Lines between Business Functions
July 17, 2009 – 10:46 am | View Comments
Social Media Blurs the Lines between Business Functions

This single screen capture from Peets Tweets is a great example of how Social Media blurs the boundaries between business functions.

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A Really Goode Job Gone Bad? Murphy Goode Learns a Hard Lesson in Social Media
June 27, 2009 – 6:30 pm | View Comments
A Really Goode Job Gone Bad?  Murphy Goode Learns a Hard Lesson in Social Media

Murphy Goode, a Sonoma County winery, set up a promotion that looks great on paper:
We want to hire a social media whiz (your title will be “Murphy-Goode Wine …

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Case Study – Stimuluswatch.org
March 2, 2009 – 5:47 pm | View Comments

Stimuluswatch.org allows citizens to see local government requests for stimulus-spending projects, add details, vote projects up or down and generally discuss the merit of each.  It is a great example of how the Internet lowers …

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