In November of last year, Emily Hare wrote an interesting, far-ranging piece for contagious.com under the same title as this post (which I obviously borrowed from her). The relentless progression of artificial intelligence (AI) development is both fascinating and frightening. For me, fear isn't born [...]
Here’s something that I went by recently and then was drawn back to when I realised what it was. In the Aug 19, 2013 analogue version of Marketing Magazine, there was a full page ad for Kimberly-Clark’s Kleenex brand: click ad to enlarge Huh? One [...]
Some lessons in life and marketing seem to be harder to learn than others. Today’s topic, which has been seeking a voice (outside of my own head, that is) for some time now, is a perfect example. (see Note 1 for credit) Early in my career, [...]
My answer to this question started off as a tweet, but once again, the density of thought (see MW post DENSITY OF THOUGHT) required by the twitter medium escaped me. Forgive me. First of all, some perspective. We should acknowledge that very successful companies often experience [...]
There is no denying it—February is one weird month. It starts with that truly odd North American phenomenon called Groundhog Day. I mean the “real” Groundhog Day, the annual event with the distinctly off-side Teutonic thread running through it, held in more than a dozen [...]
Advertising Age and the Ipsos Observer people released new research [1] in mid-February that sought to better understand the social media habits of US consumers. To no one’s surprise, Facebook is the dominant social network through which users want to receive communications from marketers. Nearly 75% [...]
