Strategy

Ten secret killer apps to download now that are guaranteed to make your sources go viral

You know, you don’t have to read articles like this. They aren’t about you or your device or what you should really be doing right now. Moreover, they won’t guarantee your content will go viral either. Also, so what if your content “goes viral?” Lots of people will see it and maybe that’s good. Or [...]

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Three views of a secret: Strategy

Two different viewpoints on what strategy is or isn’t plus one example of a specific action. Three perspectives to understanding strategy in the social sphere.

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Three views of a secret: Social

Three articles with thoughtful and challenging approaches to social media.

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Everything that can be measured, will be.

The concept “everything that can be digital, will be” brought disruption to business. This corollary will do the same.

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Print vs digital is the wrong question

I was asked “how do business owners strike an effective balance between print and digital?” But answering that question wouldn’t really help much. Here’s how I responded.

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Follow Friday: Mike Ives

A journalist with a global perspective covering a variety of topics; a cure for an overly specialized culture.

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Chittenden County Vermont, a new audience snapshot

Slide deck with 10 minute audio commentary describing a study of web visits recently performed by Thoughtfaucet. Some of the results were surprising.

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Interactive Media Reaches Out to the Real World – A Look into Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s TEDxTokyo Speech

Tetsuya Mizugichi, a game developer, gives a TEDxTokyo presentation about the future of games. He briefly touches on the topic of location based games, specifically the game BANG: 100 Million Mines. I look into the importance of location based games and possibly the role they will play in the future.

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The future belongs to the makers.

“Results-driven organization” and “Values-based organization” are familiar phrases. Sometimes they have meaning and sometimes they don’t. This article examines Mojang AB as an example of an organization that skirts the issues of “values” and “results” entirely. Mindmap, video, text outline, essay and something special.

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Learning about branding from the Beatles.

Baby boomers had a front row seat for branding in all of it’s early glory. Like the Beatles.

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