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Are Corporate Leaders Going Green Only to Enhance Trust in Brand? #Greenwash
Most who are in the environmental movement have been suspicious of companies that suddenly push an array of #green products to help sales as a way to earn trust as a responsible brand. Websites like the “The Greenwashing Index” are developing #crowdsourcing tools to expose these tactics. Well today, Jeffrey Hollender a blogger for Fast [...]
Washington Post’s Job Website Hacked
Just got an email from the Washington Post about a hacking on their Jobs website. Here’s the letter: To Our Washington Post Jobs Customers, I am writing to let you know that an unauthorized third party attacked our Jobs website last week. We quickly identified the attack and were able to shut it down. Although [...]
Mexico’s Ill-advised Solution to Make You Feel Safer on Vacation: New Target for Cartels
The following is a perfect example of “fear” driving a bad business decision, but in this case it may actually get people killed. The media (UK’s Daily Mail) over the weekend has been reporting that authorities in Mexico are looking to create an all female police force to “ensure the safety of their visitors and [...]
Google+ Geek Frenzy!
Oh lordy the geek fest is in full effect! Google+ invites are being handed out in a fury and people are exploring Google’s latest social networking platform. But many still have no idea what Google+ is and what will it mean to them. Here is a great write-up from TechCrunch: What is Google+? It’s the [...]
Does Google Docs want You to Learn Japanese? How to Fix Your Settings
While brainstorming with my girlfriend on a possible business idea, I opened Google Docs and everything was in Japanese. Yep, I checked the characters using Google translate to make sure. This was odd since I also had my Gmail open in another tab and everything was in English as it should be. Was Google trying [...]
#Idea: Imagine The Tweeted Times for Organizations
The Tweeted Times Team, I like the new layout for my personal Tweeted Times daily paper. It will be added to my list of daily reading resources. I may have made this pitch to you in the past when you first started, but I think it’s time to do it again. I really think your [...]
al-Qaeda’s Business Practices and Embrace of the Web
Photo from AP via VOA Voice of America posted a very insightful article on the business practices of the al-Qaeda (AQ) terrorist organization and it’s so-called franchise off-shoots. For those who like to study organizational development, marketing and social media, this article points out some of the basics principles of those disciplines within the twisted [...]
Is your favorite Starbucks Barista taking the fun out of foursquare? Marketers don’t get this wrong!
Ok, I’ve had enough of losing my mayorships on foursquare to people who should not be checking in; and after a little research it seems I’m not alone. Employees at my various favorite retail/services shops, foodie havens and guilty pleasures, like Starbucks are blowing the whole point of why foursquare is a great social marketing [...]
Apple Announced iOS5 Level Integration with Twitter; Sparking Debate
Apple Plans To Integrate several iOS 5 functions with Twitter. TechCrunch posted the announcement from their excellent coverage of the WWDC (Apple Worldwide Developers Conference) conference, which started today in San Francisco. Twitter posted on their blog about the announcement saying, “we’re working with Apple to make sharing on Twitter even easier: Twitter is built [...]
What If? Netflix Adopts Cable Model for Premium Channels
Over the last couple of days business news has been covering a new Internet content statistic that “could” change how we consume premium TV channels, heck TV and movies in general. “Netflix accounts for 22.2% of all U.S. broadband traffic compared to BitTorrent’s 21.6% share. And at peak times, Netflix hits 30% of all traffic, [...]
