Gary Vaynerchuk (Wine Library) gave a speech at Web 2.0 Expo in New York where he shares KEY insights into the brand development process. In a nutshell, Gary points out how important it is to build a brand, but also illustrates how passion and transparency are both key essential ingredients to the brand development process. In case you didn't know, Gary has created an EMPIRE … [Read more...] about Brand Development Process – Passion + Transparency
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Viral Marketing: Be Careful What You Wish For …
I've written before about the perils involved in the pursuit of viral marketing. on the surface, it appears that viral marketing is a GREAT way to get "free" marketing by creating enough "buzz" to elevate a marketing campaign from "ordinary" to "viral". Fortunately, marketing doesn't carry the risks of say, oh brain surgery. When you screw up and make a marketing mistake, … [Read more...] about Viral Marketing: Be Careful What You Wish For …
What Every Business Owner Needs to Know About Web 2.0
Over at the Church of the Customer blog, Jackie Huba writes of a horrible customer service experience she endured as she tried to purchase a gift certificate as a gift for a friend. In Handling fee, or manhandled? Jackie writes candidly of her experience. Fortunately, the business owner is web savvy enough to have a Google Alert set to alert her to when her business is being … [Read more...] about What Every Business Owner Needs to Know About Web 2.0
They Call Her Princess Chunk
Princess Chunk is the "nickname" given to a 44 pound American Domestic Shorthair cat found wandering the streets of Voorhees, NJ. Considering that the average American domestic shorthair weighs in the neighborhood of 10-12 pounds, Princess chunk is in a weight class all her own. As a matter of fact, she's just 2 pounds shy of the Guiness World Record. The category was … [Read more...] about They Call Her Princess Chunk
How to Launch a Dream…
If you want a study in how to launch a dream, look no further than to the newest player in the search game. Cuil (pronounced "cool") is trying OH SO HARD to be cool by being "anti-Google". Everything they do screams "We are Anti-Google" down to the black vs white background of the search page. Cuil certainly did it right when it came to generating Web 2.0 buzz which is why … [Read more...] about How to Launch a Dream…