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Straight-talk advice on marriage, parenting, work and the everyday crossroads of life. From a longtime wife, mom, and marketing VP who’s been there. Welcome.
Sports Illustrated’s widely anticipated swimsuit issue may need no introduction, but SI is heavying up promotion this year anyway, using mobile barcodes for the first time to promote the issue.…
The recession of 2008/09 was significantly different from previous recessions in two important ways: the use of pay cuts and furloughs to reduce costs. From the headlines: Company Furloughs at…
Forrester Research conducted a “state of interactive agencies” survey of about 100 global interactive marketers. It found just 23 percent believed their “traditional brand agency” is capable of planning and…
What is a business coach, anyway? In today's "helper" economy (as Warren Buffet snidely coined it), a coach can play the role of consultant, shrink, drill instructor, sounding board–whatever "help"…
via flickr.com The ‘problem’ is that the regular fare airlines in the US operate as if they are a low cost airline…without the commensurate lower ticket price.
Need some inspiration for a Friday? Check out the link-love: 70 Gorgeous Blog Footer Designs 50 Vibrant Web Designs 40 Excellent Adobe Illustrator Cartoon Tutorials 20 Professional jQuery Image Gallery…
Google launched a DNS service yesterday. Some would say finally. I wonder what took them so long to realize the strategic importance of DNS in an increasingly semantic web infrastructure.…
You’re lonely and ill at ease. A friend says something you feel is mean-spirited and you tell her she’s being unkind. Next time you talk, it’s awkward. Gradually, you drift…
Using an integrated methodology of Web metrics as a tangible, timely indicator of market response, Jurgen Appelo, a Dutch entrepreneur and technologist, has compiled the following list of important…
“How to murder your company in 10 easy steps”. 1. Take on too much debt. Companies usually go bust because they owe the bank too much. If you have no…
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