Starting to expand the blog with more emphasis on the views of friends and colleagues who are experts in their fields and have interesting experiences to share. For my first interview I connected with Colin Nelson, who used to head up European sales for collaborative innovation software provider Imaginatik (I was VP of Marketing). Colin[…]
Getting tired of stories about how Apple continues to succeed? Then skip this post. There have been thousands of articles and books written about successful marketers who exceed expectations and delight customers. Apple continues to exceed expectations in hundreds of ways that most of us don’t notice, but here’s a few of the most obvious:[…]
“Retargeting Ads Follow Surfers to Other Sites” from today’s NY Times discusses ads that use shopping cart and other surfing info to personalize the ads that consumers see as they surf the web. The ads are delivered through the technology of a company called Criteo and you can identify many of them by the line[…]
Back to blogging about cool ways that technology will impact our lives, I need to spend a bit of time about Facebook “Places.” As an early fan of Foursquare, I believe there is real power in the check-in capability of Foursquare and it’s competitors, and I spent a fair amount of time and effort trying[…]
Not sure where Microsoft will be running their wing off the pier, but I’d love to see it. Here’s a link to the site: Tweet
Ok, I think it is time that we admit it. There are a lot of horrible apps out there. I think we need to not only admit it but enshrine the crappy apps and promotions in a historical setting. So it is with great pride and only a little irritation that I nominate the first[…]
Today I’m turning my blog over to my friend and colleague Jeff Carter, the CEO of HealthGlobe. This is a short vignette about a meeting that Jeff had with a mid-sized company CFO that gives you great insight into why Medical Travel is a really important idea that can help corporations save significant amounts of money. Tweet
Over the past few months I’ve been consulting on a regular basis for a Medical Travel company called HealthGlobe. Founded by former Amazon exec and CambridgeSoft sales leader Jeff Carter and his partner Sue Hart, HealthGlobe delivers an unmatched capability to help consumers improve their lives through medical care from outstanding medical centers around the[…]
New OK Go video is terrific as usual. The skills required to time all of those stop-time cuts is way beyond my understanding. And the song is great too. Enjoy. Tweet
The Lakers have Jack Nicholson and all of the Hollywood types. The Yankees have Rudy Giuliani. And the Cowboys have so many fans around the country. But the Mets have Jerry Seinfeld, who is one of the most articulate, enthusiastic and funny fans in history. He is completely plugged in with the Mets and this[…]