The Residential Phone Book Goes the Way of the Dodo Bird

It looks like the telephone companies have finally seen the writing on the wall… or online. The old “reach out and touch someone,” certainly isn’t happening through the whitepages anymore. In the past month alone, New York, Florida and Pennsylvania approved Verizon Communications Inc.’s request to quit distributing residential white pages and regulators are giving […]

The Broadcast Industry: Is Their Catalyst Model Drying Up?

The cable industry has one of the best Catalyst Business Models out there. Is it finally drying up? I’ve written about the book Catalyst Code before. It’s about how companies, like Visa, Amazon, Google and cable companies, have tapped into a catalyst model for their businesses and created thriving businesses. The way it works is […]

The New Information Age and the Rise of the Marketing Technologist

In the last few years technology and the internet has changed the face of marketing from blogs, to videos, to social media platforms. You now have to understand a host of different types of technology to be able to market effectively. Check out this presentation it gives a good overview of the new type of […]

Facebook is Down. What Are We Going To Do!!

Yes, yes it’s true. Facebook is down. What are we going to do?!? The interesting thing, and I’m sure it will be talked about, what about all those sites that are using Facebook integration? Our site, just keeps trying to connect. So the browser appears to just keep spinning. Is there a danger in one […]

How Safe Do You Feel Online?

The US government released the first draft of what they are calling the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC)

Social Media to Peak in 2012 – What’s Next?

In my opinion social media is hot and the term is talked about and searched a lot, but just because the hottness wears off and the term becomes more common place doesn’t mean the death of it.