Every time I hear marketing people use the word "digital," and indeed I use it myself, I keep going back to something Rishad Tobaccowala wrote in his insightful essay, Four Thoughts on the Future of Advertising: "The world might be digital but people are analog." He gives plenty of texture around the comment (how agencies ...

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 15:08

Timing in life is everything -- and even more so when you've been charged with and pleaded guilty to a felony that didn't quite make it onto your Form U4 in a timely manner. Worse, this case involved the untimely payment of child support.

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 15:01

It's comforting to know that and "have a very good relationship with " and that Benioff himself has "a very good working relationship with Bill McDermott," the co-CEO of . So, given that everything between the two companies is all lovey-dovey, shouldn't mind that Benioff says that "'s HR product kind of sucks," or that ...

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 14:57

This was supposed to be a traditional business blog and then a book. We planned to point out that entrepreneurs think differently from the rest of us. Not better. Just differently. From there we were going to say that their different way of thinking works particularly well when you can't predict the future with any ...

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 14:33

I recently gave a presentation at the Digital Innovators Summit in Berlin on how FORBES is disrupting the traditional news media. There?s nothing like preparing a PowerPoint deck to focus the mind, especially when one of the presenters (a former newsweekly colleague of mine) runs Sports Illustrated. Somehow you know he?s going to show off ...

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 13:26

"Brands are dead," we've been told, and it feels like everyone's out searching for the smoking gun. Did the economy kill brands, or was it globalization? Maybe it's advertising fatigue? We can muck around the crime scene all we want, but the simple truth is that brands are NOT dead.?? Nor are they "back." In ...

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 14:00

Oil prices have been on the rise and many oil and gas stocks like Plains All American Pipeline have been gaining some serious momentum in the past month or so.

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 16:27

The luxury passenger ship, RMS Titanic, proclaimed "unsinkable," slid into the depths of the North Atlantic Ocean after hitting an iceberg, taking 1,517 people with her. The 100th year anniversary of one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history will be held on April 15. QVC will be noting the anniversary by unveiling its ...

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 17:26

For most women, going through divorce is like riding an emotional rollercoaster. One day they're up. But then, the next day, they're down. Of course, that's completely understandable.?? If you're in the early stages of divorce, you're probably experiencing anger, distress, betrayal, loss, shock, numbness -or a combination of them all. Feelings like these are ...

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 17:26

Investors' wounds from 2008 are still fresh, and many mom-and-pop investors remain terrified of jumping back into the stock market. As a result, investors have parked billions of dollars in money market funds, earning next to nothing in interest. That result leaves investors???especially retirees???desperate for some type of return. This blog focuses on a new ...

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 17:26