While it’s been a busy week that’s required laser focus on work projects, there have been a few issues burning in my mind. I tackled one of them last night for my latest MediaPost column: “Are advertisers truly benefiting consumers?… Read the rest
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My New Car Shopping Experience
Laura, Julian and I just bought a Subaru Forester, and I analyzed our shopping experience for my latest MediaPost column (pasted below).
A number of guys out there have emailed me privately, accusing me of buying a “chick car.” I’ll underscore here: Our new Forester comes with good gas mileage, ample room for a mid-size car, excellent handling in the snow and rain, high crash-safety ratings, a reputation for reliability, a huge sunroof, an ipod hookup, a trunk liner you can hose down and easy handling for my wife.… Read the rest
Passion Is The Ultimate Competitive Advantage
I’m more convinced everyday that passion is the ultimate competitive advantage in business.
Competency is expected. Only flawless execution is tolerable.
But when you enable passion, you drive focus, cultivate mastery, leverage spontaneity, foster creativity, build intuition and live toward mission.… Read the rest
What Happened To The Sub-Prime Mortgagte Fallout?
No kidding, today I received this contextual ad on Facebook:
Fast home refi, good credit or not. Countrywide®. 4 out of 5 approved
Good credit or not? Was this ad in the queue prior to the early August economic panic over the sub-prime mortgage sector — and not pulled?… Read the rest
Less Is More
“This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.”
– Winston Churchill
“People, through their growing addiction to high volumes of email transmissions, defend themselves against the risk of communicating with one another.”… Read the rest