Groupon As The Emperors Tailor?

TweetYou remember the story … The Emperors New Clothes a short tale by Hans Christian Andersen about two weavers who promise an Emperor a new suit of clothes that are invisible to those unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent. When the Emperor parades before his subjects in his new clothes, a child cries out, [...]

Cast Your Vote! Best and Worst Ads of Super Bowl 45?

TweetShare your thoughts on super bowl 45 and which ads were your favorite. From the buzz on Twitter, it seems many were disappointed! Which ads from Super Bowl 45 were the GREATEST disappointment? Can’t remember? Check out this line up in order of the game to refresh your memory …

The Three Smartest Words in Advertising … Ever

These three words that have sold more product, driven more repeat business and caused a consumer behavior phenomenon that no other three words in advertising have ever accomplished.

Happy 80th Birthday Mickey Mouse!!

Tweet“I hope that we never lose sight of one thing: that it was all started by a Mouse.” – Walt Disney. We remember these famous words on 80th Mickey Mouse birthday. On this day 80 years ago, the scrawny little mouse broke onto the scene with his first film Steam Boat Willie, On November 18, [...]

Beware … The End Is Near … For Google, At Least.

TweetPundits web wide are asking if Google is afraid of Facebook based on the latest comScore data regarding time spent on sites owned by each of the megalith internet companies. Well … hold on a minute … last time I checked, actual time spent on Google’s search site averages about 3 nano seconds to return about 150 gazillion results, [...]

King James and How He Leveraged Twitter …

TweetTweet What can business owners learn from LeBron James? Any thoughts on what the most active water cooler buzz was about recently? World events? Global warming? The BP oil debacle? Not so much … Arguably the biggest question on the tip of everybody’s tongue was where NBA all star LeBron James would end up? While [...]

The New York Times Bans the Use of the Word “Tweet”? … Well, Not Yet.

TweetTweet Aah! The Internet … source of all information, wellspring of data, and now it seems … not to be (entirely) trusted … who knew?? Recently a blog post by Choire Sicha (common pronunciation) at TheAwl.com proclaimed that New York Times standards editor, Phil Corbett had issued a memo banning the use of “tweet” the invented past [...]