The conversational marketing model is not really new at all, vis a vis Seth Godin and many others, but it is a major change: When we buy, we discuss the choices with friends and, as Godin points out, we have a lot more friends because of social media. If I’m buying an LED monitor, I’ll [...]

I recently did some housecleaning in my Facebook account, defriending anyone who is littering their social messages with business pitches. I recommend you do the same or Facebook is going to get littered with pitch spam. Several of the people I blocked are friends in real life but insisted on regading Facebook as a place [...]

This is so ass-backward I can’t even begin to understand why this company would pull such a bone-headed move. The US ranks behind neatly every major country in broadband access and they are going to start restricting their service? Don’t they realize this opens the door for an aggressive wireless provider to take their business?
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