For over two centuries capitalism and the companies that people have formed under the free enterprise system have been on a journey. That journey has taken a legal entity, the corporation, from one that had typically been chartered for a […]
Chipotle Shows Tough Side of Conscious Capitalism
I’m often asked when discussing Conscious Capitalism if and how in fact this bold idea will really change long standing practices in the business world that many people have begun to just accept as “the way things are” instead of […]
St Pete Times Re-brands to Tampa Bay Times – Can the Tribune Survive?
It’s not often we get to say simply, “I was right” but this morning I woke to some exciting news in an email blasted letter from Times Chairman and CEO Paul Tash. As I predicted in September here, the St Petersburg […]
Doing Business in the Monarchy – Is the Fourth Largest Country Safe for Small Business?
Facebook, often compared in user size to a country would be considered a monarchy, dictatorship or at best an oligarchy. How long are American small businesses safe to operate free of potentially huge taxes (i.e. fees) or other business killing regulations?
Crispin Continues Proving Great Ads Can’t Hide Bad Products
This week Burger King announced they would be replacing Miami’s Crispin Porter + Bogusky with agency McGarryBowen after a two month agency review process. The change is not a surprising corporate reaction considering Burger King has consistently lost market share […]
Social Media & Internet Marketing experts – Where did they come from?
I found an article last week and decided today was a good day to post my thoughts on the subject. Prompted by the Internet marketing sales pitch I’ve had to endure hearing at a nearby table while sitting in a […]
Has The Captain Put Away His Toys?
Last year some friend discussed on Facebook the merits of the Cruzan 9 rum campaign that ran in select cities. Because Tampa was one of the cities targeted and has a love affair with pirates the subject was particularly of […]
NPR on CDC’s Zombie Campaign: The Cranberries Rise Again
I saw the Zombie Apocalypse post in my Facebook news feed this morning and did not fully realize at first that I was in fact on the CDC website. There are all kinds of emergencies out there that we can […]
Google’s Success Included Stickiness
Came across the article, Why Google Succeeded Where Other Search Engines Failed, from an Inc. Magazine Facebook post and was immediately struck with an irony to share. Aside from better search results the following is strongly credited for Google’s success. …there was […]
Facebook sweeps Foursquare in 2010 midterms with 2010 election badge
November 3, 2010 – United States – In an unprecedented come-from-nowhere campaign strategy Facebook swept the 2010 midterm election clearly demonstrating the social network’s flexibility and dominance over other social networks. Foursquare was an early favorite of political and social […]