Remember how we used to share content before Twitter and Facebook? Before AOL and Yahoo? Before email and the internet? If you found something that you thought someone you know would like, you had to physically bring it to them. ...Read More

The argument of "we all have short attention spans on the web" is pretty ingrained in pop culture at this point (and I think I've probably mentioned it myself a few times). But the reality is, we have the same ...Read More

Note: This is totally a half-baked idea. I started it with one idea in mind, ended up going in about 8 different directions, and still never really arrived anywhere. However, I am interested in this idea of how we convert our ...Read More

Whenever we hear the word “online privacy”, we immediately think of Facebook. They have certainly borne the brunt of the consumer push-back and backlash on privacy issues. And for the most part, the heat is deserved and legitimate. But it’s ...Read More

I don't have set rules on guest posting. I'm just all about quality content, no matter where it comes from. I don't post guest posts for the sake of posting guest posts, and I certainly don't post shitty content. But ...Read More

Location-based check-in services are all the rage. It's trendy, it's cool, it's buzz-worthy. All that is great in the short-term, but in order to be relevant and viable in the long-term, there needs to be some serious value created for ...Read More

Digg 4.0 will fail for the exact same reason you thought it would succeed; because it's what people say they want. People say they want networking, community and individual customization because that's what they already have. We have Twitter and ...Read More

The online market is now an attention-based economy. There are so many websites, blogs, and other resources that the scarcest and therefore most valuable commodity is human attention. Negative publicity in the traditional definition of the term is no longer ...Read More

Think about this. Future Consulting, Inc. offers social media and interactive marketing consulting to companies looking to build community networks as a means of promoting brand awareness, proliferation, and loyalty to drive consumption. Future Consulting has 10 accounts with major ...Read More

We always hear people talk about privacy on the web. But have you ever actually seen how easy it is to find private data? It continues to shock me that even with so much demand for privacy, so much our ...Read More

Promoting a blog is hard work. It requires consistency, dedication and patience. We have all heard that some of best ways to grow your readership is to engage with other online communities. By commenting on other blogs, participating in Facebook ...Read More

Competitive advantage defines the structure and success of companies. Traditional advantages include resources, capital, technology, distribution, infrastructure, and even political leverage. The one aspect of business that certainly wasn't competitive or advantageous was your customers. Consumers purchased your product or ...Read More

How many times has this happened to you? You are reading a website with news articles. An ad banner pops up with each new article you open. You get frustrated and go to a different news website. You are reading a business ...Read More

Yes, this is a real job post I came across on a legitimate job board. After daydreaming for a second about what the day to day life of a Chief Listener would be like,  I realized how amazing it is ...Read More