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Comcast Fee: Internet Service Provider To Start Charging Heavy Downloaders Extra
Comcast Corp., the country's largest Internet service provider, is going to start charging extra when customers go over a certain monthly data limit. … [Read More...]
And We’re Off! Facebook Shares Hit the Nasdaq at a Slight Increase Before Settling Back.
Facebook shares began trading on the Nasdaq exchange this morning with an immediate jump of approximately 11 percent to a price of about $42 per … [Read More...]
Thieves allegedly rob Internet cafe, forget to log out of Facebook
Facebook is so deeply woven into the human fabric that people forget to, well, wipe their feet before they enter and say goodbye before they leave. A … [Read More...]
Viacom Channels Back on Time Warner iPad App
Users of the Time Warner Cable iPad app will be able to tune into a host of Viacom programs thanks to a resolution in the legal skirmish between the … [Read More...]
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Social Marketing: Past is Prologue, Part II
Originally posted at Keller Fay. As far as we have been able to determine, the phrase “Word-of-Mouth Advertising” was coined by Ernest Dichter who, in 1966, published an article in the Harvard Business Review entitled, “How Word-of-Mouth Advertising Works” Dichter was a psychologist … [Read More...]
A Futurist’s Personal Technology
Read the full story at Davide Houle. I am frequently asked about what technology I carry and use. This is due in large part because I am a futurist and to many people technology and the future are close to synonymous. That of course is not wholly true, but certainly understandable as it … [Read More...]
Media Sales Executives: Hurry, Buy This Book
Originally posted at Media Biz Bloggers. When I became VP of Sales Strategy and Development at AOL’s Interactive Marketing division in 1998, I was asked to become active in a membership that the division had in the Sales Executive Council (SEC), part of the Corporate Executive Board. I … [Read More...]
Annals of Oprah: Why OWN isn’t Working
Originally posted at TV HOWL. Oprah Winfrey’s OWN isn’t working for the simple reason that Oprah herself seems passé. Why opine on this subject today? Because the news is all over the place that losses are mounting at OWN. Among other places, a front-page story in the Wall Street … [Read More...]
Social Marketing: Past is Prologue
Originally posted at Keller Fay. On May 22, my new book, The Face-to-Face Book: Why Real Relationships Rule in a Digital Marketplace will be published. Coauthored by Brad Fay, it is a book about the hugely important social wave that is rolling across the world of business today. But … [Read More...]
