Where Digital Marketing Fails
If you are a marketing person today, nobody cares about your “offline” skills. Everybody wants a digital marketer. Yet eCommerce currently makes up only 10% of all retail sales. Some companies like Procter & Gamble [...]
Creating an Emotive Customer Experience: Where’s the Motivation?
My tired old iPhone 6 could really use a new battery. So, earlier this year I was pleased to learn about the $29 battery replacement program offered by Apple. Unfortunately, the whole experience left me [...]
Beyond Therapy:AI Gets Real
I just returned from a quick trip to New Hampshire for a client engagement. Three or four weeks ago my client booked a hotel room on my behalf and I received an email confirmation from [...]
Network Slicing: Friend or Foe?
By 2021 global IP traffic will increase nearly threefold, traffic from wireless and mobile devices will account for more than 63 percent of total IP traffic, the number of devices connected to IP networks will [...]
Will the Real IoT Please Stand Up?
Everybody is talking about the Internet of Things (IoT). And more and more vendors seem to be jumping on the bandwagon casting their solutions under the IoT umbrella. But what really classifies as IoT? Read [...]
Protecting Your Brand Names
In many cases, it makes sense for a company to expend the resources to trademark a company and/or product name. A large company in a tight market may wish to do so, and they have [...]
Marketing and Improving Your Business Image
Many smaller businesses such as VARS, resellers and start-up companies struggle when it comes to creating a consistent brand, consistent messaging and corporate image. […]
Trademarking Colors
UPS Brown. Tiffany & Co Blue. These are a handful of examples of corporations that have protected a color for their own use. It may seem hard to believe that a corporation could trademark a [...]
Social Media File Formats Don’t Socialize Well With Each Other
If you’ve ever tried logging into all your social media to update your logo, change your profile picture, add a cover photo or banner, or post a photo, you know the hassle of making sure [...]