Archive for June, 2005

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Thursday, June 30th, 2005

Every household in Greenville County pays $485 annually in taxes to cover smoking related health care costs.

I want this, and that.

Thursday, June 30th, 2005

I liked it so much I woke up this morning with it in my bed.

Equifax fights against the customer taking control

Thursday, June 30th, 2005

Huge companies like Equifax that fight the inevitable (the reality that customers are taking over the conversations) instead of evolving are going to go the way of the Dodo.

A note on trying to be all things to all people.

Tuesday, June 28th, 2005

Don’t.

Viral marketing gets some respect

Monday, June 27th, 2005

“One of the fears about viral marketing for advertisers is that in many ways it requires them to give up control of the brand as it wends its way to customers via email and chat rooms.”

If they knew then what they know now…

Friday, June 24th, 2005

Six ad experts in 2002 gave their predictions as to what the future of advertising will look like. How did they do?

Shining a light on bad marketing practices

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2005

Come out. Come out. Wherever you are.

RAGE Lives On!

Tuesday, June 21st, 2005

On Tuesday, June 14, we held this year’s RAGE day camp. We’ve gone from an initial three day Summit, to last year taking the summit approach on the road with stops across the state of South Carolina, to this year a one day camp. I think it sucks. But I’m not going to be negative here. I want to celebrate some things that I never thought about when we set out to create a co-owned youth movement in a heavy tobacco-influenced state.

CD Baby

Tuesday, June 21st, 2005

This little online shop provides a better personal experience than 98% of the real shops I’ve walked in to.

Hey, Early Adopters! Over here!

Sunday, June 19th, 2005

I thought part of the early adopter mentality is that they are proud to find new products and services on their own.