Jeff Esposito

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$200 million for graffiti artist, value of personal data and changing consumer buying

Jeff Esposito

Changes to the Way Customers Buy – raise your hand if you use recommendations to make a purchase. In this post from Valeria Maltoni, she sheds some light on Google’s new privacy policy and how it will make trusted recommendations out of the data we share with Google.

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Facebook’s the crack and we’re all greedy junkies

Jeff Esposito

But many lost track that we were buying from George Jung , Walter White or Tony Montoya and got hooked on the freemium model – Yes, that community that you built on Facebook is just rented real estate and your company does not own the user or their data. The answer is No.

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Reflecting on last year’s top Tweets

Jeff Esposito

I know Google should be excited about 100m + users but it’s kind of like the host of a mandatory party getting excited when people arrive. — A: RT @ jeffespo : @ aschweig enough to buy skinny jeans and not enough to make the pockets bulge. Good ol’ Dino tried to help. Now I can’t get her out of my room.

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Pledge NOW to Bring “SMAC! Sock Monkeys Against Cancer” to Life!

Jeff Esposito

Two” Business Model: When you buy a SMAC! Tangible Support: Provide constant comfort, sock monkey “mojo” and a cancer-busting buddy to those moving through their cancer journey. Giving: “One SMAC! = monkey, one will be given to someone with cancer (model to go into action the minute the company can financially sustain it). monkeys online.

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Why Your PR Firm Is Stuck in the 19th Century

Jeff Esposito

The truth to just about everything is a quick Google search away. Then again, if you try to buy off a journalists these days, you might just as easily end up on the wrong end of a vicious tweet or blog post calling shenanigans on your shady dealings.

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Three Social Media Predictions for 2012

Jeff Esposito

Consolidation, acquisition and mega networks, oh my – The social networking space is going to get a heck of a lot smaller in 2012 and could wind up being a two-horse race between Facebook and Google. Google in the search arena, social will be dominated by the big G and Facebook. Much like Microsoft v.