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THE RELATIONSHIP ECONOMY JULY 9, 2011  The Counter-Game The term “Gamification” is pretty cool, except that it is meaningless. Anyone who has ever worked a day in his or her life knows that the World is already gamed. Anyone who follows politics and world events sees the game playing out constantly. Everyone, including the winners, know that the game is stacked. The last thing anyone needs is another game layer. What is a Counter Game? The Value Game. | STAY N' ALIVE JULY 9, 2011 Too Much Noise on Google Plus? Here is How I Deal With It A lot of people are complaining that power users such as myself and Robert Scoble and others are causing too much noise in their stream. Scoble's wife even quit the service because of it (and I can't even convince my wife to use it even though I created an account for her). It's nothing new, though - this is a problem Friendfeed had when they first released their real-time stream (Just Google "friendfeed noise" to see what I mean). However, there are ways of managing it. I'd like to share some of the ways I deal with the noise. Scoble follows thousands. What matters is who you interact with. | TWIST IMAGE JULY 9, 2011 Study Art The greatest thinkers and the greatest businesspeople have a passion for some kind of art. It's easy to get all smug about a comment like that and think to yourself, "it's easy for successful people to have a passion for art, because they're the ones who are rich enough to buy it. and have the time to spend on it." " That's a myth. Whether it's art, music, dance, photography, architecture or literature, it's easy to have a passion for any of these art forms on the cheap. Having a passion for art with make you smarter, richer and more creative. and watch your life change. astaire. | SMALL BUSINESS MAVERICKS JULY 9, 2011 How To Create A Holiday If you’ve ever wanted to start your own holiday, Chick-Fil-A can teach you how. The fast food restaurant inspired hundreds of thousands of people to dress up like a cow and get a free chicken sandwich. That’s pretty impressive. When it comes to marketing – traditional or internet – it’s OK to get wacky. Wacky sells. It inspires. It builds buzz, and that’s what you want in your marketing plan. Starting your own brand holiday is a great way to build buzz for your product or service. So what kind of holiday could you create to sell more of your product? | | | | | | | |
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FIREBELLY | SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2011  Did You Know…You Will Like This Show?
Before the holiday weekend, I sat down with my laptop and popcorn to finally watch the season finale of one of my favorite TV shows. was about a month overdue for watching. Needless to say, I was extremely excited. As I nestled into the couch and hit “play,” the first commercial to appear took my night (and week after) for an unexpected turn. The opening slide read: “Did you know that 80% of viewers who watch this show will like this show too?” This question was followed by a trailer for Lipstick Jungle , an NBC sitcom that for 2 seasons in 2008 and 2009. Have you fallen for the “Did You Know…?” MORE >> -
FEVER BEE | SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2011 Communities For Start-Ups
Technology start-ups don't usually want or need a community. They either want an online customer service channel or they want advocates to promote their technology. Neither requires members to have relationships with each other. Fred Wilson highlights this post by Joel Spolsky on modern community building. You You should read both posts, especially this paragraph: "Building communities on the Internet is a new kind of profession. The opportunity is to build a community around a strong common interest/purpose (e.g. MORE >> -
MY CREATIVE TEAM THINKING | SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2011  Scan Me
The QR code above is provided by ScanMe , where you can develop your own QR code that provides access to all of your contact information to anyone with a smart phone. Go ahead and scan mine to find out how to connect with me on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. Below is what you see if you scan the QR code. bookmark to: Other Posts You Might Like Fortune 500 Friday – 7/8/2011 Creativity 2011 – Week #27 Creativity 2011 – Week #26 Creativity 2011 – Week #25 Creativity 2011 – Week #24. My Creative Team QR Codes qr codes MORE >> -
CREATIVE RAMBLINGS | SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2011 Do we really need another social networking site?
The other day, I wrote an article about a new social media platform called Jaspud.com. After I was done publishing it on Digital Journal, I asked myself the following question: Do we really need another network to connect with people? have grown tired of Facebook. While I love the fact that the platform allows. Ramblings facebook google Google Plus social networking twitter MORE >> -
GEOFF LIVINGSTON | SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2011  Observing Obama’s First Twitter Town Hall Live
Attending the first Twitter Town Hall at the White House last week was quite an experience! For the first time, a President — Barack Obama — answered questions from digital citizens across America on the microblog network. The Townhall was the third social network appearance by the President, the first ones hosted on YouTube and Facebook. The new format with Twitter was a massive public event, inspiring 40,000 questions, and of course, some criticism. Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey interviewed the President using questions he hadn’t seen before, some of which came in live. MORE >> -
- The Blog of Art PROBLOGGER | SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2011
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