Direct Marketing Observations

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What’s Next for Tumblr?

Direct Marketing Observations

Tumblr users are passionate and are worried about what will happen to their platform. There’s the doomed from the start version that never gets the funding it needs or just may be a good idea poorly executed and then there’s the Flickr, Posterous, Instagram, Tumblr variety. The types that get bought and are altered forever.

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What Happens When the Mega Personal Brand Leaves the Company?

Direct Marketing Observations

The biggest reason is that we, the social media community lose our poster child/ case study of how one person with one tool/platform can transform how a company operates in the social media spectrum of customer service.

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Should Everything be Free Online?

Direct Marketing Observations

Does Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Youtube, Tumblr, WordPress, Posterous, Typepad, Flickr and Evernote amongst others, charge to use their platforms at an entry level? It’s actually been gasoline on an open flame.

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An Open Letter to a New Social Media Consultant

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The great thing about social is that we can suggest specific ways that they can use social media to amplify what they are doing, that might be of interest to people who are not brand enthusiasts- and we can tailor platforms and tools to meet the needs of staff and customers. As I have said in the past. That’s not my job.