I write about strategies to turn fans into customers and customers into fans. I also share ways to use real-time strategies to spread ideas, influence minds, and build business.
Yesterday, as HBO was re-playing his 1997 movie Private Parts, Howard Stern offered a real-time running commentary via his @HowardStern twitter feed.
You're on the road, perhaps at a coffee emporium, and you want to find a free WiFi network. Hey, we’ve all done it... You look at the network names and there's the usual assortment: People who default to use a WiFi name like 'linksys,' some who use their family name 'Jones_N...
This month marks the 35th anniversary of The Doobie Brothers' platinum album Takin' It To the Streets. The songs from this album seemed to be always on the radio when I was in High School.
Last week I delivered a keynote about Real-Time Marketing & PR at the MarketingSherpa Email Summit in Las Vegas. (Watch this space -- I will be releasing a free video of my presentation in a few weeks.)
I love this video called The Chase created by Intel to build excitement around the 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i5 processor. The reason this works for me, and why it has nearly 2 million views, is that it shows (rather than tells) what the product can do for the buyer person...
UPDATE -- January 23, 2011 -- The entire limited run of 7,200 copies of this boxed set sold out at $450 each in just four days. (That's three million dollars folks!) I'm glad I ordered mine!
In our real-time world, one person – such as Danielle Crismani – with passion and a computer or mobile device can make a huge difference in the world. I've been following the terrible flooding situation in Queensland, Australia. I've been to this beautiful part of the world ...
UPDATE January 21, 2010. The Playboy pin-up that flew to the moon sold for $17,511 hammer price at auction late last night. Amazing result driven by the new rules of marketing & PR. +++++++++++++++