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Worst Practices | Facebook | Books | Artificial Intelligence

Move Fast and Steal Things: Meta Pirated 53 of My Books and Stories to Train Their AI

March 26th, 2025|2 min read

Worst Practices | Case Studies | Marketing | Advertising

Automaker Website Frustrations Push Buyers Elsewhere

December 10th, 2024|1 min read

Worst Practices | Research and Analysis | Best Practices | Artificial Intelligence

Generative AI Not Understood By Young People… Educators Are To Blame

July 9th, 2024|3 min read

Worst Practices | Case Studies | Newsjacking | Fanocracy | Artificial Intelligence

Apple’s Soul Crushing, Creator Destroying Metaphor for what AI is Doing to Society

May 8th, 2024|1 min read

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Worst Practices | writing | copywriting | Marketing | Best Practices

Customer Testimonials Are Not Effective Storytelling

March 26th, 2024|1 min read

Worst Practices | New Rules of Sales & Service | Marketing | Advertising

We Annoy Our Customers

March 5th, 2024|1 min read

Worst Practices | Public Relations | Case Studies | Media Relations

Legal Caution vs. PR Clarity: University Presidents' Legal Advisors Muddled Congressional Testimonies

December 19th, 2023|1 min read

Worst Practices | Marketing | Advertising

Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should

October 19th, 2023|2 min read

Worst Practices | Case Studies | Marketing | Advertising | Fanocracy

Max Mayhem: Warner Bros. Discovery's Rebrand Fail

April 21st, 2023|1 min read

Worst Practices | Case Studies | New Rules of Sales & Service | Marketing | Books | Fanocracy

Every Customer Touchpoint Is A Way To Build Fans (Or Not)

November 16th, 2022|1 min read

Worst Practices | Sales Strategies | New Rules of Sales & Service | Best Practices | Business to Business

Why Salespeople’s LinkedIn Profiles Don’t Sell

October 5th, 2022|1 min read

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Worst Practices | Sales Strategies | Marketing | Fanocracy

A Focus On Product Alone Results In A Race To The Bottom

August 16th, 2022|1 min read

Worst Practices | Case Studies | Fanocracy

Branding Gone Amok™

August 9th, 2022|0 min read

Rock Band Web Sites | Worst Practices | Case Studies | Music | Newsjacking | Fanocracy

Bruce Springsteen and Ticketmaster Anger Fans with AI Dynamic Pricing Fiasco

July 25th, 2022|6 min read

Worst Practices | New Rules of Marketing and PR | New Rules of Sales & Service | Marketing | Best Practices

Back to the Basics: Nobody Cares About Your Products (Except You)

January 31st, 2022|1 min read

Worst Practices | New Rules of Marketing and PR | Marketing | Best Practices | Business to Business | Fanocracy

Two Super Simple Actions You Can Do Right Now to Create Fans of Your Business

January 18th, 2022|2 min read

Worst Practices | New Rules of Marketing and PR | Public Relations

Non-Targeted Broadcast Public Relations Pitches Are Spam

November 18th, 2021|1 min read

Social Media | Worst Practices | New Rules of Marketing and PR | Marketing | Facebook | Advertising | Corporate blogging

Your Own Content to Educate Instead of Spreading Hatred Through Facebook

November 3rd, 2021|2 min read

Rock Band Web Sites | Worst Practices | Music | Real-Time Marketing & PR | Marketing

Real and Perceived Scarcity as a Marketing Strategy

October 26th, 2021|2 min read