Author: Bob Garlick

Social Companies

Social Companies

I ran into this graph earlier this week and thought it was a nice indicator on how larger companies are measuring “how Social” they are. It’s important to know what your ROI is for social media but just as important it is important to measure your ROT (return on Time). This week at a Franchising…

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I Hate Your ipad… Get A Life

I Hate Your ipad… Get A Life

Wonderful read by on old writing busy from the Far East. You forget the importance of conversation and wonder why we have such disfunctional lives. It’s all the distractions… From Collin Piprell’s Lastest Blog post: Excerpt: In Thailand, the iPad mostly remains a rumor of digital utopia on the other side of the world. But…

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Don’t Be Scared Of Facebook, Just Get Some Privacy

Don’t Be Scared Of Facebook, Just Get Some Privacy

Just finished reading a log blog post (5 pages) by J.R. Bookwalter and thought it touched on some important ideas and information regarding Facebook privacy settings. So if you have a Facebook account check the excerpt below and list of subjects that he covers and if you have even the slightest interest in privacy I…

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Active People Have Better Thinking Power

Active People Have Better Thinking Power

Just finished reading a fantastic blog post By Ray B. Williams on management motivation and how the brain can be rewired to think the wrong way. Here is an excerpt from Ray’s post titled: Management Rewired: What Can Brain Science Tell Us About Leadership Behavior? By Ray B. Williams Charles Jacobs, author of Management Rewired:…

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Is Traditional Online Advertisning Dead?

Is Traditional Online Advertisning Dead?

Visit the unedited version of the original blog post: LINK Is There Something Other Than Advertising: The expected drop in internet advertising revenues this year was neither unpredictable nor unpredicted, nor was it caused solely by the general recession and the decline in retail sales.  Internet advertising will rapidly lose its value and its impact,…

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Ads On The Internet Get Better And Better

Ads On The Internet Get Better And Better

Ok this is really great stuff. In fact the ads are so powerful that the sponsors website has crashed. The ads are still up and running on YouTube so I have embedded them in this post. Give this one a view and enjoy the subtle messaging, brilliant. Ads like these are usually produced for internet…

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Will It Blend Is Still My Top Viral Video

Will It Blend Is Still My Top Viral Video

I am constantly telling clients that viral videos is the way to go. However not all people understand that a viral video is not about there product but about the “entertainment” gained from watching there product in action. To this point I give you my top 5 choices that illustrate this fact. Rules: Has to…

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Are people addicted to your blog?

Are people addicted to your blog?

Originally posted by Tamar Weinberg If you want more people to visit your blog on a regular bases then check out the 11 great insights from Tamar Weinberg at Techipedia. She has great info and I would highly recommend RSSing her blog. 1.    Consistency.  Readers want lots of posts, and “neglected content may inadvertently translate…

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Sexy New Bag That Will Save The World

Sexy New Bag That Will Save The World

PUMA Revolutionizes the Shoe Box and gets  a ton of PR out of the deal too! Story research comes from Rebecca Paul’s Blog Designer Yves Behar and fuseproject has redesigned the shoe-box and set a new industry standard for both packaging and distribution all in one great packaging idea. After creating 2,000 box ideas the team…

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