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Technology: Better Business Through Blogging

I'm unhappy to say that I'm leaving FC Experts just as I was hoping to dig into the topic of the business of blogging. However I can certainly leave you with a few relevant links on that topic before saying goodbye. I recently ...READ»

Technology: Blogging as a Web 2.0 Entry Point or You Still Have Time to Catch the Cluetrain!

Last post I looked at the John Mackey disaster and introduced the idea of blogging as an entry point to Web 2.0, an idea that needs to be clarified before continuing. Rather than attempting to answer the question, "What is Web 2.0", ...READ»

Nightclub Wristband Marketing Goes National

Though finding new places to put ads is not my favorite marketing game, I'm very interested in Billboard Bands' nightclub wristbands advertising network. I've certainly seen branding placements on wristbands before, usually for ...READ»

Old Spice, MINI USA & Jeep As Media Companies

One of my big interests related to branded entertainment is in entertainment properties with which the brand owner essentially takes on the role of a media company. Recent examples that have caught my eye all turn out to focus on ...READ»

Experiential Marketing: A Rose By Many Other Names

I'd like to introduce my presence at Fast Company with a few thoughts about my blogging focus, Experiential Marketing, a fairly new term with an incredible range of definitions. Rather than attempting to pin down the correct ...READ»

Marketing High School Musical, Pt. 2: The Concert

Zac Attack: An Unauthorized Biography High School Musical: The Concert [not to be confused with the stage show] takes the cross-marketing universe of High School Musical [the tv movie] on the road in a collection of songs from ...READ»

Technology: John Mackey & Blogging as a Web 2.0 Entry Point

The undercover online discussion board activity of Whole Foods' CEO John Mackey is already a great lesson in the challenges faced by corporations in a Web 2.0 communication environment and an excellent place to start my fresh ...READ»

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Emerging Entertainment Power Players: Bill Clinton & the Seminole Tribe

Seminole Tribe of Florida Chairman Mitchell Cypress signs a ceremonial resolution to finalize the Tribe's acquisition of Hard Rock International. (PRNewsFoto/Seminole Tribe of Florida) During the last couple of weeks in which ...READ»

Innovation: I Thought This Would Be My Last Post at Fast Company

Free Ozzfest Announcement, Feb. '07 I thought this post was to be my last at Fast Company so I wanted it to be a good one. No, I wanted it to be a great one. But, as it turns out, this is not my final post at all. But if this ...READ»

Guerilla Marketing in Post 9/11 America

Zebro on Boston's Aqua Teen Bomb Scare [NSFW] At first I was hesitant to write about the electronic ads for Aqua Teen Hunger Force that set off the Boston Lite-Brite evacuations because, once I saw a picture of one of the devices, ...READ»

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A Reintroduction: From Experiential to Entertainment Marketing

Way back last year I introduced myself as the new Experiential Marketing blogger at Fast Company. Though I'm fascinated by the topic, I also found this approach taking me in an overly academic direction as I attempted follow-up ...READ»

Ambush Marketers, Swag Suites & HP at Sundance

The North Face and Lexus present The Ice Lounge, a hospitality lounge built to bring together celebrities, filmmakers, media and the environmental community. (PRNewsFoto/The Ice Lounge) Though one usually thinks movie marketing ...READ»

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Marketing High School Musical, Pt. 1: The Movie

High School Musical Soundtrack The soundtrack for the Disney Channel's made-for-tweens tv movie High School Musical was the top selling album of 2006 and the dvd did ok too. Just about everyone that writes about High School ...READ»

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Can Russell Simmons Unite the Hip-Hop Community on The Web?

Back in 2000 hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons bankrolled the short-lived hip-hop news, entertainment, and community Website 360hiphop.com. Now he and a group of investors are trying again.READ»