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Innovation: The Big Squeeze

In "The Future of First-Class," Forbes.com writer Shivani Vora lifts a page from my blog in forecasting the future of travel in the air up there. Her thoughtful column dissects the amazing transformation of business class and ...READ»

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"Don't Get Burned by Earnings"

Now Online...www.financialconservation.comForbes.com Link: http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/106880/Don't-Get-Burned-by-Earnings?sec=topStories&pos=8&asset=TBD&ccode=TBD This piece by David Serchuk gives a ...READ»

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Innovation: Reinventing the Wheel

Are airlines reinventing the wheel? Airlines may reinvent first-class service, according to a recent item in Forbes magazine. In fact, some airlines may elevate their first-class service to that of a five-star hotel, some industry ...READ»

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Effective Leadership Strategies for Chief Marketing Officers

CMOs have to balance their responsibility to drive business performance and brand development over the long-run, with the need for short-term results. In the quick-turn world of CMOs, sometimes tactics drive strategies. Seth Godin does a nice job of illustrating a world dependent on tactics in “when tactics drown out strategy.” Everyone needs results NOW, so CMOs are often stuck in the loop of trying to drive immediate results instead of creating a plan that could work but may take months to come to fruition.READ»

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Throw the Advertising Out of the Search Engines by Phillip Sheu Ph.D.

Aren't we tired of getting search results that are influenced by advertising? We need problem-solving that works objectively. It's time for organic search.READ»

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If We Did Not Build it, They Would Not Come: Citizen Journalism is Discovered - The Harsh Reality of the New World Media

Over the past two years, the way in which American's receive their news has changed. No longer does the father come home, kick off his shoes, and read the day’s events in the local newspaper such as THE NEWARK ADVOCATE, A Gannett Publication, based in Newark, Ohio. America, The way media in America is being distriputed arounnd the world is no longer in the hands of "The Editorial Board" but YOU, The American Citizen Journalist, From RobertPaisola.com READ»

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Tech Monday: Fake Steve Jobs Outed

The New York Times website this Sunday had a little surprise for us all. One of the paper's best known journalists, Brad Stone, put the pieces together on who the Fake Steve Jobs really is: Dan Lyons, Senior Editor and tech writer at ...READ»

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iPhone Backlash

The much extolled iPhone has finally been released amongst a veritable storm of praise and acclamation into the hands of its adoring fans. But with all the praise must inevitably come some backlash. Just what are critics saying could be wrong with Apple's latest invention?READ»

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Strategies for growth in a slowing economy

From www.moguletteblog.com Yikes, what a mess! The havoc in the stock and financial markets made it really challenging to stay focused on my work last week. I spent 14 years of my life at Lehman Bros., so it's not only the ...READ»

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7 Seeds to Plant That Will Grow Your Business

Small business management is a delicate balance of planning, action and intrinsic perspective. With minimal resources, time and money must be spent wisely. Business fundamentals must be incorporated at all times. READ»

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The Right Fight: How to Pick Battles on the Path to Grand Innovation

How does an organization create breakthrough performance time after time? The conventional answer is a version of "feel good" wisdom about getting everyone aligned. But it turns out that's not enough.READ»

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How to Use Social Media to Get PR For Your Company

if you are still sending out press releases over the wire headed "press release" or "for immediate release," you are just setting yourself up for rejection according to a panel of journalists at today's Social Media Summit in San ...READ»

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Innovation: Today's Time Tunnel

For one storied season just 40 short summers ago, a sci-fi show called "The Time Tunnel" held sway on ABC-TV. Created by "Poseidon Adventure" film and TV producer Irwin Allen, the aforementioned Time Tunnel was a secret government ...READ»

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Dallas Fort Worth Considered Recession-Proof

Dallas Fort Worth Considered Recession-Proof As an important follow up to my last post, I wanted to point out how strong the Dallas real estate market really was. My last post, "Dallas Real Estate Home Prices Fall 4 ...READ»

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Ad:tech Panel: Global Perspectives on the Digital Revolution

"Although tremendous change and innovation are happening in the US, we are, of course, not the center of the universe…" A magnanimous statement describing the content of Global Perspectives on the Digital Revolution, the ad:tech ...READ»

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Why Freebies Can COST you

Recently, Ning announced that they were laying off 70 staff and no longer going to provide their social networking platform as a freebie. Ning’s COO Jason Rosenthal said...READ»

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Updates to Stories from Fast Company

Time Out Americans may not be working fewer hours, as David Roberts suggested in "All in a Day's Work " (May), but more of us are working fewer days. In July, Utah became the first state to implement a mandatory ...READ»

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Innovation: Keep 'Em Flying

There's no future in flight if planes have no place to park. Yet that's exactly the future we face, with 14 U.S. airports and eight metropolitan areas needing new capacity to accommodate anticipated growth in air traffic through ...READ»

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Careers: How to Improve Your Social Media IQ: Part Two

I'm continuing to live blog -- well as I confessed in Part One -- edit my rambling live blogging at last week's BullDog Reporter bootcamp with social media pros Sally Falkow and Doug Hay of Expansion+. As I mentioned, I have no ...READ»

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Market to Market Revisited

Jose D. Roncalwww.financialspeculation.comLast October we wrote an article explainingMark-to-Market Accounting. The article gave a basic overview about what Mark to Market means, how it works, and the pros and cons.  It was a ...READ»

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OpenTable for Docs Expands to D.C., Other Cities

In 2007, businessman Cyrus Massoumi and physician Oliver Kharraz teamed up to found ZocDoc.com, a Web service that matches patients with available appointments at doctors' and dentists' offices. It's OpenTable for health care. ...READ»

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New York Dodge Dealership Increases Savings for New Car Shoppers

Long Island car shoppers can save as much as 48% off the MSRP on many new Dodge cars, trucks or vans at Westbury Jeep Chrysler Dodge. US News and Rankings reports that the Dodge Challenger is America’s new muscle car, surpassing the Mustang.READ»

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Web: Why Your Web Marketing Strategy Needs A Widget

The thing about Web 2.0 is that it keeps us on our toes, constantly changing the game. For instance, whoever thought that Travelocity's Roaming Gnome would need a MySpace profile page or that there'd be a presidential debates channel ...READ»

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On Investing and Speculating

Jose D. Roncalwww.financialspeculation.comIf you've read our bookThe Big Gamble: Are You Investing or Speculating, you may have made the connection between passages of our book and a recent Forbes.com article entitled, Benjamin ...READ»

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Tops in NFL merchandise were considered in the calculations

According to a lately published push freedom and the details released in this month's Forbes magazine, the Philadelphia Eagles label number one in the NFL jersey when it comes to imprint regarding and revenue intake.Forbes' study ...READ»