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What Larry King Teaches Leaders about How to Connect with Others

There is a story that talk show legend Larry King tells in his memoir, My Remarkable Journey, that gets to the heart of his gift for getting people to talk about themselves. Not only has this ability made him famous, it serves as ...READ»

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Talk About It

I would call it TalkAboutIt but that name is taken. It's a social site where you can talk to another person about whatever. Talk...not type. Audio...not video. You start by maybe choosing a topic from a tag cloud. Maybe it's ...READ»

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What is your message to the world?

Imagine this. You step on to the elevator. The doors are closing. All of a sudden, the leading pioneer in your field or the CEO of a Fortune 100 company steps on the elevator and pushes the button to the top floor. The ...READ»

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Jenna Bush Makes Parents Look Good

I was watching Larry King last week and happened to catch the segment with guests Laura and Jenna Bush. They were there promoting their new children’s book, Read All About It. I haven’t really followed the Bush children. Except ...READ»

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10 Taglines to Help U.S. Companies Compete in a Post-American World

When a company makes a brand promise in a tagline, it's committing to a relationship. Here are ten taglines in search of new American mates willing to help take back the 21st century.READ»

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Wyclef? Why Not?

Sure, he's suspected of misappropriating funds from his own NGO (and America's IRS), but Wyclef Jean could be just the kind of marketing maniac Haiti needs.READ»

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The Twitter About Twitter

Twitter is one application of a broader category called microblogging. You've seen it on The View, you've watched it creep into night time dramas, you've heard it in the news, you've seen Larry King take on Ashton Kutcher with their ...READ»

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How to Run Your Brand Like a Therapist

To keep consumers coming back, companies should consider getting in touch with their feelings.READ»

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The View From 2020: A Datasnap From the Near Future

Graham Button takes a break from his Microsoft U studies at a rented media pod on the beach in Zanzibar to file a post ten years from now.READ»

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60 Years Later, Everyone's Still Loving the AK-47

The iconic machine gun turns 60 this year, and remains one of the most effective tools ever designed. Graham Button heads to his local gun show to find out why something that kills people is so revered.READ»

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Liquid Purple Cows

Went out to a barbeque restaurant last night with some FC colleagues and when the dessert menu came, how could I not, as Seth Godin's editor, have been intrigued by the purple cow float? I honestly had never heard of such a dessert ...READ»

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Designed Experiences: The Evolution of Intelligent Design

Established brands are an evolution, constantly adapting. Designed brands are born adapted.READ»

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iFive: WikiLeaks and the Whistleblower, BP Heckled, Google's for Shopping, Intel-FTC Talks, Times Square Bomber Pleads Guilty

You may have had an early night, but innovation was not in hiding. Oh no, sirree, it's been waving banners at oil conferences, shopping online, and appearing in court while you were asleep.1. He's been under the radar for a month now, ...READ»

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Online, We're the Sales Leads and the Cookies are the Closers

My son plays some pretty obscure online games. You have to leave the beaten track to find them. About six months ago he was playing one in my dungeon office at home, where I was using hypnosis to coax ideas out of a blank piece of ...READ»

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iFive: Google-Verizon Pact, China's Eco Tax, Facebook's Friendster Patents, Wyclef for Prez, Model Blood Diamonds

Run for your life! Or cuddle up? From Wyclef to supermodels to China and Facebook, here's what you missed overnight.READ»

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The Story of Your Life: It’s all in the details

By now, everyone is familiar with the James Frey fiasco of 2007: Frey, a bestselling memoirist, was outed for making up many of the details in A Million Little Pieces, the supposedly true account of his experiences during ...READ»

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The Ultimate Design Language? Words.

The more user-centered design is, the better. And no medium is more user-centered than the written word.READ»

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How to Design the Internet Experience Without Becoming the Advertisers' Bitch

New web ventures need income. But if you’re going to be 2.0, then you can’t be the advertisers’ bitch. Everyone’s so very tired of that uninvited guest, the corporation. READ»

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Telly Visionary

With 15 Emmys and a superstar client list, set designer Jim Fenhagen is the hottest thing on TV.READ»

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Mr. Social: Ashton Kutcher Plans to Be the Next New-Media Mogul

How Ashton Kutcher is pioneering a new kind of media business, bridging Hollywood, technology, and Madison Avenue. Really.READ»

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Can You Find The Gorilla in This Picture?

Consultant Debunking UnitREAD»

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IJango - how to network market Google

ijango, ijango signup, register ijango, cameron sharpe, cameron b sharpeREAD»

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It's About Time

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The Mekanism Guarantee: They Engineer Virality

Its viral ad work runs from lowbrow to esoteric to downright scary -- and that's all part of the plan. The machine behind Mekanism.READ»