William M. Keever will be the key note speaker at the monthly Venture Capital Workshop hosted by Castle Venture Group, Inc., a venture capital firm located in Nashville, TN. The seminar is designed to address ...READ»
My Best Social Media Posts of 2008 and 2009
I'm getting nostalgic for 2008. I thought I would go through the best of the best of my social media marketing and public relations posts for 2008. I focused on useful posts for ...READ»
The red-versus-blue state narrative is a nice and tidy one that's fueled in part by the idiotic electoral college system. Too bad it's not that simple of a story. It was individual states that divided sharply among red and blue in ...READ»
On the Saturday after Congress approved the new energy bill that (among other things) extended daylight savings time next year, I was on I-40 between Nashville and Knoxville when Paul Harvey's news and comment came on the radio. The ...READ»
Castle Venture Group announced that it has inked a deal with Fortress Datat Centers to help finance and build Fortress’ new data centers throughout the southeast. William Keever, Castle’s President, stated that the project is ...READ»
Castle Venture Group, Inc., a venture capital firm located in Nashville, TN, announced the launching of its new music division named Castle Music Group. Castle Music will take over the operation of several music related ventures ...READ»
I've been an technology educator all my life. Its not surprising that my mother, father, and even my Grandfather were technology educators. My grandfather sat me down with my first Apple at the age of 6 and I was hooked. I was ...READ»
The "Green Cities: How Urban Sustainability Can and Must Drive America's Climate Change Policies" report, released yesterday by Living Cities, explores the ways in which big cities can combat climate change, create better ...READ»
As the old holiday adage goes: It's better to give than to receive. But what if a single gift could let you do both? That's the idea behind GiveCard, a gift card that requires part of its value to be donated to a charity of your ...READ»
Keep Inspiringby Kevin McIntoshBetween the threats of job loss, business loss and possibly home loss, consumers are stressed, anxious, scared and maybe even in some cases, hopeless. And while you find levels of these emotions in any ...READ»
In their book, The Leadership Challenge (Kouzes and Posner, 2002) the authors, through their extensive research, have correlated five fundamental practices that leaders exemplify. The principles include; challenge the process, ...READ»
Last year a colleague and I began to host a series of "Tech Strategies" Luncheon meetings in association with a highly successful Chamber of Commerce. The purpose of the series was to provide free or low cost technology ...READ»
The Big Apple
Nice job, Farhad Manjoo ("Apple Nation"). Not only do you peel back the layers to reveal what makes Apple Apple, you do so systematically -- offering clear, insightful messages to other companies striving to be ...READ»
Automotive Internet strategies featured at this year’s Digital Dealer Conference including social networking and text messaging as a form of mobile communications.READ»
Video killed the radio star, but cowboys might just save radio. Even as CD sales and legal music downloads slid last year, radio use climbed to 93% among country fans (from 79% the year before). Most listeners tune in for an ...READ»
Nathan & James Group announced that it would launch its distribution of the patented Ruyan E-Cigarette with a direct response television campaign to begin airing in test markets later this month. The infomercial is designed in ...READ»
Communicators have long known that one of the most crucial ways to activate an idea in people's imaginations is to find a relevant way to discuss it and present it to them. I remember a colleague telling me that the makers of TiVo had ...READ»
2009 Automotive Search Marketing Architecture (ASMA) study will be made public at this year’s Digital Dealer Conference in Tennessee. The Pasch Consulting Group is leading the study focusing on the most popular websites offered to car dealers for online marketing.READ»
