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The Difference Between Sales and Marketing
I was talking with Steve Bracy at CustomScoop today who — among many other things — oversees our sales and marketing efforts. We were talking about that very subject when he said to me, “What do you think the difference between sales and marketing is?” As is frequently the case, my mental ramblings had made…
Saying No
Yesterday I spent some time thinking about saying “no.” It started with Fred Wilson’s blog post on the subject. He talked about a board meeting he attended where he learned that one of the company execs has a favorite saying: “the best answer to most questions is no.” I had never quite thought of it…
Julie Germany on SxSW and Geek Politics
My colleague, Julie Germany, joined me for a conversation on Disruptive Dialogue about her upcoming trip to South by Southwest where she will be speaking about online politics. As the former Director of the George Washington University Institute for Politics, Democracy, and the Internet, as well as the current Vice President of Digital Strategy at…
Is branded content “propaganda” or is it just biased like all media?
With the rise of content marketing, more and more brands are putting out their own content — just like we do right here with Media Bullseye on behalf of CustomScoop. But is branded content a legitimate, viable source of information for the public, or is it propaganda? Read the full article at Media Bullseye.
Is College an Entitlement? Are Student Loans Bad?
Flipping around my television for a mental break this afternoon, I stumbled across former CNN anchor Frank Sesno moderating a panel at George Washington University (my apologies to American University President Neil Kerwin who would likely prefer that I refer to it as "that other Washington school"). My idea of mental floss (to borrow a…
More on the Ethics of Freebies in the Blogosphere
Muhammed Saleem has a good discussion of “sponsorships and freebies” and the ethics of it all in the blogosphere. An excerpt: Again, I find myself thinking that as long as it doesn’t influence your opinion at all (meaning if you hate the gift, you blog your hate), and as long as you make fair disclosure…