Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Tips for optimizing your website for Pinterest

Tips for optimizing your website for Pinterest from Seb Atkinson and Jason Falls' Social Media Explorer blog:
http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/social-media-marketing/5-ways-to-optimize-your-website-for-pinterest-marketing/

Where young people are going when they leave Facebook

This is an important Forbes article that talks about where young people are going when they leave Facebook.  It pretty much explains why Facebook recently bought WhatsApp for nearly $19 billion (some sources say $16 billion).
http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2013/11/12/heres-where-teens-are-going-instead-of-facebook/

Monday, February 17, 2014

Mashable post on what the job market may look like in 20 years

This Mashable post provides some interesting insight into what the job market may look like in 20 years or so.  I would note that I do not necessarily agree or disagree with it.  I would also point out that projections of this type have been notoriously inaccurate over the course of my life time.  It seems that we just do not have the ability to predict that far into the future. 

http://mashable.com/2014/02/12/job-market-guide-2034/

Monday, February 10, 2014

Absolute Value by Itamar Simonson and Emanuel Rosen is a really important new book

Absolute Value  by Itamar Simonson and Emanuel Rosen is a really important new book that came out last week (ISBN: 978-0-06-221567-3). The links below give you some information about its contents. In my opinion, this book is going to change the way we think about markets and marketing.

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2014/02/17/140217ta_talk_surowiecki?mobify=0

http://www.thestreet.com/video/12315423/will-yelp-put-olive-garden-out-of-business.html

http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/3166702657001/how-to-make-customer-reviews-work-for-your-company/#sp=show-clips