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Spend 2012 on the Right Side of the Haimish Line

Both Sides of the Table

Occasionally on this blog I break away from industry commentary and write more broadly. The first day of 2012 seems the perfect day to do so. It’s why I still randomly meet up with people I’ve met on Twitter or this blog. Examples in My Life & Work. Happy 2012 to all of you. Speaking at events.

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I’m Back. Why I Love January

Both Sides of the Table

I miss blogging because it serves as a great repository for me of my current thinking, as a way of organizing my thoughts and clarifying what I think and as a conversation started with so many of you (as Hunter Walk elegantly said, “Blog not to show how smart you are, but in the hope of soliciting feedback from smart people.

Writing 313
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Why Your Marketing Campaign Sucks

Both Sides of the Table

The major battle for press is a battle for “mindshare” and it’s exactly the reason I blog. Consider this blog post titled, “ Christmas 2012 Shatters More Smart Device and App Download Records.” Final example. Why would I want to have a POV rather than talking about my cool new features?

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Henry Blodget Loves to Blog: The remaking of a disgraced Wall Street analyst

From the Venture Trenches

In fact, one of the companies that Blodget covered as an analyst, GoTo.com, was a Kline Hawkes’ investment and was sited by Spitzer as an example of the fraudulent collusion that existed between Merrill’s research analysts and its investment banking division. Online, he said, he neither makes recommendations nor offers financial advice.”

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Henry Blodget Loves to Blog: The remaking of a disgraced Wall Street analyst

From the Venture Trenches

In fact, one of the companies that Blodget covered as an analyst, GoTo.com, was a Kline Hawkes’ investment and was sited by Spitzer as an example of the fraudulent collusion that existed between Merrill’s research analysts and its investment banking division. Online, he said, he neither makes recommendations nor offers financial advice.”

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Identifying Pain in the First Step in a Sales Process – Here’s How

Both Sides of the Table

If you haven’t already followed me on Twitter, that’s the fastest way to get blog updates. Take for example the years 2010-2012 where every brand out there seemed to be buying Facebook “Likes.” This article initially appeared on Inc. Click here. This post is about the “P” or pain.

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The Old Ways Of Social Media Marketing Are Broken

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, it used to be that marketing via social media meant buying banner ads on Facebook, or buying a position on search engine results, or sponsoring some blog entries, but these doesn’t work anymore. By some measurements Twitter was the fastest growing social network of 2012. In 2012 that number skyrocketed to 26%.