Poop Culture
It seems inevitable that the potty is going public and the continued descent into indignity will be fed by our insatiable consumption of crap TV and tabloid fodder.
It seems inevitable that the potty is going public and the continued descent into indignity will be fed by our insatiable consumption of crap TV and tabloid fodder.
David Becker | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green
A modest partial list of ways for farmers to craft a story around their products, personalities, and people more effectively, especially at farmers markets.
Gerald Sindell | Posted 11.17.2009 | Books
Why do we sell books as if they were potatoes when many of them are actually more like truffles? Hard coal, everyday sea salt, water, topsoil. They go for the same price, everywhere, because it's all the same.
Sarah O'Leary | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business
When marketers knowingly play in the darker parts of the gray to drive sales, they're doing a disservice to the consumer and the industry. A good deal not a good deal when it misinforms consumers.
Rich Nadworny | Posted 11.14.2009 | Media
Social media has enabled digital marketing in a way nothing previously has. It's clearly shown the value of two-way communication, using technology to enable the dialogue.
AP | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — The social networking Web site Tagged.com has adopted reforms on the use of invitation e-mails after being accused of essentially ste...
Bloomberg | David Evans | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business
Pfizer and Lilly lead a parade of U.S. companies that have paid $7 billion in penalties after promoting drugs for uses not approved by the FDA. This u...
Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 11.03.2009 | Business
What do you think? Will "Come to think of it -- eBay" drive you like a hot, dry lemming to the ocean of objects on sale at that worthy destination?
Andrew Cherwenka | Posted 11.03.2009 | Media
The interactive marketing business has gone through some constructive battles in its first 10 years. Here are the big three and what they mean to marketers and agencies today.
Fauzia Burke | Posted 11.02.2009 | Books
Book publishing is not dying, it's evolving. How much energy and money can we save if we stop publishing hardcovers?
Gary Vaynerchuk | Posted 10.30.2009 | Books
My thoughts on changes in the book industry and why I love what Huffington Post is doing in this space!
Ron Ashkenas | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business
People want uncomplicated products, straightforward guidance, and things that work quickly and simply the first time, without lots of extra effort.
Tamar Chansky | Posted 10.28.2009 | Technology
SEO is stealth, it's sleek; it's all about titles that are short, searchable and to the point. It doesn't cater to the clever book title or site name, it could care less about how erudite you are.
Abby L. Ferber | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living
Last Friday, the FDA approved the HPV vaccine for use in boys and men. Why is Gardasil only now being approved for males, when it was approved three years ago for females?
J.S. McDougall | Posted 10.27.2009 | Media
There's value in familiarity. So then, why, if corporate giants continue to see the value in pouring untrackable advertisements out into the real world, do so many companies hesitate online?
Mark Morford | Posted 10.23.2009 | Comedy
In an unselfish effort to help you reduce -- but not eliminate because that would be un-American and possibly communist -- your intake of our sugary poisons, we are introducing a brand-new product.
Sarah O'Leary | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business
A unique marketing idea is like a rock on the side of a riverbank. It has flat spots and rough spots and points and dips and crags and a host of things that make it different from the rest.
Chris Brassington | Posted 10.21.2009 | Technology
Previously, marketers could send out SMS messages and report on the number delivered. But then what? If you're including a link to a mobile website, how do you know if the recipient clicks on it?
Mitchell Markson | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business
While full-on capitalism may still be our love story (I hear you Michael Moore), a kinder, gentler, more benevolent and yet still profit-driven form of marketing and business is on the rise.
Gabrielle Bernstein | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York
Network marketing, once considered a pyramid scheme, has now turned into a recession-busting profit center. NYC's finest female self-starters are stimulating our economy one conversation at a time.
Schuyler Brown | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living
Neophilia is in itself a new word. It was popularized around 1999 in techie and sci-fi subcultures to describe the trait of being enthralled by all things novel.
Parking Ticket Geek | Posted 10.20.2009 | Chicago
There's a new "parking ticket" controversy heating up in Chicago....
The New Yorker | Ellis Weiner | Posted 10.20.2009 | Books
If you already have a blog, make sure you spray-feed your URL in niblets open-face to the skein. We like Reddit bites (they're better than Delicious),...
Christine Huang | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business
No one likes to be talked down to -- whether by a suitor or a company. Speaking with humor and candor will sometimes work; but in general, what we want and expect is intelligent messaging.
E. Jean Carroll | Posted 10.08.2009 | Living
Why should I waste my purity on a "meaningful" college boyfriend or a saggy sugar daddy when I can receive a pot of gold all in one go?
Robert Rosenthal | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living