My friends and family all ask me how I stay involved in so many social media platforms. My answer is the same every time; I don’t. While I do spend a considerable amount of time researching platforms and what they do- I simply don’t have the time to stay actively involved in each and every one…nobody does. So how do I pick what I do stay involved with? The ROI that I receive for it, with *I* equaling my invested time. read more »
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- Ever seen a charging handbag? Yup.
- Tableau Vivant! – 2012 Tableau Customer Conference Wrap-Up
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- Audi Gives Us A Different Kind of “Test-Drive”
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- Marketing Innovation Through a New LENS
- Are We Square on Marketing Innovation?
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- 115 (or more) Innovation Ideas to Engage the Modern CMO
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- Humans and Electrons – The Case for Selectivity
- The Modern CMO – Describing her competencies
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- A Massive Loss of Dignity
- Why I’m Excited to Hear about MRM at IBM Smarter Commerce 2012
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- What’s Your Name?
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- Innovation’s 20 Questions
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- A Weird Talk With My Kids, thanks to Seth Godin
- Buying Big Purses and Searching Fantasy Football: What Does Data Say About You?
- Are UI Challenges Hindering Great Marketing Technologies?
- Preventing “unautomation”
- Going Rogue: Innovators to Follow – Day 5; Mobile
- DonorsChoose.org Project – February
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