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Branding 101: Avoid "We Want To Suck Your Wallet Dry"
Forbes - 11 Mar 2015 12:10
In the mid-90s, I was on the IBM account at Ogilvy & Mather, during the period at which IBM's brand went through a massive transformation. Worldwide, IBM fired all its agencies and gave the entire business to Ogilvy. The...
Pharrell Williams And Robin Thicke Now Owe Marvin Gaye's Estate $7.4 MIllion
Forbes - 11 Mar 2015 03:36
In creating a global hit, Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams looked into the past and relied on their influences a little bit too heavily, and it’s going to cost them—to the tune of over $7 million.
Disney Imagineers made a holodeck because prototyping theme parks with photons is cheap
Venture Beat - 11 Mar 2015 23:45
Disney has learned a lot over the years about VR, and that makes it one of the companies best equipped to tackle the challenge.
Three Signs Your Business Has Turned Into An Employment Agency
Forbes - 11 Mar 2015 22:30
Owning an employee agency can be quite profitable these days. However, not so much when this is not your intent. Here are three signs that your business has turned into an employment agency and what you can do to change ...
Bitcoin's next frontier: a reward for gamers
Venture Beat - 11 Mar 2015 22:15
Guest:The future is really wide open for cryptocurrencies and gaming.
Box hits $62.6M in revenue in first quarterly earnings report
Venture Beat - 11 Mar 2015 22:08
Box is all grown up now, filing its first earnings release as a public company.
Embedding marketing automation in WordPress, Twitter, LinkedIn: Act-On launches Anywhere
Venture Beat - 11 Mar 2015 22:01
Marketing automation platforms have proven value. The number of systems available in the space has tripled each of the last two years, and in the high end of the B2B space penetration has jumped from about 5 percent last...
South Korean Cosmetics Startup Memebox Aims Globally By Raising $29 Million
Forbes - 11 Mar 2015 22:00
On Wednesday, South Korean cosmetics company Memebox announced it raised $29 million from investors including Yahoo cofounder Jerry Yang and a host of venture capital firms such as Formation 8, Goodwater Capital and Pejm...
Will Aeropostale Be The Next 90s Brand To Join Wet Seal And dELiA*s In Bankruptcy?
Forbes - 11 Mar 2015 21:44
By Carol Ko
Is Cutthroat Competition The Key To Business Innovation And Success?
Forbes - 11 Mar 2015 20:43
“The progress of improvement ceases nearly at the point where competition ends.” —William Hazlitt, Characteristics
5 Local SEM Strategies For Building Stronger Brand Awareness
Forbes - 11 Mar 2015 20:32
An SEM and SEO plan that is not flexible and able to change and update immediately is not going to do your brand awareness much good. Algorithm updates are a constant. This is a continuously evolving challenge that you m...
Mobile devices will issue a third of all airline boarding passes by 2019 (study)
Venture Beat - 11 Mar 2015 20:22
That's way up from just 745 million boarding passes that will be delivered on mobile devices this year.
The new Chromebook Pixel is available in the U.S. today, starting at $999
Venture Beat - 11 Mar 2015 20:18GlimpzIt lands $1.1M to strike up visual conversations with consumers
Venture Beat - 11 Mar 2015 20:00
GlimpzIt, cofounder Parry Bedi told VentureBeat, is "a way for brands to communicate with the consumer in a one-to-one closed setting" that uses visuals to create private conversations for campaigns and data collection.
5 Reasons You Need To Increase Your Email Marketing Budget
Forbes - 11 Mar 2015 19:45
Email marketing has undergone many shifts in the past two decades. It exploded onto the scene when email started becoming a more popular medium, and businesses everywhere scrambled to send, seemingly, as many emails as p...
Microsoft updates Xbox app for Windows 10 with remote Xbox One control, game-clip viewing, and more
Venture Beat - 11 Mar 2015 19:35
The March update makes it easier to move across your gaming devices and be more social.
Could Uber Put FedEx Out Of Business?
Forbes - 11 Mar 2015 19:28
Because customer needs, wants and desires are constantly evolving, if you are the leader of a company bent on innovation, the most important question you must ask your team is, ?What business could we be in tomorrow??
Google just made it easier for businesses to build custom apps and digital signs for Chromeboxes
Venture Beat - 11 Mar 2015 19:20
If Google has its way, Chromeboxes will become a typical sight in offices.
Galaxy Of Players Looking To Make Commercial Space A Big Business
Forbes - 11 Mar 2015 19:11
By Thomas Buckley
Woodford's Patient Capital Backs British Innovation
Forbes - 11 Mar 2015 19:04
Neil Woodford's new fund aims to put an end to Britain's poor record of turning academic success into commercial sustainability
These Guys Fine Customers $10K For Each Bad Yelp Review (It Doesn't Work, But Here's What Does)
Forbes - 11 Mar 2015 18:47
A Florida apartment complex–The Windermere Cay complex in Winter Garden–has started forcing potential tenants to sign a "social media addendum" to their lease applications, requiring them to agree to pay $10,000 ...
Reality Goggles Bringing New Vision To Ski Industry
Forbes - 11 Mar 2015 18:46
As if skiing isn't exciting enough, augmented reality goggles can now be pre-ordered for purchase in September from a startup for $519.