by Jeff Yablon | Dec 5, 2012 | Business Process, Influency, Media
Stealing and Piracy of Movies is Good for Movie Studios One of the world’s most successful venture capitalists and two music big-shots have gotten behind piracy. Now, as odd as it might sound, there’s (a little bit of) proof that piracy may actually help...
by Jeff Yablon | Nov 30, 2012 | Business Process, Influency, Media
Today’s business change lesson might sound like a personal attack. Dear Armando Kirwin: It isn’t. You, sir, just showed up in the wrong place at the right time. Like David Aldridge before you, you’re a guy making a living, and operating a bit outside...
by Jeff Yablon | Nov 28, 2012 | Influency, Marketing, Media, Search Engine Optimization SEO
You get a car! And YOU get a car! And YOU GET A CAR! So if you misspell “car”, did the marketing work? Like so many of us, Oprah is “on Twitter”. And when you’re Oprah, it almost doesn’t matter what you say or how you say it,...
by Jeff Yablon | Nov 26, 2012 | Business Process, Content, Influency, Marketing, Search Engine Optimization SEO
The other day I was looking at the search phrases that have landed people at Answer Guy Central, and I came across both what you see above (25 mbps comcast connection, however wifi only gets 10 mbps), and this: Pleased as I was to see Google’s high opinion of...
by Jeff Yablon | Nov 20, 2012 | Business Process, Influency, Marketing
Tim Ferriss is the most perfect man in the world. Just Ask Him! Ferriss has written several business change/self-improvement books recently, all with the title “4 Hour” one thing or another, and the latest, The 4 Hour Chef, drops today. Tim Ferriss’...
by Jeff Yablon | Nov 19, 2012 | Business Process, Customer Service, Influency
Regular readers know that I lost my sister a few months ago. It was and has been, either surprisingly (you’re both in your 50s!) or unsurprisingly (I lost my sister!) a tremendously impactful and painful thing. Barbara and I were close and in pretty much...
