by Jeff Yablon | Apr 19, 2016 | Content, Influency, Marketing
In 2009, The Federal Trade Commission created a rule that banned native advertisements without disclosure. We weighed in on the idea, saying that for $11,000,01 (the fine was $11,000) we’d post native advertisements for you, and a couple of months later followed...
by Jeff Yablon | Jun 28, 2011 | Business Process
One of my clients just made the switch to an Android phone. He’s a technology consultant and über-geek, and so he understood that in going Android he’d need to make some decisions about how he uses bandwidth on his wireless device. If he stays with the...
by Jeff Yablon | Aug 27, 2010 | Business Process
Thank you, Federal Trade Commission. Just when I thought the FTC was doing something potentially useful, they’ve decided that their own regulation providing for fines of $11,000 each time someone tweets or otherwise blogs for payment without disclosing that...
by Jeff Yablon | Jan 12, 2010 | Business Process
Wow. And just when we had declared the Google Nexus One to represent no real business change. While I’ll be standing by that statement for the most part, in not reading the contracts I missed one huge business change that folks who opt to take the Google /...
by Jeff Yablon | Dec 22, 2009 | Business Process
OK, so that hasn’t happened yet. But it should. Kim Kardashian, one of those famous-for-being-famous celebutantes we just can’t get away from, has a new income stream. Tweeting. And get this: Ms. Kardashian’s rate is $10,000 per. It shouldn’t...