by Jeff Yablon | Aug 7, 2013 | Content, Influency
This week, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post. I wasn’t planning to comment on the deal; there’s been a tremendous amount of coverage in the press, and Influency-wise I wasn’t sure I had an angle that mattered. Then, I saw this....
by Jeff Yablon | Mar 30, 2012 | Business Process, Content, Marketing, Media
This might come off as self-congratulatory. Or it might sound like I’m surprised. Both are correct. This morning, I came across this piece at Henry Blodget’s Business Insider. In it, Henry praises Marketing Guru Seth Godin for this short post. I’ve...
by Jeff Yablon | Jan 10, 2011 | Search Engine Optimization SEO
OK, the answer’s obvious, right? You are a smart person, so there’s no difference at all. Me, though, maybe you aren’t so sure about. Ben Horowitz isn’t so sure smart people make the best employees. Or more to the point, the very successful...
by Jeff Yablon | Jun 4, 2010 | Business Process
Yesterday I picked on Henry Blodget pretty hard. I’ll stand by it; Henry is starting to look like a guy whose self-importance is getting to him. It reminded me of another redheaded business tycoon, the unbelievably-arrogant-and-too-young-to-be-where-he-is Mark...
by Jeff Yablon | Jun 3, 2010 | Business Process
Dealing with me can be a bit like taking a blow from a sledgehammer to the side of your head. I’m going to tell you what I think, and while I go to sometimes ridiculous and unneeded lengths to see every side of a story, once I get to “my place”, I...
