by Jeff Yablon | Nov 22, 2013 | Influency, Media
As a New York Knicks fan, saying anything nice about The Boston Celtics isn’t easy for me. But The Celtics’ Peter Stringer, who’s in charge of the NBA stalwart’s social media strategy, is one smart guy who deserves a bit of recognition. Mr....
by Jeff Yablon | Nov 21, 2013 | Influency
There’s an old man watching you. He’s a very smart old man. Vint Cerf was—Al Gore, are you listening?—one of the inventors of the Internet, and he’s just come out and said something I’ve been telling you for years: Privacy is a cute idea, but...
by Jeff Yablon | Nov 19, 2013 | Influency
Do you know when to give up? There are two schools of thought on giving up. One is that you never give up. Never. Never, ever, ever give up. NEVER GIVE UP! The other is that you give up as soon as the task you’re trying to achieve shows itself to be undoable, or...
by Jeff Yablon | Nov 14, 2013 | Influency, Marketing
These two boxes contain the same thing. Not the same thing in the way generic pharmaceuticals are the same, where the drug is chemically identical but might be produced differently by one manufacturer than another, by the way; Fuji and Polaroid Instant Film are...
by Jeff Yablon | Nov 12, 2013 | Influency, Media
I’ve been known to talk us up in my writings here, and without discussing the idea of self-promotion and whether it’s a good idea, I can state factually that I’ve been ahead of the curve on the topic of keeping your misdeeds and questionable...