by Jeff Yablon | Jan 27, 2014 | Business Process, Influency
One of the ways we practice Influency at Answer Guy Central is by pointing back at the things we’ve said here over time. Part of that is self-promotional (“look how smart we are!!!”), and part is about optimization; when the things posted here...
by Jeff Yablon | Jan 16, 2014 | Business Process, Influency, Marketing
I love free WiFi. I’m out a lot, and having recently given up my long-guarded unlimited data plan from Verizon, I’ve become more aware of how much data I use and who has great WiFi when I’m running around. My mobile phone automatically flips to WiFi...
by Jeff Yablon | Jan 14, 2014 | Business Process, Influency
Net Neutrality, an anti-Influency idea that seemed destined to fail from the moment the FCC declared it the law of the land without enough legal footing to do so, just died. This morning, the Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia struck down...
by Jeff Yablon | Jan 8, 2014 | Business Process, Influency
Yesterday in Everybody Being A Handyman, I wrote about the impact well-executed SmartPhone software can have on our lives, and more broadly on employment markets. The change in employment structure that’s happened and is escalating through the Internet economy...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 30, 2013 | Business Process, Influency
There’s a not-small part of me that dreams about getting off the business change and business Influency treadmill and become an activist of some sort. And while most of what I write here is targeted at and written about smaller businesses, every now and then a...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 17, 2013 | Business Process, Search Engine Optimization SEO
Last time out I promised an explanation of Google’s new Hummingbird Search Algorithm. As with most changes Google makes to how we find things and make sure people can find us, Hummingbird is a big deal in the Influency world, especially in Optimization. But in a...