by Jeff Yablon | Apr 24, 2014 | Business Process, Influency, Media
Perception is reality, and perspective a matter of where you are when you look at something. Today, while pouring my morning coffee, it occurred to me that as I approach the fourth anniversary of receiving this lovely “gift” it’s taken on a...
by Jeff Yablon | Apr 21, 2014 | Business Process, Influency, Media
I’ve made no secret of my feelings about the manner in which most media businesses conduct “business as usual”. As business changes and we all learn new ways of doing business, I find myself more and more concerned with the matter. This was one...
by Jeff Yablon | Apr 18, 2014 | Business Process, Marketing, Media
Everything is for sale. Sometimes, things that you’re having a hard time selling aren’t merely for sale, they go on sale. This is not something you want. But as the Linsanity page at NBA.COM illustrates, when you’re stuck with old inventory, its...
by Jeff Yablon | Apr 3, 2014 | Influency, Media
Last week, Eat24, one of the aren’t-there-too-many-of-these? restaurant delivery services, shut down their Facebook page. But Eat24 didn’t merely pull the plug; they posted a long explanation of why they were bolting the largest social network....
by Jeff Yablon | Mar 25, 2014 | Influency, Media
Today, a new book by Arianna Huffington went on sale. I own but haven’t read a copy of Thrive, with the former more significant than the latter. Why is the purchase more important than the read? Because when I bought a copy of Thrive for eleven dollars last...
by Jeff Yablon | Mar 12, 2014 | Influency, Media
Neil Young just hit the jackpot. But I can’t quite figure out why, except to look longingly at how cool being a famous guy with a lot of fans must be. I wrote about Neil Young a couple of years ago, when he begged all but gave his fans permission to pirate his...
