Chatroulette: Add Maps and Captured Pictures, and … Uh-Oh!

If the message that you need to be careful about what you say and do on the Internet hasn’t sunk in just yet, get ready: pictures from Chatroulette have been captured, geo-coded, and are available for anyone to see at…

US Businesses: Don’t Use Twitter. US Air Force? Please Do!

So I’m minding my business this morning and what comes across my Twitter stream? This:

25% of companies prohibit access to social networks while entire US Air Force is encouraged to engage

Colorado Follows New York: Amazon Resellers Out of Business

Well, it’s happened again: a state has decided to penalize many of the small businesses operating in it by forcing Amazon.com to collect sales tax there. The “how ugly can you make your business change?” culprit this time…

MILF? Nah. A MILB is What’s REALLY Hot

It made the New York Times, so it must be true: women are blogging, and they’re passionate about it. So much so that they’re dropping everything that used to be important to them to spend more and more time in their hot new pursuit. Friends, I give you the MILB™.

Social Media, Trust Agents, Chris Brogan, and Reality

Last December, I had the opportunity to interact at a webinar with Chris Brogan and Julien Smith, the authors of Trust Agents. This book has been a New York Times Bestseller for months, and I can tell you from my subsequent contact with…

Copy Protection & DRM Make Your Customers Not Trust You

In today’s world, there are a lot of ways to get ripped off. Ever since software became a mass distribution item, companies have sought ways to protect their products from copying by people who hadn’t paid to use it. In the old days…

I’ll See You On The Dark Side of The Moon: Pink Floyd Wins!

How often do I get to write about music, technology, copyrights, business change, and one of the most successful classic albums of all time, all in one post?

Are There Too Many Blogs?

Recently a client for whom Virtual VIP does marketing consulting asked me: Are There Too Many Blogs? My answer to him was a quick and decisive who knows?

In trying to answer his question, I started by saying that there are way too many for most of them to be…

About The Long Tail: Even Microsoft Doesn’t Get It

Last October, I made a statement that was pretty strong, even for me: Long Tail Marketing is the single most important issue for your business’ growth and your business change that you will encounter. Any time. Ever.

WSJ Creates New Price Point for iPad Subscription

Newspapers and others in the media have all but killed themselves — and their businesses — trying to figure out how to manage business change in the era of the Internet. It’s a huge problem getting people to pay for something they can lay their…