Facebook lost its allure for me a long time ago. The 2016 Election turned it into a political cesspool, revealing sides of people I would rather not have seen. I didn’t really need the Cambridge Analytica reveal to convince me that fake news was often spread by fake accounts and bots pretending to be a […]
The Reason Henri Bendel Is Shutting Its Doors That No One Is Talking About
I suppose I should be surprised that Henri Bendel is closing its doors. After all it’s been around for 123 years, surviving multiple wars, the Great Depression, the Great Recession, multiple generations of women as well as the advent of much competition along the way. But I’m not. While many are going to blame the […]
Email Best Practices And The Art Of Surrender
A few weeks ago before I sent out my Sunday newsletter, I did what I always do before scheduling it in the queue. I followed one of the cardinal rules of email best practices. I checked all the links to make sure they were working. At least that’s what I thought I did. Shortly […]
Why Quitting Facebook Will Not Fix The Real Issue
The biggest news in my Facebook feed this week is Facebook. Everyone is up in arms at the discovery that Cambridge Analytica harvested data from Facebook that apparently was then used to deliberately attempt to sway the 2016 Election. People are genuinely startled that (a) Facebook is using their data and (b) data mining has […]
All Things May Pass – Except The Need For Humans
A few weeks ago I was on a mission to watch All Things Must Pass, a documentary directed by Colin Hanks about the rise and fall of Tower Records. It had been on my to-do list for ages but it wasn’t until now, two years after the film was released that I was getting around […]
Why Getting Your Story Straight Is More Important Than Ever
When people come to me for help with social media I tell them we can’t talk about that without having a discussion on content and we can’t have a discussion on either until we make sure they’ve got their story straight. The first look I get is one of surprise, but once they understand […]
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