Thanks to Frank Kern for the head’s up on this new Google TV thing.

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Enough already! Remember the old show “Stop the World, I Want to Get Off?”. The world is advancing so quickly it kinda makes me want to sit on the front porch and shuck peas or watch the sun set.
Still, I do like the idea of voice bulletins…
See the latest here.
Tsufit

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One of the perks of having a business marketing & publicity blog is that I get great books sent to me to spread the word. And I love to share them with you!
I told you it was coming. Yes, it’s another Step Into The Spotlight! Business Book Giveaway.
We have 3 copies of David Meerman Scott’s [...]

It happened over 10 years ago and people are still talking about how Half.com, a startup online company, got onto the Today Show with a bit o’ the green stuff and a lot of ingenuity.
Pretty much admitting that it was a publicity stunt, they persuaded a rinky dink 3 horse town, (population: 89 people [...]

I’ll follow you; You follow me
We’re a happy family
With a great big hug and a kiss from me to you
Won’t you say you’ll follow me too?
Isn’t that a Barney song?
It’s a big fat lie.
Your “trade ya” followers aren’t really following you.
Yeah, they’re “following” you technically so they can broadcast to you.
Why not be upfront about [...]

So here’s the question…
Are we laughing at them (it won’t be the first time…) ’cause of the lamer-than-lame Saturday Night Live-ish type video…or are they laughing at us? ‘Cause at least we’re talking about Windows 7!

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In Step Into The Spotlight! I talked about the lesson I learned many years ago from a coffee house owner when I was singing there. She told me, “Tsufit, B.Y.O.F.”, ie Bring Your Own Fans! Until you’re a big name, the idea is that you have to pack the house if you want to be [...]

There’s a very insightful article by Simon Dumenco over at Ad Age about the significance of the fact that Ashton Kutcher won the race with CNN to be the first with 1 million followers on Twitter. Go read the article but here’s the bottom line. Social media was supposed to level the playing field (which [...]

A Twitter Ad Agency? Twitter Awards?
It’s a rare day when I wake up and DON’T hear something surprising and new. Things are changing SO fast nowadays that even if you think you sort of get it when you go to bed, you wake up the next day and everything has changed. The exponential growth of [...]

After the fiesty debate about my recent blog post about Microsoft throwing in the towel by positioning its laptop as the cheap alternative to Mac, I was happy to see The Monarch of Marketing, The Baron of Branding, The Pope of Positioning, (I promise, I’ll stop now…), Al Ries, saying “Don’t Damage Your Brand for [...]