Pre-Commerce and Location-Based Marketing Mashup
[cross-posted on WCG's Common Sense blog] Last Wednesday, I had the pleasure of presenting to about 75 business professionals at the Big Frontier conference in Chicago, Il. The event is run by Steve...
View ArticleA Newbie Takes on foursquare: A Q&A with Strout and Reid
This guest post by colleague, Brian Reid, originally appeared on our WCG work blog. Brian is a director at WCG in the product group, where he specializes in media. He is a former journalist who...
View Article5 Tips for Taking Better Pictures (Especially on Instagram)
Anyone that I’m connected with on Twitter or Facebook knows that I love to take pictures. And while I may not be great, I think I have a decent eye for taking a decent snapshot. To that end, I am...
View Article5 Reasons Location-Based Services Benefit Customers
Two days ago, I wrote a post about “location” being the last third of the “holy trinity of data” for marketers. In the post, I explained why Facebook’s move away from check-ins wasn’t necessarily a bad...
View ArticleI (Still) See You
A couple of years back I wrote a blog post called I See You. It was based on a concept borrowed from numerous groups of indigenous tribes world wide but re-presented in the runaway hit movie, Avatar,...
View ArticleLocation-Based Marketing: 2011 in Retrospect
For anyone that follows the location-based services space, there is no doubt that it has been a big year. With several key acquisitions (Whrrl, WHERE and Gowalla), transitions (Facebook),...
View ArticleDigby Localpoint: The Future of Location-based Marketing?
As an enthusiast about the mobile/location-based services space, I’m always excited to hear about ground-breaking new technologies and services, particularly those that are built with businesses in...
View ArticleSXSW Interactive 2012: Key Takeaways
Originally published on WCG’s blog. What is SXSW? If you haven’t ever been to South by Southwest interactive (SXSWi), it’s somewhat of a surreal experience. For anyone in the digital/social media...
View Article2013 Predictions from a Bunch of “Dummies”
As we roll into the new year, it’s always a great time for us marketers to look ahead to what is in store for us. This year, I wanted to take a unique approach to my predictions of 2013 by asking some...
View ArticleMy Wife the Community Manager
It’s funny how things turn out sometimes. As someone that has worked in the digital/mobile/social space for the last 20 years, I’ve always spent my fair share of time exploring what’s new on the...
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