Facebook blows technicolor chunks. Let's count off a few of the leading reasons for the giant suck. Facebook lies about its traffic, inflating their numbers by 900% in some cases. Facebook allows politicians (and Russian agents) to run paid lies on its platform. Facebook is the world's largest excuses factory. The San Jose Mercury News has a good overview of the legal case against Facebook that was …
In the Hospitality Business, The Personal Is Increasingly Political
A chain of high-end boutique hotels with locations in Portland, Seattle, Palm Springs, New Orleans, Boston, and other American cities is facing increased consumer scrutiny for one reason and one reason only. “Anyone who cares about America should not do any business or stay at any of Gordon Sondland’s hotels,” U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer said. “Not until he fulfills his duty as a citizen to testify and …
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Dick’s Sporting Goods Destroyed Its Inventory of AR-15s
Assault weapons are for soldiers. This is not another decision being handed down by a hapless and corrupt government. And it's not a debate. It's action being taken by conscious CEOs like Ed Stack of Dick's Sporting Goods. According to the local CBS station in Pittsburgh, it was just after the Sandy Hook attack that Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO Ed Stack made the decision to pull AR-15 assault rifles off the …
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Houston Rockets GM Tweets His Support for Student Protestors in Hong Kong (BIG MISTAKE)
According to Foreign Policy, "an American business with a global footprint, one that prides itself on supporting freedom of speech in America, recently became an arm of Chinese censorship." Daryl Morey, the general manager of the Houston Rockets, tweeted his way into a shitstorm—by supporting democracy. Morey has since deleted the Tweet proclaiming to “stand with Hong Kong,” which prompted a massive assault …
Content Kings and the Never Contented: A Modern Fable in Reruns
Gary Vee. The guy manages to get our attention. Furthermore, he manages to get paid for the attention he gathers. Gary Vee had my both attention and my respect when he was the wine guy blowing up the business of wine reviews on YouTube. Since that time, he’s moved into the ad world. My world. Maybe your world too. It’s Advertising Week in NYC and Gary Vee Is on the Mic Gary Vee wants to buy the New York Jets …
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Go Ahead, Rip the Bandages Off Your Digital Daydreams
It's #FlashbackFriday. Let's return in time to August 31, 1997. On this day, Tom Peters' article, "The Brand Called You" was published in FastCompany. Peters is a famous consultant, speaker, and writer. Nevertheless, the thinking in his seminal piece has not aged well. Let's have a look: ...You’re not defined by your job title and you’re not confined by your job description. Starting today you are a …
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Would You Like To Shop, Dine, Or Stay Here? Leave Your Guns At Home
Guns. Americans are obsessed with guns, the power to kill, and the right to possess lethal firepower. In most American states you can carry a weapon openly wherever you go. According to Giffords Law Center: Carrying openly visible guns in public can quickly turn arguments fatal, be used to intimidate and suppress the First Amendment rights of others, and create confusion for law enforcement responding …
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How Do You See Her? When Do You See Her? Where Do You See Her?
Media is a false mirror. It's false because it doesn't show us who we are. It shows us who we are programmed to be. Media makers have a professional obligation to widen the lens. Advertisers often ask for people of color in their ads to showcase their awareness and sensitivity and to appeal to the widest possible audience. But do they also ask an overweight person, an older person, a poor person, or a trangender …
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