Money is going Mobile!

We all made the move from Cash to checks to credit card to debit cards and it look like we are ready to start spending our cash via a mobile devises!   no need to carry any cards, just carry your phone and you can buy anything.   Mobile purchase has been around for a long time [...]

Helping Business cut throught the Social Media Clutter

Any business using social media needs to learn how to listen, first.

Fresh food give fresh opportunty for convenience stores?

Convenient stores not just for lottery tickets anymore.

Shocker! Marketers miss mark with consumers

Consumers want information that is relevant, not everything the marketing team can think to send them.

Amazon Kindle as a Platform?

I love my Kindle, but I’m not sure I would use it for gaming, surfing the web chatting with friends or even updating my Twitter – I have a smart phone for that.

Pepsi Refresh Campaing launches

Pepsi has launched it’s $20 million social media campaign, in place of their Superbowl advertising.  The campaign launch yesterday, January 13, 2010.  See the corporate press release here and the link to the Pepsi Refresh Project website
Personally, I think the campaign is wonderful and will be successful.  However it is a double edge sword [...]

Being Strategic with Technology.

Here is the question I have for you:  Is technology or the use of technology a part of your strategic plan?  and if not, why?
Does your staff use technology; do your volunteers use technology? do your donors use technology?  Then why are you thinking strategically about technology?
Technology has become one of the cornerstones of operating [...]

Social Media – making lemonade out of lemons

On September 17, 2009, former Merrill Lynch & Co, CEO John Thain gave a speech to a group at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business School.
Why the ousted leader of one of our nations great business collapse was talking to future business leaders is beyond me, but maybe he was telling them how not to [...]

Social Media and the Small Business

Every day there are millions of conversations happening on the Internet and most small business are not involved.  Can you business afford to keep whisper in this economy?
So how does a small business owner, who is focused on getting money in the door integrate social media or even get started.
The first place to start is [...]

Social Media for Silicon Valley Businesses

This month iSHOUT interactive is introducing “Silicon Valley HOT”
This page will be a listing of deals and specials from around the Silicon Valley.
To get the page started we are offering a free 30 day listing with related deals and specials.
iSHOUT interactive will  promote your business, deals, specials and page free of charge for 30 day [...]