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Tips for Surviving the Office Holiday Party
Barefoot running shoes: Oxymoron or the future of running?
How I Survived Black Friday … and Lived to Tell About It
A Packer Fan’s Holiday Wine Pairing Suggestions
Let’s face it: wine snobs are easy to make fun of. Like the painfully self-absorbed Paul Giamatti character in “Sideways” they are easily portrayed as caricatures — particularly the most elevated of the breed, who actually write reviews for magazines like Wine Spectator or Bon Appetit. In my opinion, these reviews are mostly stunning, Ph.D.-level…
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Don’t Forget Internal Research
CLEARED FOR TAKE-OFF: Internal Research and Consensus Building Internal research is often just as important as external research for the launch of a new campaign, product or brand. Why? Not only does it provide insight from key company decision-makers and stakeholders, it begins to activate their “buy-in” – one of the most important elements of…
Read MoreTips On Conducting Research
If you think about it, hardly a day goes by where we don’t each conduct some type of research. It might be very quick and simple, such as where to go for lunch; a little more involved, such as what type of running shoes to buy; or even something fairly in-depth, like zeroing in on…
Read MoreCopywriting Lessons from SkyMall Magazine
Tapping Into Your Own Private Focus Group
Thanks to technology, marketers today have an almost infinite amount of resources at their fingertips – from search engines, to online periodicals and research databases. Add to that: social networks. Yep, I said social networks. Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn, combined with our growing addiction to social updates and technology that is constantly within reach,…
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