by Minter Dial | Sep 14, 2012 | Leadership
Over the last ten years, what are the two most inspiring business successes out there? Great, enduring but how copiable? I would imagine that in a poll, in the Western world in any event, the two most common answers would be Apple and Google. What do you think?...
by Minter Dial | Jul 31, 2012 | Social Media
On the heels of the bloody 2Q earnings report by Facebook, the subject of the Facebook phone has become a hot topic, promptly denied by Mark Zuckerberg. The question of the Facebook phone garners a good amount of negativity, probably associated with a fear for...
by Minter Dial | Jul 30, 2012 | Responsibility, Social Media
When talking digital marketing with companies, I tend to come across two general postures: those who are fighting for more funds and more people (to man the keyboards) and those who have been assigned the task of bulking up their digital marketing efforts. Unfunded...
by Minter Dial | Jul 26, 2012 | Social Media
As Facebook prepares for its first quarterly earnings (2Q) report (Yahoo News), Zuckerberg and Co. are going to be confronted with managing the third audience — shareholders — to whom all public companies need to communicate in a quarterly ritual. Aside...
by Minter Dial | Jul 23, 2012 | Social Media
Getting personal Marketers and corporations are just going to have to get comfortable with the personal side. To the extent that clients are looking for any excuse not to buy the more expensive proposition, brands need to give and prove their value. There...