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BREAKING: Google to Capitol Records–We’re Not Going to Let You Shut Down Cloud Computing

BREAKING: Google to Capitol Records–We’re Not Going to Let You Shut Down Cloud Computing

By Mark Fidelman on February 1, 2012

Can someone tell Capitol Records that the music has stopped? If you haven’t been following events, Capitol Records (EMI) has sued Boston-based Redigi (a used digital music marketplace) for what amounts to copyright infringement.  Today, Google decided to enter the fray as a third party, and filed an amicus curiae brief (friend of the court) […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged capitol records, Digital audio, EMI, google, lawsuit, Miscellany, music industry, redigi | 1 Response

Master These 5 Remarkable Strategies of Motivation and Go Straight to the Top

Master These 5 Remarkable Strategies of Motivation and Go Straight to the Top

By Mark Fidelman on January 25, 2012

According to a recent Gallup Poll, about a third of all U.S. workers are dissatisfied with either the recognition they receive, their chances for promotion, or the amount of money they earn. Worse, seventy-one percent of American workers are “not engaged” or “actively disengaged” in their work. Since most of us cannot change the economy, […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged enterprise 2.0, gallup, michael wu, Miscellany, motivation, The Science of Social | 1 Response

Music Industry to Business: If We Can’t Buy SOPA/PIPA Laws, We’ll Just Sue You Instead

Music Industry to Business: If We Can’t Buy SOPA/PIPA Laws, We’ll Just Sue You Instead

By Mark Fidelman on January 23, 2012

The song Blackout is moving up the Music Industry charts, and is bound to reach number one because it fits the industry’s belief systems. In what can only be described as acts of Dumb and Dumber, the music industry is now targeting businesses in their quest to censor the internet and control our rights to […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged hollywood, Miscellany, music, music industry, PIPA, redigi, SOPA | 1 Response

How Yammer Should Have Responded to the TechCrunch Ad Hominem

How Yammer Should Have Responded to the TechCrunch Ad Hominem

By Mark Fidelman on January 10, 2012

I can’t help but laugh at the TechCrunch gang’s corporate ad hominem last week. It seemed more of a personal attack than any real attempt to provide a product review. TechCrunch didn’t merely reproach their building mate, they reprimanded them. Stranger, most of the article really didn’t say anything at all, because they were not […]

Posted in Application Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged enterprise 2.0, Miscellany, sybil, techcrunch, yammer

If this Bill Passes, The Angel Investment Community is Dead and Companies Like Kickstarter Take Over

If this Bill Passes, The Angel Investment Community is Dead and Companies Like Kickstarter Take Over

By Mark Fidelman on November 21, 2011

H.R. 2930 appears to be just another US Congressional Bill winding its way through the system. Yet I can imagine most Professional Angel Investors recognize (or should) the bill and its potential impact on their livelihood.  The House has already passed it with a 95% majority. It’s now on to the Senate and possibly the […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged Bolstr, crowd funding, crowd sourcing, crowdfunding, enterprise 2.0, Eye Interactive, IndieGoGo, Jason Seldon, Kickstarter, Miscellany, nimble | 3 Responses

The Most Influential People in Performance Marketing (infographic)

The Most Influential People in Performance Marketing (infographic)

By Mark Fidelman on November 10, 2011

The Performance Marketing industry has come under fire for a series of incidents that have tarred the industry.  An important industry that can make or break your company.  The community has a range of people from the slick evangelist to the online marketing champion.  Sometimes it’s difficult to distinguish who is who. According to the […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Marketing | Tagged impact radius, infographic, Infographics, Miscellany, performance marketing

Steve Jobs THINK DIFFERENT – a Visual Tribute

Steve Jobs THINK DIFFERENT – a Visual Tribute

By Mark Fidelman on October 6, 2011

Saddened by the loss of an individual who has brought great joy and anticipation back into our lives.  He’s the only individual I know of where millions of people tune into his product announcements.  He’s earned that level of attention by bringing to market products that create emotional bonds with the owner.   So, out of […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Apple, Miscellany, steve jobs, tribute

The Most Successful 9/11 Social Advocacy Movement Ever and How They Did It

The Most Successful 9/11 Social Advocacy Movement Ever and How They Did It

By Mark Fidelman on September 15, 2011

It’s not in character for these advocates to boast, which is appropriate, really, for the cause they are supporting leaves little to boast about.  They could of course, if they were the bragging type, brag about the 300,000 Facebook fans they acquired in just 70 days; or the one million unique visitors to their 911day.org […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged 9/11, 9/11day.org, CMO, enterprise 2.0, Miscellany, social media, tribute, volunteer

Why BranchOut is a Better Recruiting Solution than LinkedIn (Hint: It’s Social)

Why BranchOut is a Better Recruiting Solution than LinkedIn (Hint: It’s Social)

By Mark Fidelman on April 20, 2011

“68 percent of people who understand HTML prefer nonfiction, compared with 48 percent of people in general.” Based on a survey of 44 people who know HTML and 116 people in general. – from Correlated.org Correlated.org is a new site that helps discover unexpected correlations between seemingly unrelated things. It’s fascinating how they develop the […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged branchout, enterprise 2.0, facebook, hiring, linkedin, Miscellany, recruiting, Social Business, Social network

Sell Used Music on Redigi: A Threat to Apple’s iTunes?

Sell Used Music on Redigi: A Threat to Apple’s iTunes?

By Mark Fidelman on April 6, 2011

I remember a time when the only way to buy music was to drive down to the local music store and purchase a cassette tape.  You had to buy the whole album then.  Yes, I’m serious. When the tape got old or the music fell out of favor I threw it away, listed in the […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged Apple, Compact Disc, Digital audio, Ebay, itunes, Miscellany, music, Record label, redigi, Review, startup

The Fortune 100 League of Extraordinary Social CMOs (infographic)

The Fortune 100 League of Extraordinary Social CMOs (infographic)

By Mark Fidelman on March 24, 2011

Many are calling 2011 the year of the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).  I can assure you, it will not be called the year of the Social CMO.  In our analysis only 15 of the 143 CMO’s and Chief Communication Executives (CCO’s) in the Fortune 100 we studied have active Twitter Accounts.  Worse, 15% of them […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Marketing, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Barry Judge, Beth Comstock, Blair Christie, enterprise 2.0, Karen Quintos, Miscellany, Nikesh Arora, Paul G. Alexander, Philip Schiller, Sena Fitzmaurice, Timothy J. Mayopoulos | 2 Responses

Kiip.me to Mobile Game Developers: There will be Ice Cream

Kiip.me to Mobile Game Developers: There will be Ice Cream

By Mark Fidelman on March 10, 2011

Brian Wong discusses his company and the future of mobile advertising   Fourteen minutes into the movie, there’s a great scene that serves as the perfect prologue for the events to come.  Daniel Plainview has launched into a sales pitch to convince the town to accept his offer to drill into their land.  He exclaims […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts, Mobile | Tagged advertising, Brian Wong, daniel plainview, kiip.me, Miscellany

Why IBM’s Watson Computer is Still a Moron

Why IBM’s Watson Computer is Still a Moron

By Mark Fidelman on February 28, 2011

“The computer is a moron” – Peter Drucker Computer programming technology is still dominated by “if – then” logic.  That means computers are still using logic (human programmed) to determine the answer to a question which must be part of a pool of answers.  If the answers are not in the pool, the computer will […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology | Tagged artificial intelligence, enterprise 2.0, IBM, intelligence, Jeopardy, Miscellany, Peter Drucker, Watson | 2 Responses

The Top 25 Hottest Mobile Game Developers (Infographic)

The Top 25 Hottest Mobile Game Developers (Infographic)

By Mark Fidelman on January 17, 2011

A Guide for Consumers and Brands Gartner estimates the Mobile Game market will reach $11.4 billion by 2014.  That’s a big number.  Compare that with 2010 Video Game  and Movie Box office receipts which have revenues of $18.58 million and $10.16 billion respectively. Mobile games are going to be an increasingly important market.  Further, as mobile […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged EA Mobile, Featured, Gameloft, India Games, Infographics, John Riccitiello, Michel Guillemot, Mikael Hed, Miscellany, Rovio Mobile, Vishal Gondal

Does Every Company Need a Robert Scoble? (infographic)

Does Every Company Need a Robert Scoble? (infographic)

By Mark Fidelman on January 5, 2011

What I learned in 2010 can be summed up in one individual Except for reading the occasional year end articles (notables include Kotadia, Maggie Fox, McAfee) I typically skip the tradition of trying to summarize an entire year in 10 bullet points. The Enterprise 2.0/Social Business space is just too dynamic with many starts, stops […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Marketing | Tagged building 43, corporate evangelist, evangelism, facebook, Featured, flickr, hutch carpenter, Infographics, Klout, Miscellany, Quora, rackspace, ray wang, Robert Scoble, scobleizer, twitter | 6 Responses

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