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Please share this with friends and family: http://mynewyorkminute.org/ It is a new blog written by a friend and professional colleague who works for the Prostate Cancer Foundation and who was diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this month. It is an informative and emotional chronicle of his personal battle with prostate cancer and will motivate others to [...]

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I just returned to my desk in an office building on Broadway in NYC and got a sad but stark reminder of the state of customer service in today’s business climate as I rode the elevator up to my floor.  Standing in front of me were two twenty-something waif-thin glam girls – you know the type…professional [...]

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I have spoken on numerous occasions about the importance of transparency, authenticity and appropriate behavior by marketers in today’s social media environment.  Most companies in the online marketing business are acting responsibly and ethically and are policing themselves even when the opportunity exists to cut corners or employ tactics that are dubious.  The few that [...]

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I post the following with sincere apologies to Bob Dylan, who I imagine might laugh about the lyrics of one of his most well-known balads about social change being used to provide advice and guidance to marketers.   In 1963, Bob Dylan recorded The Times They Are a-Changin’ and today it once again reflects Dylan’s [...]

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                “I don’t consider myself political and I seldom interview politicians. So when I decided to talk with you [Barack], people around me were like, ‘What’s happened to you?’ I said, ‘I think this is beyond and above politics.’ It feels like something new.” — Oprah – From [...]

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