Jose Palomino

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Marketing

When did Pop-Tarts start selling as fast food? When I was a kid (apparently back in the Stone Ages, as my kids like to remind me), they were sold as something that had to be toasted first. Pop-Tarts were only for breakfast – end of story. Today, Pop-Tarts are anything but “only for breakfast.” Here [...]

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“There is no good reason or explanation for why we are not engaging or learning from customers. As it stands today unfortunately, the chart above says everything about how businesses see and value customer relationships. This.must.change.” – Brian Solis

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Post image for The Odd Couple: <br />Franklin & Marshall and… Franklin & Marshall

The Franklin & Marshall clothing line sells sweatshirts for upwards of $205 – a vast difference from the $37 Champion-brand shirt you can pick up from bookstore at the college of the same name, whose logo adorns the pricier clothing as well.

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Do you Yahoo? If the numbers are any indication, then you probably don’t – you’ve probably taken your search to Google, your social interaction to Facebook, and your entertainment to YouTube. Over the last few years, Yahoo! has been floundering to find its identity, to say the least. Enter new CEO Scott Thompson (former executive [...]

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With so many top-notch thought leader business blogs on the web, it can be a challenge to find one that really stands out. So, we figured, with so many good ones out there, why limit greatness? And why neglect the valuable opinions of our peers? Instead, we want to find out who are the most [...]

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How specific should you be when positioning your brand? And let’s just say you have chosen utmost specificity– then how do you reach your niche market effectively?

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Have you ever stopped to think about what actually makes a thought leader? What makes them tick? How do they do what they do? And most importantly: how can you become one?

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Who is your target audience? No, really– who are they? What are they tweeting about? What are they searching for? Why are they using your services in the first place?

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