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ethics

Sorry Imus, but you deserved it

April 14, 2007

I am sick and tired of people saying “this is about free speech and Don Imus has the same rights as any other American” etc. WRONG. It’s about money. Once the advertisers leave, you are toast. David Carr wrote a great piece in The New York Times yesterday with his list of reasons why it [...]

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Why Vitalist rocks my world

April 14, 2007

The best part about Vitalist is the fact that they are listening to their customers. With the combination of their blog, contact page, and knowledge base full of previously answered questions presented in rank-order, they have the appearance of addressing users’ problems and needs as quickly as possible. I complained in a few emails that [...]

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Permission relationships [or, why do I get all these campaign emails?]

April 10, 2007

Seth Godin has a great example of why organizations should work on relationship building a little bit more than just shooting off marketing emails once they gain access to your address: At the same time, political candidates are viewing even the slightest gesture on your part (an encouraging email, for example) as proof that you [...]

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Hillary loves new school social campaigning on YouTube

March 21, 2007

If you haven’t seen the 1984 spoof, well, the you’re just ummm…..slow. But her response in an interview with NY1 was nothing short of the most ethical and intelligent rebuttals I’ve heard in awhile: I haven’t seen it but I’m pleased that it seems to be taking attention away from what used to be on [...]

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Reputation management: RIAA screws college students

March 5, 2007

I really, really hate the RIAA. I’m a musician and I support the protection of copyright. However, I also support the protection of college students’ rights and a free market economy. When the signs are there that the industry needs to make changes, why fight that? Change is good, and necessary. Why is Apple’s iTunes [...]

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