You don't need an advanced degree in Facebook to know that it's a different world out there for marketers these days. Nobody does quite as neat a job as diagnosing how it's different and what that means as Bob Garfield and Doug Levy in their new book, "Can't Buy Me Like: How Authentic Customer Connections Drive Superior Results." read »
Forbes CMO Network gathered CMOs around one table at this year's SXSW Interactive Festival as part of our CMO Salon Series--with a twist. Joining us at the table were a sampling of our 30 Under 30 in Marketing and Advertising. The combination of decision-making, budget-wielding chief marketers and change-making, collaboration-embracing twentysomethings made for a fascinating discussion around what's new and what's next in marketing. read »
Marc Maron is already ubiquitous in the comedy world thanks to his incredibly successful and always fantastic podcast, "WTF," which pairs him weekly in conversation with other stand-ups, comic actors and musicians. read »
What do the members of a cappella group Pentatonix have in common with David Archuleta, Delta Rae, Train, Jon Bon Jovi and Warren Buffett? If you guessed worldwide renown as a value investor, you’d be wrong. But if you’d said something about having played a live concert at FORBES’ New York headquarters, you’d have been right on the money. read »
Nearly all of the world's 1,426 billionaires are married--many of them multiple times--but these 12 haven't tied the knot. read »
I stopped by the SXSW Accelerator session on Social Technologies to hear the pitches from entrepreneurs on their new offerings in hopes to get attention and funding. It was presided over by quite a number of judges from various top name VC firms such as KPCB, SV Angel, Austin Ventures, Google, Greylock Partners, etc., as well as industry notables such as Bob Metcalfe, and Richard Garriott. read »
John Greathouse Excellent point Chern. You can't expect a buyer to work outside the realms of their financial realities, no matter how kindhearted they might be.
Mar 13, 2013 @ 11:24AMJohn Greathouse Cool - some of their tactics are worth mimicking, but be sure you do so under the appropriate circumstances. Best of luck to you!
Mar 12, 2013 @ 9:51PMJohn Greathouse Thanks Cheryl - it's nice to know that we can actually learn something useful from Reality TV! ;-)
Mar 12, 2013 @ 9:49PMAlthough the History Channel’s reality TV show Pawn Stars is entertaining, it reinforces a number of potentially harmful negotiating tactics. read »
With the News Feed redesign, Facebook seeks to build a more simpler, visual, immersive and personalized newspaper! <blockquote>This starts to ressemble something more like what you might see from the table of contents of a well curated magazine. We've got a much larger image, a more prominent title and a longer summary that tells you what this article is about, explains Facebook's director of design, Julie Zhuo</blockquote> So here are the main design changes to Facebook's News Feeds: read »