It is a shame that the sharks seem to be taking over and that honest voices are often bullied. There is a lot of wrong advice and money grabbing out there. We need to support the honest voices in this world. - Lorenz Lammens
From the page: "Humor is a great form of content that will give people a reason to link to your content and help it spread virally. The strategy could include all kinds of humor, including cartoons, animations, videos, jokes, confessions, or even things overheard. Think of all the funny or embarrassing things overheard in offices, stores, streets, and public places. Do a search and you'll find a collection of sites devoted to this topic. Be forewarned, though: some things published on these sites can be offensive. The challenge for most sites is coming up with something funny. For companies with marketing budgets, there's no shortage of comedians, comics, satirists, cartoonists, and animators seeking work. Here are some ideas that can be used by everyone, regardless of the size of your marketing budget. It all depends on how resources are allocated and a little creativity. Staff Empower your staff to develop the humorous content. Have customer service people keep a notepad near the... - Lorenz Lammens
True, but the real issue remains that long-term assessment of profitability remains extremely flawed. Executives DO have legit gripes because certain long-term strategies are undervalued when assessing a company's worth... - Lorenz Lammens
Advertising on unhealthy products should be curbed in addition to adding a higher tax to these products. We should address the problem holistically. Free markets and capitalism are great principles, but the companies that work within are often not concerned enough with the 'true value to the consumer' or 'safety' of said consumer. We lambaste the Chinese industry for adding melamine to their eggs, but do we really look hard enough at the slow killers in our food? Some regulation, taxation and government intervention is needed to help markets act responsibly. And when products can cause harm, even over long term and there are enough alternatives, the government should consider curbing the use of harmful foods and goods. This article further suggests that audiences, even children, are a critical audience when watching ads. That is a huge generalization. Some are not, and are deserving of protection regardless.
Nevertheless, a strong and worthy post. - Lorenz Lammens
Oh so true. Most agencies redefine the solution to your marketing problem in terms of the solutions they offer and give little or no consideration to the larger picture and the best solution for the client... - Lorenz Lammens
LinkedIn setting itself up for massive growth
Expect LinkedIn to:
# Offer more collaboration between colleagues and connections to happen outside of the firewall where IT doesn’t have control
# Provide resources for some IT departments to lean on SaaS environments to further their mission
# Launch more business applications request to be developers on LinkedIn’s business platform
# Export the top business applications will be then be ported to community platform players
# Raised significant capital, thrive in an downturned economy, and get ready to go shopping - Lorenz Lammens
“I've noticed that pessimism is often a sign of insecurity. I avoid pessimistic people as they will bring down others --I've gauged pessimists vs optimists over 5 year stretch and optimists are happier and have better careers and friends. What have you seen?”
there's a middle ground I call realists, which are different from both. What I dislike most are what I call the "yes buts" and the status quo defenders. - Joe Buhler
I have to agree. I generally prefer to both be and associate with enthusiastic, interested, and optimistic people. Get the best results and life is just more fun and successful. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
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Social dynamics in action. Obesity is a socially transmitted disease too, or at least that's what I've read. - Daniel J. Pritchett
Joe,those types drive me batty. I sometimes want to shake them and ask why they wanted my advice in the first place. Vent if you need to vent, but admit that is what is being done. - Heather Solos
cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought - Gregory Lent
Couldn't agree more. Pessimism (like everything else) starts at home, in the from of self-pity and suchlike. They are dangerous people. Beware! Those who seek only sympathy often can't see others happy. - Vijayendra Mohanty
I think pessimists are just as happy and have just as good of careers. If it isn't quantifiable and you have a negative opinion aren't you being pessimistic about pessimists? - Greg Bond
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This is the most ironic FF thread I've read yet. Damn pessimists. Always ruining life for us optimist folks. - Greg Bond
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Pessimism is like anything else, good in moderation. Overly optimistic people suck as well, because they never think bad things can happen. I am generally pessimistic because I had a theoretical comp sci education which teaches the dangers of Big O notation. - Rob Diana
Yes, but = think what you want, I'm justified in my feelings. Vijayendra, you're right that pessimism begins at home, but some don't even realize they're pessimistic, because it has been in-grained into them since childhood by family and/or surroundings. To them, pessimism is the only lifestyle they've known. - Sharon Bray-McPherson
Pragmatic people live longer, and if they don't they're ok with that. - Mattb4rd
yeah, I have trouble listening to complainers. I don't like to do it and don't like to hear it. Although at a few certain times I can totally understand why someone would be pessimistic about something, it's when that pessimism transfers to all areas of their life that it gets to be a real problem. - Maria
Joe, I would comment about your dislike of status quo types, but I am too comfortable with things just the way they are. ;-) - Eban Crawford
mortisha, don't confuse complainers with people who are pessimistic. Complainers just don't like anything. Pessimistic people prepare for the worst case scenario in a situation and just have a bad reputation :) - Rob Diana
I find that it's the optimists who are more likely to blame other people when things go pear-shaped, even if it's totally their fault. We all perceive reality differently. The further your perception of reality is from actual reality, the worse off you'll be. - Victor Ganata
"Despite the fact that all the motivational speakers and self-help books say successful entrepreneurs are optimists, don't be worried if you're not. An article in the New York Daily News reports that unhappy people work harder, look deeper at situations, find more creative solutions, and do better work than happy people. Cheerful folks who participated in the tudy...overestimated their abilities, underestimated the complexity of the problems, and tended to opt for easy answers. In his book, Learned Optimism, optimism enthusiast, Martin Seligman, admits that pessimists have at least one big advantage over optimists: They take a more realistic view of things, including business situations."-Robert Bly in "Secrets of a Freelance Writer" - William Harryman
have seen the same. imho pessimists are focused on why something can't be done while optimists focus all their energies on finding a way to get it done. It makes sense that pessimists would be less happy - fact is the crappy unfair things happy all the time but if you spend all of your time focusing on that instead of believing there is a way around/through then the world is going to seem hopeless and cruel. I'd rather spend my brief existence excited about the pursuit of the extraordinary not always easy - Marco (aureliusmaximus)
I try to be realistic or cautiously optimistic, rather than strictly pessimistic or optimistic. Blind optimism is dangerous too. - Morton Fox
In my profession, it's all about hoping for the best, but being prepared for the worst. - Victor Ganata
I agree that an optimistic team keeps the spirits high. Optimists can also be great leaders because of their ability to inspire others. But all of the above can be blind when it comes to looking around corners. It is good to hire a pessimist as an adviser, heath his words, and then add a ‘can do’ mentality to it! - Lorenz Lammens
I think pessimists are more realistic. Total optimists irk me because sometimes they just ignore problems around them. I'm probably a little too pessimistic and critical of things myself, I admit, but I get along with other folks like that better than annoying perky happy people. - Kamilah Gill
I'm an avowed optimist. Rather be clueless & happy! - anna awesomesauce
I just scored a 29 on that Optimism/Pessimism Test -- interesting - Susan Beebe
Realist is what I prefer. Plan for the worst, hope for the best. The extremes in either case are usually dangerous to either themselves or others and nobody wants to be around either. Though if I had to choose, I'd rather be around the extremely optimistic. - xero
I agree pessismism is a sign often of insecurity - tear down others so they don't get too far ahead. sadly, too often true. - Roxanne Darling
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ha, i scored 40, just about the middle.According to your responses, your perspective of humankind is neither naïve nor jaded. Instead of assuming the best or worst of someone, you wait before making a judgment. You prefer to have others earn your trust, and although you won’t necessarily assume everyone has a hidden agenda, you’re also not the type to accept everything people say or do at face value. Tempered with a hearty dose of skepticism, this is a relatively healthy perspective. You may however, benefit from being a little more trusting. Unlike their less positive counterparts, optimists will at least try to find the good in even the most difficult of people, and are much more willing to place their faith in others. Although this doesn’t mean that you should trust the good intentions of everyone you meet, a leap of faith every once in a while couldn’t hurt. - Maria
Does anybody else think this is a little bit too convenient after McCain's aggressive behaviour during the debate that backlashed in public opinion? I don't believe in coincidence and the whole things feels staged to me. - Lorenz Lammens
I was surprised to hear by the end of the article that even though McCain claimed the investigation against Palin was biased because of the presence of 5 democrats on the committee, it actually has 10 Republicans and 4 or 5 democrats on it! - Lorenz Lammens
From the page: "Advertising is not an exact science, but there are a few things you can do to measure the effectiveness of your advertising campaign." - Lorenz Lammens
From the page: "SEO doesn't require a huge investment, unless you're working with a top-tier agency that charges an excessive amount of money to have a new hire learn how to do SEO at your company's expense in time and wasted resources." - Lorenz Lammens
The bottom line is that branding is essential to the overall health of an organization, and today search plays an important role in effective branding. As people continue to spend more and more time online and less time with traditional media, search presents considerable branding opportunity. Given that, smart marketers won't ignore the facts. Instead, they'll take action today, and leverage the power of search to build their brand, and in the process avoid losing valuable ground to the competition. - Lorenz Lammens
To take the win, Microsoft should let the people lead, create, and own the campaign, Jerry and Bill can share the spotlight, reframe the campaign on creators. I see there site is hinting at this, and it maybe in their plans, but I'd expect them to crank this user created feature up. - Lorenz Lammens
To take the win, Microsoft should let the people lead, create, and own the campaign, Jerry and Bill can share the spotlight, reframe the campaign on creators. I see there site is hinting at this, and it maybe in their plans, but I'd expect them to crank this user created feature up. - Lorenz Lammens
