Digital Marketing And Social Media PR – The Future Buzz

I’m a big Louis CK fan and a supporter of his embracing technology to go direct to consumer (he previously made over $1 million in sales in just 12 days with a DRM-free download of his special).

As I work marketing one of the web’s most popular applications by day, I’ve come to see many recurring things that everyone should understand about free software (but frequently do not).

Ask any consumer what they intend to spend for any coming holiday, and they’ll tell you, “Not much.” The media seems to support this with stories of closing small businesses, retailers heading into bankruptcy and of course, the crushing economy.

There continues to exist a widespread, bizarre phenomenon of companies printing social media icons and sticking them on printed materials without any context or URLs.

What makes this community interesting? Your participation here, of course. You’ll notice the comments section of The Future Buzz goes beyond simply being bot-free. We even go as far as stopping those just here to hawk their wares from spamming us with junk.

Have more meetings is not beneficial. They aren’t where real work gets done. In fact, they do a good job at ruining your creative team member’s productivity. I’ve blogged about the importance of reducing meetings for years, usually noting how they are basically a destructive force you should minimize the impact of.