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5 Ways to Crash and Burn with your Web Marketing
- May 14, 2012
- By Maciej Fita
- trends
- innovators
- technology
- disruptors
Marketing a website online can be a daunting task for some. At first glance it might seem like it is a straight and forward process but the reality is that it’s ...
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Has the Instant nature of technology really ruined my attention span?
- May 08, 2012
- By Rocky McGredy
- trends
- innovators
- technology
- disruptors
I recently stumbled upon an article called, “How I Busted Out of My Addictive Technology Loop,” written by none other than Martin Lindstrom (author of Brandwashed), for none other than FastCompany. In ...
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Sweden Embraces the Lunchtime Rave. Come for the techno music, leave with a brown-bag lunch.
- May 07, 2012
- By David Allen Ibsen
- trends
- innovators
- disruptors
- culture
When I was in teenager, I spent a summer in Denmark. My cousins taught me that the Swedes were culturally the crazy, partying, drinking Scandinavians. The Danes, as they believed it, were ...
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How Does Google Search Work? [Google Video]
- May 07, 2012
- By Maciej Fita
- trends
- innovators
- leaders
- technology
Almost all of us hop on Google on a weekly basis if not on a daily basis to find just about anything. Many of us have probably found ourselves living a life ...
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Social-good washing: Can any business be painted in a positive light?
- May 01, 2012
- By Rocky McGredy
- trends
- innovators
- social good
- entrepreneur
- start-ups
Okay, so we’ve all seen them. I’m not exactly sure how to classify them. These overly progressive companies. Maybe not overly progressive, I don’t want to paint being progressive ...
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6 Reasons Why You Might Not Be Keeping Up With the Google Train
- April 30, 2012
- By Maciej Fita
- trends
- innovators
- leaders
- technology
Let’s face it, if you are not a search engine marketing professional you might be having a hard time keeping up with the various algorithm changes that happen almost weekly at ...
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PRO-PORTRAIT: Hollywood Costume Design is a Good Fit for Daniel Orlandi
- April 29, 2012
- By David Allen Ibsen
- design
- innovators
- disruptors
- television
- hollywood
Daniel Orlandi gets to time-travel as a psychologist and anthropoligist—to the Alamo, the Depression, and to the Doris Day and Rock Hudson world of the 1960’s. He gets to "Meet ...
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9 Reasons Why Your Blog Gets Zero Traffic
- April 24, 2012
- By Maciej Fita
- trends
- innovators
- leaders
- technology
Editors note: we at THE FIVE listen to everything Maciej has to say on this topic! <grin> Years ago just launching a blog might have been enough to get traction and visibility ...
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"The Shops at Target" Bring Main Street Into The Big Box
- April 24, 2012
- By David Allen Ibsen
- innovators
- leadership
- disruptors
- business
- management
The trend is clear. Americans have less and less need for Big Box stores that display every type of item available. That’s what the Internet is for. Malls are a dying ...
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Method 10 X 10: "What's so funny about innovation?"
- April 17, 2012
- By METHOD
- trends
- innovators
- technology
- disruptors
Dissecting the Punchline How did Heinz get people to consume 78% more ketchup through a simple design change? The same principles that the best stand-up comedians follow also apply to successfully innovating ...
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