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iPhone5 announcement gets prodded…
12 September on Advertising, Business, Marketing, SalesUPDATE: Samsung is also running a really big ad on Facebook’s home screeen (pre login). With the stats update similar to the Tweet. Recently Apple won the $1 billion dollar award for Samsungs infringement on their patents. Although, it is …
Last Year’s Pinners are Making Purchases
17 May on Business, Pinterest, Sales, SoMoLoBelow is an inforgraphic that answers a BIG question. Does pinterest have a payoff? Indeed it does! It does not answer for which industry specifically, although in the US the top categories on Pinterest are Crafts, Interior Design and Fashion. …
The 5 Social Media Strategies
20 November on Business, Experience, Marketing, Sales, SoMoLoIt is still amazing to see the number of brands that are using social media incorrectly. Some can’t seem to shake this “Look at me!!” mentality, which is ruining their customer experience and inevitably causing the loss of the customer. …
Professional Expectations
17 July on Customers, Experience, Sales“Before you can sell a service, a product or an insight to the naive,you need to sell them on being professional.” – Seth Godin The quote comes from Seth’s recent blog post “Naive or professional?”, where he explains the difference …
$100B Facebook IPO, Novelty or Legit?
13 June on Customers, Facebook, Sales, SoMoLoFacebook is rumored that they are anticipating a $100 billion dollar IPO in 2012. That opening amount figure is 61% of Google’s current market capitalization, 33% of Apple and 5 times the valuation Groupon hopes to go public (related article). …
The Sale Doesn’t Stop…
06 August on Sales, VideoThe sale doesn’t stop at the exchange. There is more to making a sale than you thought.
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Merlin U Ward is an passionate marketeer and strategist. As a serial entrepreneur he has built multiple companies in a variety of industries including tourism, nightlife, video, business networking and marketing.
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