Imagine a planet where jellyfish rule the seas, giant rodents roam the mountains and swarms of insects blur everything in sight. It may sound far-fetched, but enough global warming is likely to change the distribution of wildlife on Earth. While species that are under threat, such as the polar bear , seem to get all the attention, others are beginning to thrive like never before.
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I would have written this article sooner, but I was busy on Pinterest .
Read More »Sharing App Bump 3.0 Slashes Most Features, Proves Less Really Can Be More
"It's been interesting talking about what's new with Bump 3.0 because the list of things that we're removing is longer than the list of things that we're adding," says Bump CEO David Lieb. "It's not a normal progression." There's a lesson in here for all of us.
Read More »Top Multitaskers Help Explain How Brain Juggles Thoughts (preview)
“Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves,” Albert Einstein is purported to have said. The quote acknowledges a fundamental characteristic of human attention
Read More »5 Ways To Take Back Your Reputation On The Web
The other day I really wasn’t paying much attention to the AM news station in my car until I heard a commercial for a web-based company imaginatively branded Reputation.com . I got to wondering about this kind of service, and when I typed “reputation management” into a search engine I was taken aback to see more than 10 million results
Read More »Protect Yourself From Poachers: 5 Tips
Ask yourself these 5 questions to see whether your biggest clients are at risk of being lured away. It is a regular lament in many organizations that more time and attention is paid to landing new sales rather than serving and growing the accounts the company already has. Commission and promotion programs time and again focus almost exclusively on acquisition of accounts over retention of accounts
Read More »How to Woo the Media
It's not unlike developing a romantic relationship: You'll need wit, persistence, and a good deal of charm to be successful. Valentine's Day is traditionally the day to launch an all out charm offensive toward a loved one with roses, champagne—whatever your weapon of choice. This Feb
Read More »Reignite Your Passion for the Business: 6 Tips
Somewhere along the way you lost the thrill of running your own business.
Read More »Apple Rumor Patrol: New iPads And iPhones Coming Soon
iPad 3 Arrival Date According to the usual wonderfully unreliable (and always anonymous) " sources ," Apple may be poised to reveal the iPad 3 during an early March event, with in-store availability just a handful of days later. If you look at the booking information for the Yerba Buena center in San Francisco, an Apple staple for this sort of event, it looks like Wednesday March 7th is being held open for an undisclosed booking (or at least this day is oddly empty among a cluster of other bookings).
Read More »How to Fix Your Presentations
If you want your audience to make a decision, you need to tell a good story.
Read More »How To Find Your Next $140 Million
I recently spent the day with author Andrea Kates, who was challenged to connect the relevance of the working philosophy found in her best-selling book, Find Your Next , with real solutions that can help move businesses forward.
Read More »How to Sell: Improve Your Pitch
The first few minutes of a pitch meeting are crucial. So how are you spending them? And how is the other person reacting?
Read More »Hot or Not? What the Web Thinks About Your Brand
Use these 9 free tools to measure 'social media sentiment' around your company, your brand, or even your own name. Welcome to Metrics Monday, a recurring series where I'll cover a particular digital marketing metric each time. I'm kicking things off today with Social Media Sentiment
Read More »6 Start-ups Betting on the Super Bowl
Is $3.5 million for 30 seconds of fame worth it? These businesses are putting it all on the line during Super Bowl XLVI. Some make you laugh , others (attempt to) make you cry.
Read More »5 Alternative Ways to Get Your Story Told
The best business story might not get noticed by the top publications, but there are plenty of other ways to get it published.
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