photo by piesgardiner This content from: Donald McMichael I decided to initiate a week blog post routine that will highlight what I believe to be the 5 most interesting blog posts of the week. The area of focus will be the business and strategy arena while the subject matters will be
7 Secrets of Running a Wildly Successful Negotiation
Negotiations fail, stall or breakdown for various reasons. Don’t let these seven high frequency negotiation killers strike down your strategic alliance opportunity, stall your long range planning, or budgeting process. The good news is that just like most aspects of business, particularly if it’s
6 Best Business Development Pillars
Business Manifesto Yesterday’s conventions don’t mesh with our today. CLIENT NOURISHMENT is too important to be served by a commodity One size fits none. Don’t force your market to adapt to you. Develop a solution, message, and system that fits their need, situation, and decision-making
Mobile Internet = People Internet
Diggin’ In the Crate In case you missed it here is a video of Mary Meeker - Managing Director, Morgan Stanley - talking about the Mobile Internet on April 12, 2010 at the Atmosphere event. What I found to be of most interest were: 48% of Internet users are in 5 countries, compared to 1995
Extending Business Models Beyond Content
According to a recent Edelman report the entertainment sector is on the cusp of undergoing an experience revolution. One driven by today's audiences which are demanding that creative organizations go beyond content creation into producing compelling experiences. Experiences that distinguish
Strategic Value: What Do You Bring To The Table?
A few months ago I started using the tagline ‘solves the tough[est] problems’. The use of a branding tagline is not the story. Companies have been at this for centuries and people have earned them since the beginning of time... think John the Great. What interested me during the development and
Media Reforestation – the ‘un’ business model
When you think about media business models the last thing that would come into your mind is the desired outcome being unassigned, unknown, and just plain old out in the wind. But this exactly what Steve Ruble believes will happen; media weaving an even tighter connection between those initiating the
New Publishing Financial Model; Pull Out The Old Number 2s
We got it, the print news business model of yore is gone. Properties that can deliver more targeted results at a lower expense with quicker turn times have a way of prevailing. Now, Facebook is piling on... but wait it is also the key to a model that can save traditional publishing entities? Look
Digital Media: Cross-Platform Express
For those, like myself, that weren’t at MIP 2010 take heart. Just like the past few years there was a lot of buzz surrounding the speed at which technology is forcing existing business models into irrelevancy while opening the door for new experiences. The the MIP Digital Wrap-Up Session, see video