The Revolution of Content – Sponsored by Mobile Devices

by Donald McMichael on July 30, 2010

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There is an interesting article on the Huffington Post site by Ramon Nuez that does a good job of laying out the case disruption in the content arena will only intensify. The catalyst, in his opinion, that supercharges this revolution is mobile. In particular video snippets that will be consumed on the run.

Let’s examine this hypothesis under the microscope of life. We can all agree that much of the video content placed on the web holds no value to anyone outside of the individual uploading the clip and perhaps a few of their cohort. However, what I’ve and Nuez have noticed is that there has been a significant increase of informative and inspiring content. I have found myself more and more often probing the web for ‘how to’ videos on subjects of interest. Within the results that turn up there is surprisingly well done free content.
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5 Fav Business and Strategy Post – July 24

by Donald McMichael on July 24, 2010

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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 insights, analysis of current events, or interviews of interest.

While I’m not going into depth about the finds, I do encourage you check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is my favorite for the week from Flickr.

This week’s findings:

  1. 6 Real Competitive Advantages That No Other Company Can Copy – Should you be concerned about someone copying your awesome business idea?
  2. 'Buy one, donate one’ effort lets kids direct the giving  – “Buy one, give one” initiatives are increasingly common forms of corporate generosity, but it wasn't until recently that we began seeing them involving children.
  3. How Tribal Leadership Can Help Build Innovation Cultures  – If you’re not familiar with Tribal Leadership†, it’s a book by Dave Logan, John King and Halee Fischer-Wright that summarizes 10 years of their experiences in working to help organizations and offers some patterns and categories used to define various levels of leadership.
  4. How VCs Calculate Valuation (And How It's Different From The Way Founders Do It) – Understanding how VCs and entrepreneurs often see valuation differently.
  5. iPad Fuels Magazine Disruption – While some publishers eye the Apple iPad hopefully as way of migrating the print experience into a rich, multimedia domain as never before, others are already leaping over paper entirely to reach new readers with original digital publications.

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7 Secrets of Running a Wildly Successful Negotiation

July 23, 2010
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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 market facing, the actions during a negotiation are easy to recognize and [...]

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6 Best Business Development Pillars

July 16, 2010
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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 process. Advantages: – attract more interest – improved cash flow [...]

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Every Company Is A Media Company

July 1, 2010
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This past week the 2010 New Media Academic Summit was held at NYU. One of the most interesting panel discussions covered the new models for media brands. Or more correctly, how every company – and person – can be a media brand and what it means for existing media, advertising, and product/service based concerns. The [...]

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New Business Model: Killing Papers Once And For All

June 18, 2010
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“The Washington Times Tries to Reinvent Itself," New York Times Jan. 27, 1992 via Bill on Capitol Hill …well at least as they had been know. Before, “publishing” meant printing information on sheets of paper.  The Internet, in particular Google and social networking sites, disrupted this model. A fact that has been explored endlessly, so [...]

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