Tag Archives: consumer pyschology

How TV Superchef Jamie Oliver’s ‘Food Revolution’ Flunked out

Good case study on public relations meets reality television. Excellent example of defining the problem wrong and then creating the wrong solution.
How TV Superchef Jamie Oliver’s ‘Food Revolution’ Flunked out | | AlterNet.

Study: 52 Percent Of Bloggers Consider Themselves Journalists

Yesterday a number of our crack, ace, super social media guru blogger experts when all a-twitter announcing that Google had chosen Asheville in its “google fiber initiative,” linking to the blog announcing the win, and giving themselves whooo-hooos and high fives.
I did a quick search in Google, under “google fiber initiative,” (10 [...]

We’re Googling Ourselves Stupid – Salon.com

What they didn’t know, and never could’ve predicted, was that the Web would also transform itself into an enormous, never-ending high school reunion (See also: hell).- from the article, “What has the Internet done to us?”

5 Social Media Myths | Digital Tonto

A very good article that helps tone down the social media hysteria. Well, at least turns it down a notch.
5 Social Media Myths | Digital Tonto.

Gore Vidal: ‘We’ll have a dictatorship soon in the US’ – Times Online

Amazing Interview with the TimesONline, UK with Gore Vidal.
Gore Vidal: ‘We’ll have a dictatorship soon in the US’ – Times Online.

How the Brain Reveals Why We Buy – NewsTrust.net

Advances in neuroscience are changing the way some companies position their products, giving birth to the new field of neuromarketing

Don’t Eat the Marshmallow – Yet

priceless videos from a landmark study regarding success and instant gratification

10 products, 10 retailers that boomed during the Recession

Seriously, I was intrigued to see things like caffeine-powered booster drinks on the list; I guess since we all multitask now we need to keep juiced 24/7. But, traditional favorites like Tupperware, Presto Industries, Arm and Hammer….great to see these bulwarks continue to build fans.