Hundreds of thousands of people gather from all corners of the world. Some people take months off of work; others quit their jobs. They come from South America, Europe, Asia, and even Australia—and from all across the United States. You can hear them coming miles...
Brothers Tom and David Gardner started writing a 16-page investment newsletter for their family and parents’ friends. In August of 1993, The Motley Fool was born. Embracing the power of the Web to harness a community, the Fools quickly established the largest financial community—first on...
In a “dog-eat-dog world,” you better watch out for your own interests because everyone else is watching out for theirs. You’re taught to guard your back and compete without mercy. In this world, winner takes all. Unfortunately, this type of mentality drives a great portion of...
A Web browser now lurks among the world’s Cult Brands. I know it’s hard to believe. Seriously, how can a Web browser become a lifestyle? A little incident that happened during a lecture should put it into perspective: When I lectured at an art university last...
Every marketing company has the answer. But, solutions to marketing problems aren’t simple 2+2=4 answers. Solutions to marketing problems can be like learning acting—Sanford Meisner, one of the greatest acting teachers of the 20th century, would sometimes expel students from his class, not because they were...
Monterey, California. It’s early morning. Hundreds of MINI’s line up. It’s not a new shipment of cars; in fact some of these MINI’s have driven from as far as Florida. Why are all these MINI’s gathered? For one of the biggest events in motoring history: MINI...
The cover story of the July issue of Wired, “The End of Theory” by Chris Anderson, forecasts a new age of science, the Petabyte Age—an age where data becomes more important than the frameworks we use to understand the data. The supposition is that with...
If you stop and talk to MINI owners about their car, you’ll see their eyes light up with child-like abandon. They’ll tell you driving a MINI is like driving a go-kart on a raceway course. The pick up is quick, the mileage is great, and...
Last night I gazed into my psychic crystal ball and discovered a popular trend: creating new names, words, and phrases to describe things that we already have words to describe. It’s as if the old words have lost their meaning and we need to give...
Amazing customer experiences will start conversations ORLANDO, Fla. – Last summer, in an article titled, “I Sold it Through the Grapevine,” Business Week reported that marketing powerhouse companies like Procter & Gable were using legions of moms to help promote their products. In behind-the-scenes word-of-mouth campaigns,...