Category Archives: Marketing

The Lazy Train (IAD)

Posted on Saturday, 7 May 2011 8:02 am by markpilip

Riding the new Aerotrain at Dulles airport right now and noticed an incredibly dumb communication oversight. Rather than have the announcements for the gates recorded in a nice human voice, the train builders elected to use a robot voice. It … Continue reading →

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Ugly Privacy Legislation is Certain. And it’s Our Fault!

Posted on Wednesday, 30 March 2011 5:49 am by markpilip

Yogi Berra once said something like “you can observe a lot just by watching.”  I recently added Ghostery (highly recommended) to see what information websites were collecting.  What I observed was shocking, shameful and something that’s so out-of-control that even … Continue reading →

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Marketing Ain’t Stealing

Posted on Wednesday, 23 March 2011 10:12 am by markpilip

Simon Sinek’s post today covers a couple of faux products he purchased recently by mistake.  His mistake.  The companies that he purchased these products from had full intent of stealing his money by selling fake products and, ironically, destroying their … Continue reading →

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