by Wayne Kurtzman | Feb 27, 2011 | eCommerce, education, Marketing, Social Media, Web 2.0
Sunday morning is the only time that a lot of people actually pick up a newspaper, even if it’s online, and read the comics. There’s a reason you read only some of the comics and religiously skip others – some speak to you and engage your imagination and experiences....
by Wayne Kurtzman | Dec 5, 2010 | Analytics, Content, eCommerce, Marketing, Social Media, Web 2.0
Recently I read the idea that there are only five business-to-business (or B2B) social media strategies being used by the Fortune 500 today. While there are roughly a gazillion social networks in the world, there are but five strategies. It is an idea worthy of praise...
by Wayne Kurtzman | Nov 23, 2010 | augmented reality, Content, Geolocation, LBS Location Based Service, mcommerce, Social Media, Web 2.0
Without a doubt, my favorite Thanksgiving television moment is the “Turkeys Away episode of WKRP in Cincinnati. “Turkeys are hitting the ground like wet cement,” gasped the voice of radio newsman Les Nesman in the 1978 sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati. The Thanksgiving...
by Wayne Kurtzman | Nov 14, 2010 | Analytics, Knowledge Management, Social Media, Web 2.0
I recently had the privilege of sharing my thoughts on analytics for the next decade with Dr. Venkatraman’s social media class at the Suffolk University Sawyer Business School. I would like to thank Sean Zinsmeister for inviting me to speak with the MBA...
by Wayne Kurtzman | Nov 12, 2010 | Feature, Geolocation, Innovation, LBS Location Based Service, Social Media, Web 2.0
We’re out in traffic every day. We’re not only on the big highways, but busy local roads. With all this mobile technology, wouldn’t it be great if our mobile devices could talk to each other and share real-time traffic reports? Meet waze–pronounced “ways,”–a mobile...
by Wayne Kurtzman | Nov 1, 2010 | Social Media, Web 2.0
One of the truly wonderful things about social media is you get to follow events, like conferences, from a far. In my case, it was reading the thoughts of people attending the recent Forrester Consumer Forum. The great things about these events is attendees quote,...