Archive for December, 2009

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Online is Going Offline in Retail – Yelp Ruh-Roh Transparency

Posted at December 18, 2009

I was at Whole Foods yesterday and I noticed that the posted very large window logos of Facebook and Twitter right on their entrance doors. I was like wow! This social media thing is really now a train that has left the station. In today’s news on TechCrunch they reported that Google [...]

Advertising, Jim Peake, Wireless
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Financial Services Rant: What is Insurance Today?

Posted at December 18, 2009

I’ve been thinking. I was born in 1958. I remember a time when insurance meant the following:
Def. of insurance according to Merriam-Webster

1 a : the business of insuring persons or property b : coverage by contract whereby one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by a specified contingency or peril [...]

Jim Peake
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Cell Phone Advances – Android & Sprint Samsung Moment

Posted at December 7, 2009

Think about this. Google, Sprint & Samsung combining efforts to create one super product the Google Android Sprint Samsung Moment. Wow that is a mouthful.
I finally broke down and got a new cell phone, a Samsung Moment. I stuck with Sprint. I did so for several reasons. First they [...]

Wireless
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Marriott, is Corporate Branding a Major Turnoff?

Posted at December 3, 2009

I could not help but respond to this travel article about Marriott. As they acquire new independent hotel properties they feel that making them “appear” as independent but managed by Marriott headquarters is the route they have selected, are they not?
I have a lot of respect for Marriott. As a matter of fact [...]

Jim Peake