Adweek recently asked the question, “Why Does Mobile Advertising Stink?” And it’s a great question, because it really does. And one can’t help but wonder why, if everything is truly going mobile, advertising on mobile devices remains so ineffective?

A pioneer in energy drinks three decades ago, Red Bull is now the world sales leader with estimated 2012 fiscal sales of over $3 billion, profits over $400 million, and a 43% leading US dollar market.

A federal district court in Oregon June 7 held that a Labor Department regulation prohibiting an employer from taking or distributing employee tips even when the employer does not claim a tip credit under the Fair Labor Standards Act is inconsistent with the federal wage and hour law and is therefore invalid.

The reality today is that the industries being radically disrupted aren’t being rocked by known competitors at all but by complete outsiders. And we’re not talking about pushover industries either.

90% of the data that exists right now was created in the last two years and it’s conservatively projected that the amount of data in the world will begin doubling every eleven hours. Just about everywhere we look we see more evidence that change is happening on an absolutely exponential scale.

If anyone knows what makes a great chef, it would be Thomas Keller; a three-star Michelin chef for not one, but two restaurants (The French Laundry & Per Se). But even he has tasted failure. During his last visit to the CIA, he shared his mistakes and what those failures have taught him about being a truly great chef.

This is the first video from Bob Hoffman over at his new shop “Type A Group”.

My list of the most important factors for having success in our business today – and a few things that really tick me off!

Check Out This Informative Infographic From Marketo on How Facebook’s New Graph Search Will Impact Your Privacy

The newest breed of hysterical futurists are the mobile maniacs. You can’t swing a dead QR code without hitting a dozen articles about how “mobile” is going to “change everything.”

The world has been and continues to be a rapidly changing social marketplace for restaurant and hotel businesses. Guests are more demanding and more engaged in defining value for themselves – with or without your input.

There are many motivations for restaurant creation and investment. However, these different desires can lead to conflict, so how are restaurant operators, owners, and investors supposed to resolve these conflicts?

This campaign for Starbucks new ‘Blonde Roast’ coffee, has been out for about 3 months now but just started in my market. I saw it for the first time last night and I have to tell you, I like this campaign a lot!

Most brand strategists focus on developing points of difference that will give consumers good reasons to prefer their brand. The key to winning is assumed to be differentiation. However…

Successful strategic leaders — the kind who thrive in today’s uncertain environment – do six things well:

Views 12455Likes 0Rating 12345Discussing in the halls with some of GMU’s finest econ students this earlier post on the minimum-wage, I’ve decided to elaborate a bit on it.  I thank especially, again, GMU student William Bruntrager for his comment, on that earlier post, that prompted this discussion. Because this post is especially wonkish, I put … Continue reading »

Views 12127Likes 0Rating 12345Here’s a question for those who believe that employers of low-paid workers – workers whose pay is at or near that of the legislated minimum-wage – enjoy such a quantum of monopsony power as to justify the state raising the minimum-wage on the theory that that increase will not decrease the quantity … Continue reading »

Views 12519Likes 0Rating 12345Here’s a letter to the Washington Post: Peter Whoriskey writes that “the White House argues that ‘modestly’ raising the pay rate will not stall the jobs recovery.  ‘A range of economic studies show that modestly raising the minimum wage increases earnings and reduces poverty without jeopardizing employment,’ according to the White House press … Continue reading »

Views 11890Likes 0Rating 12345I remember standing in-line at my local sub shop trying to order lunch. As the cashier painstakingly tried to enter the order in the computer, she asked her co-worker for help. After about five minutes, she entered my order. I thought there must be an easier way to order food. I tried … Continue reading »

Views 11590Likes 0Rating 12345Make ads that move me to be loyal to your business like this one. Better yet, do things (like farmers) that make me want to be this loyal to you. Work this hard. Care this much. Take a look… Share PostEmailSHG Google+ Community