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Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Oil could hit Florida Panhandle by Wednesday
Bad news for all in Alabama and Florida as the oil is moving that way!
Oil could hit Florida Panhandle by Wednesday
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Gulf Oil Spill: Greenpeace's BP Logo Redesign Competition (PHOTOS)
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
As a Louisiana resident, the oily pelican really resonates with all of us here. I'd hope that maybe people would start wearing pelican-related items as a sort of show of support for the whole Gulf Coast - the people and the wildlife affected (kinda this disaster's version of the yellow ribbon or flag pin). Anyone starting something like this?
David http://wyl
BTW - you really should click on the Flickr site where these are compiled - classic stuff from some very creative - and angry - folks out there - see:
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James Cameron Working On Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup
Image via Wikipedia
Hey, maybe BP could send in 9 foot tall blue avatars to plug the leak 5,000 feet down - now THAT would be Oscar-worthy!
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
At this point, why not try anything and consult anyone who can help - and yes, the man is an expert at underwater filming - maybe he can get us a view of the leaking pipe in 3D!
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Louisiana Senator David Vitter Goes To Bat For BP
Interesting times.....read:
Vitter and BP
David http://wyld-business.blogspot.com/
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Vitter and BP
David http://wyld-business.blogspot.com/
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First-Hand Photos of the Oil Spill's Impact on Louisiana: From the Albums of Photographer Jerry Moran
This is important to view and pass along to all your real and virtual friends online. Ran across this amazing collection of photos from Native Orleanian Fine Photography, which is from photographer Jerry Moran. Here is a link to his album of photos and his narrative of his trips to Fourchon Beach and Grand Isle, Louisiana.
They are heart-wrenching photos and his writing is excellent, and while potentially disturbing, they should be viewed by all to get a sense of the scope of this crisis.
Jerry is planning to post more after a trip to Venice - let's bookmark his site (and become a friend on Facebook) to applaud his efforts!
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BP CEO Tony Hayward (VIDEO): 'I'd Like My Life Back'
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
and watch:
There are tens of thousands of people in Louisiana - and hundreds of thousands along the entire Gulf Coast - who would like their lives, their livelihoods, and fresh air and water. And need I mention that there are millions and millions of fish, birds, and mammals of all sort who would like their ocean and marshes back.
One must ask, does BP have any - ANY - crisis management or PR folks who have a clue as to how to deal with the American public and our intense 24/7 instant media coverage of an unparalleled disaster that we find ourselves in thanks to their decisions to do deepwater drilling on the cheap?
Many lessons will be learned, but many more lives will be lost - shame on a CEO and a company who projects this image while people are suffering because of your boneheaded decisions!
David http://wyl
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Reverse Auctions in Health Care: Kintan's Entrepreneurial Story
Interesting take on health care and reverse auctions - from someone who tried and believed he was too early for a market that today makes such good sense. I recently read a fascinating blog entry from Kintan Brahmbhatt (http://www.kintya.com/), a part-time tech blogger and entrepreneur whose "day job" is being a Product Manager at IMDb (Amazon.com). In this posting below, Kintan described how he and his business partner in a venture called Securamed - despite having a fantastic, award-winning business plan, were simply too early for applying the reverse auction model to the health care insurance marketplace:
The f words - fight, flee or flow
I think Kintan's post is wise on many levels. First, for all who believe that winning accolades - such as students winning business plan competitions (they won five!) - automatically translates into "real world" success, think again. As he stated, timing is indeed everything, and while they had a ground-breaking idea, the time was not right then. However, I would follow-up by saying that having spoken with many leaders in the areas of health care, business, and government in recent months, the time is precisely right now for such innovative ideas - and reverse auctions appear to be perfectly poised to fight the ever-spiraling costs in health care today.
Good luck Kintan and too all aspiring entrepreneurs in the health care area - we need every good idea out there to be tested and tried in order for insurers, businesses, and governments at all levels to continue to be able to provide the level of health care benefits and availability we have become accustomed to in the United States!
David
From the Reverse Auction Research Center: http://reverseauctionresearch.blogspot.com/
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James Carville: Louisiana needs justice now
Great local take on the oil spill crisis from James Carville - who seems to be the most consistently strident advocate we have right now for Louisiana in the middle of the media firestorm over the BP mess. From the Baton Rouge Advocate:
Read:
2theadvocate.com | News | Carville: La. needs justice now — Baton Rouge, LA
and watch:
I don't think he's going anywhere! Thanks for grabbing the camera and microphone for us wherever you can!
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Read:
2theadvocate.com | News | Carville: La. needs justice now — Baton Rouge, LA
and watch:
I don't think he's going anywhere! Thanks for grabbing the camera and microphone for us wherever you can!
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B2B Spending on Social Media to Explode
The Latest from eMarketer
B2B Spending on Social Media to Explode
JUNE 1, 2010
Businesspeople are people too
Despite social media marketing’s sizable popularity, business-to-business (B2B) companies are still fairly new to the discipline. According to a November 2009 survey from Business.com, 73% of B2B respondents who were using social media had less than two years of social media marketing experience.
But now that social media has caught on in the sector, spending forecasts suggest that big increases are coming.
“B2B participation in social media marketing is steadily increasing, and marketers are beginning to see opportunities to generate quality leads and position themselves as thought leaders in their industries,” said eMarketer’s Evelyn Jung, author of the new report “B2B Social Media Marketing Heats Up.”
Outsell estimates that marketing on social networks will grow 43.3% in 2010.Forrester Research predicts that B2B firms will spend $54 million on social media marketing in 2014, up from just $11 million in 2009.
Paid advertising on social networks—banners, text ads and search advertising, as well as the more targeted advertising being deployed by Facebook and MySpace—is a small portion of B2B marketers’ social spending.
When companies budget for social media marketing in 2010 and beyond, a substantial portion of their expenses will go toward other initiatives, such as creating and maintaining a branded profile page, managing promotions or public relations outreach within a social network, and measuring the effect of a social network presence on brand health and sales.
In 2009, B2B marketers spent the largest portion of their social media budgets on customer communities, followed by podcasts and blogs. These tactics allow B2B marketers to share more relevant product or service information with their customers than they could with other social tools.
“B2B companies tend to have longer and more complicated messages to convey, and these longer-form tactics enable them to position themselves as thought leaders with their customers,” Ms. Jung said.
The full report, “B2B Social Media Marketing Heats Up,” also answers these key questions:
- How quickly is social media marketing growing in the B2B space?
- How are B2B marketers using social media?
- How is B2B social media marketing different from B2C marketing?
- Are B2B marketers measuring the success of their social media programs?
To purchase the report, click here. Total Access clients, log in and view the report now.
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Wal-Mart markdowns are sparking price wars
"Mr. Rollback" is certainly becoming more aggressive - as Wal-Mart is making an adept marketing effort to capitalize on the Great Recession and appeal to cost-conscious shoppers (and aren't we all these days). Good, brutal show of force by the leading retail giant!
Wal-Mart markdowns are sparking price wars - Retail - msnbc.com
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