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5 Mobile Apps for Business Travelers

Wendy Parish — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:40:34 +0000

If you are like many marketers, your job takes you on the road frequently. Whether it’s client meetings or conferences, the life of a marketer is often the life of a road warrior. The good news is there are many mobile apps available to ease the stressors of business travel. With the conveniences and comforts [...]

What Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Can Teach You About Customer Service

Alexis Rosko — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:30:27 +0000

“If you make customers unhappy in the physical world, they might each tell six friends,” Amazon’s Jeff Bezos has said. “If you make customers unhappy on the Internet, they can each tell 6,000.” Amazon, one of the first successful e-commerce platforms, has not just expanded from single category sales (books, movies, etc…) to multi-categories (hair [...]

Design and the Art of Simplicity

Suzanne Alexandra — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:00:33 +0000

I was recently in Seoul, South Korea, working on a design project for a special client. One Saturday, while sightseeing with a colleague, I found myself at Jogyesa Temple, standing in front of a golden Buddha statue. [ image credit: teacherspage.wordpress.com ] My friend began to explain the practice of Buddhism, animatedly typing Korean into the [...]

Largest Apple Buyback In History; Why We Will Never Out-Think Tim Cook

Alexis Rosko — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:00:13 +0000

There is a reason (probably many) why Apple CEO, Tim Cook, is the big cheese at Apple, and we are not. Buyback investments can be what grows the future of a company – something most investor know – yet, buybacks with high stakes in a low market is what separates the big dogs from the [...]

5 Best Mobile Apps for Salespeople

Wendy Parish — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:00:10 +0000

The life of a salesperson can become hectic and overwhelming, but with the right tools, it can also be very rewarding. The introduction of more and more mobile applications geared towards the mobile salesperson have helped to ease the stressors of the job. With mobile apps you can now access documents, bring along a mobile [...]

Developers From Around the Globe to Attend Mobile+Web DevCon, Boston

Breanna Jacobs — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:00:59 +0000

Mobile+Web Developer Conference, hosting it’s third installment of the event in Boston, is excited to feature speakers from Facebook, Intuit, Salesforce, IBM, AdobeXD, Firefox, Oracle and many others. Mobile+Web DevCon has also previously featured speakers from Pandora, HP, PayPal and Opera Software. DevCon has attracted an international audience, including developers and engineers from all [...]

5 Reasons Donald Trump Could Make a Great President

Alexis Rosko — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:28:02 +0000

Would Donald Trump make a great 2016 presidential election candidate? Well, at least he can add it to his laundry list of achievements. The New York Post reports that the entrepreneur and financial mogul Donald Trump has spent over one million dollars exploring a possible presidential bid for the 2016 term, and he has been asked [...]

5 Tips for Making Your Website Mobile Friendly

Wendy Parish — Thu, 30 May 2013 16:57:32 +0000

To ignore mobile when designing your website is business suicide. With 1 billion smartphones shipping globally this year, mobile commerce accounting for 15 percent of online sales this year, and mobile now making up 12 percent of American’s media consumption time, mobile is a must-do for every business — big or small.(stats from Digiday) For [...]

4 Mobile Apps for Networking You Should be Using

Wendy Parish — Wed, 29 May 2013 01:58:08 +0000

In marketing, maybe even more so than other industries, it is all who you know. Networking is an invaluable tool to meet new people, foster existing relationships, and gain fresh insight to what’s happening in your industry. With so many professionals now carrying around smartphones, the opportunities for networking have grown and the advantages of [...]

GSMI’s Mobile+Web Developer Conference Confirms Speakers from Oracle, Salesforce.com, AdobeXD

Breanna Jacobs — Mon, 27 May 2013 14:00:27 +0000

GSMI’s Mobile+Web Developer Conference Confirms Speakers from Oracle, Salesforce.com, AdobeXD Mobile+Web DevCon will be running it’s third installment at the Hyatt Harborside in Boston this July 16-18. Over the course of three days, attendees will have the opportunity to learn from leaders in the development industry on essential topics such as development tools, UX design, [...]