Monthly Archives: July 2017

3 Secrets to Driving Leads to Your Online Sales Funnel

by Craig Simpson Over the years, I’ve worked with a large number of online marketers who were very successful at finding prospects through direct mail. My experience with them has taught me a lot, and now you will benefit from it. I’m going to share with you three of my best secrets for driving prospects […]

AI Researchers Disagree With Elon Musk’s Warnings About Artificial Intelligence

I don’t think there is any question on whether AI will be smarter than us very soon but I’ll debate how self-aware a machine will become.  Intelligent machine will be able to mimic the emotions of humans and read us better than we can read ourselves. We’ll get attached, feeling like there’s an emotional attachment […]

Why do dogs love us? Geneticists hunt for DNA clues

I wonder often IF dogs love us.  Most people assume so. And here’s research on why.  I’ll have to assume it’s true until my dog says otherwise Somehow, dogs have evolved to like being around humans Somehow, dogs have evolved to like being around humans. In return for their exuberant, slobbery affection, dogs have convinced […]

The Carbon Negative Revolution

There was a lot of talk this week about a study showing how much plastic waste the world producing.  While researching pyrolysis that turns waste into fuel, I came across this environmentally sound idea.  Good news amongst much hand wringing today. Published on Aug 29, 2012 As the world’s population skyrockets, reduction of CO2 emissions […]

Game of Thrones showrunners’ next series will be about an America where slavery never ended

With Game of Thrones entering its final short seasons, showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are now working on ideas beyond the world of Ice and Fire. HBO announced today that the pair have gotten a series order for a drama called Confederate. The series will be set in an alternate America where the Southern […]

The Better You Know Your Customer, the Better You Can Position Your Brand

By Jim Joseph  Marketing should begin and end with your customer, and the same could be said for developing your brand’s positioning statement. How you position your brand should begin and end with your customer. That’s why the classic positioning statement we are de-constructing in this series of articles starts with a “To,” which is […]

Daimler’s ‚¬100 Million Ethereum Bond Is Bigger Than Mercedes-Benz

I’ve been reading up on Schuldschein and how it’s helped streamline financing in corporations.  Leads me to think about how blockchain with extend this. Not just easier for big companies, also could adapt to allow many more investors and smaller players than the regulations have allowed in the past Imagining a future where instead of […]