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Sick of hearing about Pokemon Go?

You might be, or you might just be itching to get back to your own game while watching this week's Think Tank Tuesday. Kristin and Ali take over for Paul and explain why Pokemon Go may actually be a good tactic to try out for your business.

But why?

It could help you get more leads, but the most important part is that it will connect you…

So it’s been a long time since I wrote a blog (for myself, that is) but after attending Jim Ziegler’s Internet Battle Plan and watching a kid yell "I found a Pokémon!" then promptly walking into a wall then watching adult auto industry attendees, vendors and speakers choose to go Pokémon hunting rather than network with industry colleagues and dealers, it got me thinking.…

What's the worst thing that could happen if you ask a customer to…

Free GoPro HERO3+ When You Lease or Buy a 2015 VW Golf GTI in NJ!

It's not everyday that a manufacturer offers a Free GoPro with the purchase of a new car. Well, Volkswagen is doing just that this year! Three County VW…

As I’m sure you’ve heard, Blockbuster Video has gone out of business. DISH Network, which owns Blockbuster, officially announced last week that they would be closing all 300 U.S. Stores. There was a time when local video stores were the dominant retail outlets to rent movies from. Then along came the mega-video stores like Hollywood Video and Blockbuster, which slowly but…

When I was asked last year to develop a social media marketing service, the first question they asked was whether I already had software in mind or if it needed to be built. I told them that the software had already been developed and it was free. This didn’t go over well at first; they’d always used premium social media…

Seth Godin’s blog this past week uses the analogy of digital parking meters to explain that ‘the same but better’ isn’t always…