Monthly Archives: August 2013

Leadership Tip of the Day: Henry Ford on Failure

“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. “ “Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.” – Henry Ford Why are we so afraid…

LivePredict Connects Smart Segmentation & Personalization with Real-Time Action

Monetate, a solutions provider of big data insights, personalization, merchandising and more, has announced the launch of LivePredict, an automated segment discovery product that automatically identifies valuable customer segments and the attributes that define them….

Apple’s Value Proposition that Could Save Lives

Earlier this month, news from Shanghai reported a Chinese woman electrocuted by a faulty, and suspected counterfeit, iPhone charger. Following reports of the electrocution death, a similar incident the next week left another person in…

Marketing Tip of the Day: Write Well (Not Good)

It’s so easy to forget about semantics when you’re sending out multiple emails a day, printing marketing collateral, sending Tweets and updating Facebook, segmenting your database and crafting crafty subject lines…but the truth is, how…

Sales of U.S. Cherries to Chinese Consumers Shows Growing Potential for E-Commerce

A special promotion by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Trade Office Shanghai and Tmall.com, China’s most popular B2C online shopping website, has shed new light on a market segment for ecommerce that could prove…