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My visit to Occupy Boston

Oct 31, 2011

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Yesterday, I paid a visit firsthand to Occupy Boston, the local branch of the Occupy Wall Street movement. I’ve been writing and talking about economics and politics for a while and about the Occupy movement, so I figured it was time to do some primary, field research and go there myself. So what did I…

You get what you sell for

Aug 17, 2011

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Christopher S Penn

in Advertising, Marketing, Money, Social media, Social networks

There’s an old, worn-out adage: you get what you pay for. The explicit lesson is that quality or quantity cost money, cost resources, and the more resources you expend, the more of whatever you’re buying you should get. There’s a flip side to this adage: you get what you sell for; that is, if you…

Are your social media networks supporting goals?

Jul 14, 2011

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Christopher S Penn

in Advertising, Marketing, Money, Social media, Social networks

Looking at how everyone is trying to find a place for Google+ and all of the other networks, I thought I’d share the way things are shaping up and how I use them. You might find a few ideas you can use. I look at social media sites from the perspective of what they do…

Dark economic times ahead?

Jun 7, 2011

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Christopher S Penn

in Economy, Money

Are you good at putting together the pieces? There’s a lot going on in the world, and individual pieces may not seem like much, but put together they can create an attention-getting picture. Here are a few pieces you need to put together right now. 1. Europe’s financial system is crumbling. Specifically, the European Union’s…

Marketing White Belt: Basic Methods of Making Money

Mar 17, 2011

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Christopher S Penn

in Advertising, Marketing, Money, White Belt

At the end of the day, you have to make money in order to pay the bills and stay in business. There’s no avoiding that reality: somewhere, resources must be provided in order for you to do what you do, whether you’re a Little League baseball team or a Fortune 50 mega-brand. In order to…

The incredible danger of third-party payee systems

Mar 9, 2011

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Christopher S Penn

in Awakening, Economy, Education, Money

USA Today and Get Rich Slowly both featured an absolutely amazing statistic recently that blew me away: The amount of student loan debt outstanding in the US now exceeds the amount of credit card debt outstanding. Rattle that around in your brain. The legions of people buying crap they don’t need with money they don’t…

All borrowing is gambling

Feb 14, 2011

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Christopher S Penn

in Awakening, Money

I once overheard my wife’s co-worker complain that her credit card was shut down because she had failed to pay any of the bills. When she found out about this, she shouted, “They can’t take away my money!” What’s wrong with this picture? To the financially literate, it’s immediately obvious that the line of credit…

What World of Warcraft can teach us about the knowledge economy

Nov 22, 2010

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Christopher S Penn

in Marketing, Money, Social media

In the World of Warcraft, there are a number of professions you can have. Some are gathering professions, where you gather up raw materials, such as mining, herbalism, and skinning. Other professions make use of the raw materials to create finished goods, such as blacksmithing, alchemy, jewelcrafting, and leatherworking. What most of these professions have…

The deadliest question of all

Nov 7, 2010

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Christopher S Penn

in Awakening, Money, Strategy

Grab the beverage of your choice, a quiet place to contemplate, the writing instrument of your choice (paper, pen, iPad, whatever), and ask yourself this very serious question. So serious it’s a deadly serious question, because the wrong answer might literally kill you. What price will you pay for success? What are you willing to…

How do you make money with…?

Sep 25, 2010

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Christopher S Penn

in Marketing, Money, Social media

The inevitable question at every conference, be it a PodCamp, social media event, or major corporate production is: How do you make money with [insert shiny object of the day here]? Five years ago it was podcasting. Then MySpace. Then Twitter. Then Facebook. The answer, believe it or not, is always the same. It goes…

Category: Money

My visit to Occupy Boston

Dark economic times ahead?

Marketing White Belt: Basic Methods of Making Money

The incredible danger of third-party payee systems

All borrowing is gambling

The deadliest question of all

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