2011 Trends: Census Highlights Demographic Shifts

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“These audiences appreciate genuine efforts by marketers to understand them and communicate messages that resonate, which means more than including a demographically diverse cast in a mainstream television commercial or high-gloss magazine ad,” said Lisa E. Phillips, senior analyst at eMarketer. “Brands that ignore the multicultural audience will find themselves ignored by a powerful segment of the population.”

Keep a Child Alive

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RockMelt - Your Browser. Re-Imagined.

Jason Fried: Why work doesn't happen at work

And where do you go when you really want to get things done ?

WHAT'S MINE IS YOURS

A 'Big Shift' from the 20th century, a time defined by hyper-consumption, to a 21st century age of Collaborative Consumption, is underway.

Collaborative Consumption describes the rapid explosion in traditional sharing, bartering, lending, trading, renting, gifting, and swapping redefined through technology and peer communities. collaborativeconsumption.com

It is the subject of a new book, What's Mine is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption, by Rachel Botsman and Roo Rogers.
I'm on my way to read it, might be a best seller !

Facebook Messages

Learn how the concept of "a person and a message" drove Facebook's development of the new Messages. More details at http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=452288242130

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