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A Major Crux for Our Modern Rennassaince

Published on May 26, 2010 By Scott Scanlon

I would argue that we are in a modern Renaissance period. Often times the people who live during these leaps forward fail to recognize it as they live it. I’ve been reading the book the Mind of the Market by Michael Shermer and one of the things he mentions in the book is it took [...]

Interesting Site and Monetization With Content Discussion Added On

Published on March 1, 2010 By Scott Scanlon

I learned about a new modeling site that I found pretty interesting. Here is what they do from their site: Zivity is where over 50,000 people just like you rub elbows with models, photographers and video artists in an ad-free social network. We think your voice is sexy. So, our VIP Subscribers use dollar-backed votes [...]

Fingernails on a Chalkboard

Published on February 22, 2010 By Scott Scanlon

Yes, can you hear that sound? Imagine fingernails going accross a chalkboard… No, I’m not trying to torture you, but even just imaging this sound will cause most people to squirm. Why is that? I thought about this last night, can I tap into the same visceral feeling that this sound makes when connecting with [...]

Persuasion and Social Media

Published on February 11, 2010 By Scott Scanlon

I’ve been wanting to do a post like this for a while but I never quite had it worked out in my head: The latest post over at SocialMediaToday is a mst read for awesome tactics for anybody or company engaging social media: 6 Powerful Social Media persuasion Techniques Techniques covered: Reciprocation Commitment and Consistency Social [...]

Does the Order of Things Matter?

Published on January 11, 2010 By Scott Scanlon

I’ve been listening to the book Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (amazon link…  you hear a low whisper, buy now). In the last chapter the author Dan Airely talks about a study he did involving how people order food or drinks. Essentially what he found is when we [...]