
- BY: Patrick Widen
- July 24
About a week ago, I embarked on a new social experiment to explore the limits of what I could really do with Facebook. Six days in, I’ve liked over three hundred pages and interacted with almost all of them to discover five things I never knew.
1. Brands Care About Early Adopters (A Lot) – Upon [...]
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- BY: Patrick Widen
- July 18
In 2010 with 500 million users, an upcoming movie, and a place in almost every conversation on the planet, Facebook is among the most impactful forces in the world today. Its users spend over 500 billion minutes per month posting everything from what they’re doing to photos of themselves in any situation you can imagine.
Ten [...]
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NASHVILLE, TN – Blend: Human Driven Design today announced its sponsorship of TEDx events worldwide. Blend will support TEDx events and independent organizers in creating an experience like none other by lending its expertise in human driven design to marketing materials for participating events.
TEDx allows individuals, communities, and cities around the world to gather in [...]
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- BY: Patrick Widen
- April 6
I have nine different bags that correspond to the different types of clients I work with from time to time. Most people, when I tell them this, think I have some form of fashion ADD. I tell them it’s one of my many forays into adaptive marketing.
When you meet someone, you make an incredible number [...]
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- BY: Patrick Widen
- February 9
Before America’s rouse for independence, it was more than obvious that a small army of colonists could never defeat the British army. Before some scientists gathered in an enclave to devise the internet, it was certainly obvious that the best way to get ahold of someone was to pick up the phone and call him or her. Before Apple and Microsoft, it was obvious to anyone that computers were made for the business world and no one else. Before someone started a coffee company that offered a unique experience and an expansive selection of coffee beverages, it was intuitively obvious that a cup of coffee (no matter how flavorful) wasn’t going to draw a crowd if it cost $5.
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