Reflections of leadership, agencies, start-ups, operations, and tech.
I was honored to contribute to a new podcast series by Emarsys. Lindsay Tjepkema (Head of Content @ Emarsys) and I talked about the fundamentals of marketing and how technology can enable but not replace the skills and knowledge of marketers. We also talked about where I think email is going in the future and... Continue Reading →
I don't consider myself a futurist, however I do enjoy thinking, learning, and discovering about new possibilities that will fundamentally change the fabric of society and our day to day lives. Elon Musk famously talked about "Accelerating the Inevitable" as a reason he set-out to create Tesla and SpaceX. For Musk, he believed Electric Vehicles (EV)... Continue Reading →
Eight weeks ago l parted ways from my corporate gig as CEO of BLiNQ Media and have been planning an epic summer trip with my family. My wife (Tovah) and I decided we wanted to see some of the great National Parks in the Northwest US as well as Western Canada (Alberta and British Columbia).... Continue Reading →
Yesterday was my last day as CEO of BLiNQ as we moved forward with the merger of PointRoll, Shoplocal, and BLiNQ Media. I fully support this move as I believe it will make all three companies much stronger in the market place as a combined company and properly leveraging the strong content and data assets owned by... Continue Reading →
I just spent last week at CES in Las Vegas and had an absolutely amazing time. This years trip to CES was a little different as I had access to Publicis Groupe events and private parties. Needless to say, I'm just now recovering from the parties! Here are some of the highlights from CES for... Continue Reading →
Over the last 12 to 16 months I per-ordered a number of products and have received them. In general I've been really happy with what I got. Pre-ordering is becoming more common, but I'd say that I'd never really done it until I went to CES a few years ago and got excited about specific... Continue Reading →
Apple is rumored to have well over 200 million+ users on iTunes with registered credit cards. That would make future iPhones enabled with Near Field Communications (NFC) chips an absolute dominator in mobile payments. So what’s the hold up? It’s rumored that Apple believes NFC standards are not wide spread enough and might be developing... Continue Reading →
Wow, after watching this video my perception of the future just dramatically changed. I know we all say we live in a digital world; everyone is connected to the internet, we all have cell phones, and pretty much everyone I know is connected to a social network of some sort. I’d like to think I... Continue Reading →
Published on February 24th, MobileMarketer.com Distressed inventory in the travel business is the unsold hotel rooms and airplane seats that become available at the last minute on travel Web sites at fire-sale prices. But a hotel manager in the near future could be relying on a proximity-based bidding network to convert a cancellation into a... Continue Reading →
It somehow feels wrong to promote Microsoft in general, but lately I’ve been wowed by some of their innovative products and software. I expect this out of Apple or Google, but when I saw previews online of Microsoft Surface from CES 2008 earlier in the year, I was wowed. It also got me wondering if... Continue Reading →
About a year and a half+ ago I read a fascinating article in Business 2.0 magazine called “The Disruptors“. The article was published in September 2006, and to date is one of the most eye opening articles I’ve read. The article talks about 11 companies with 11 big ideas that would change everything, or more... Continue Reading →
One of my roles at Spunlogic (and a personal passion) is to review emerging technologies and new innovative concepts. Over the last several months I’ve been on various Beta teams, reviewing what I think are very exciting concepts to our industry that I’d like to share with the masses. Coghead (http://www.coghead.com/) Coghead is probably one... Continue Reading →
Raj Choudhury - Atlanta 