Google announced that next year it will be using a new ranking system. The metrics for picking "Top Stories" on mobile will be looking for a web page's overall "experience." Core Web Vitals is a new program, which, as Stephanie Condon points out in ZDNet, quantifies...
MEMORIAL DAY, AMERICA 2.0 AND ROLLING THE GRILL TO THE FRONT YARD
INTRODUCTION The “new now” leads to the “new normal” which seems to be about two years out—so what do we do “now” to get there? As businesses, what messages do we get out there, what behaviors do we encourage, what bridges do we build? The coronavirus pandemic has...
Anatomy of COVID-19 Communication Leaders
Leadership Qualities: Empathy, Openness, Accountability What makes a good leader during a crisis? A wrong move could destroy trust and cause confusion, which will only make the problem worse. David Robson of the BBC tells us that a good leader will clarify the problem...
Marketing experts set up shop with a view to the future
Here is an article from June 2007 when Mike Emerton and I were just 2 years into BVM (BridgeView Marketing). Have things changed over the past 15-years? Absolutely, but we’ve learned so much! BVM has worked with amazing national and global technology, data center, energy, and power brands including Telx, TierPoint, GE Energy, Server Technology, Power Distribution Inc., BRIDGE Energy, Alert Logic – and hundreds of others. The core philosophy that we built BVM around in 2005 stands strong today – Integrated PR, digital marketing and SEO services need to work in unison to develop brand visibility and support measurable lead-generation efforts. And, pricing needs to be affordable. At BVM, we deliver a more personalized, customized service than any of our larger competitors and at a fraction of the cost. If you want to learn how we do this with a senior team, how we planned for this, let us tell you our story! – Dale Allaire
SUPERCOMPUTER v. NOVEL CORONA
Introduction The fight against the novel coronavirus [COVID-19], perhaps the worst scourge since the influenza epidemic following World War I, will take the best minds and equipment that the public and private sector can muster. This is why at the end of March, the...
BIG TECH’S BIG ROLE IN THE PANDEMIC BATTLE
The world faces a crisis of unprecedented proportions as COVID-19 (aka, coronavirus) rapidly spreads across the globe. As the numbers of infected rise, Facebook, Google, and other tech companies have come forward to lend their expertise and resources. Here are some of...
THE ETHICS OF AI: IoT & ROBOTICS: (Part Two) Ethics & Culture
Robotics and AI bring up questions of ethics. The ethics of AI can be illustrated with the example of Microsoft’s Tay. In the 16 hours between its first message and its last, Tay sent over 96,000 tweets. Similar to Siri and Alexa, Tay was designed to provide an...
THE ETHICS OF AI: (Part One) IoT & ROBOTICS
Part One: Is it Possible to Murder a Robot? Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the most profound technologies of our time. It is in the “brains” of our autonomous vehicles, the strategies which guard our homes, the advice for what stocks to trade, and in the...