Aug
01
2011

When Don McLean starts singing “Bye Bye miss American Pie” and ends that passage with “the day the music died” he wasn’t thinking about August 1, 1981. But in a very real sense, that is the day the old music industry died. <a href=”http://polldaddy.com/poll/5325526/” mce_href=”http://polldaddy.com/poll/5325526/”>What’s Your Favorite Classic MTV Video</a> 30 years ago today, MTV launched a revolution on cable. …

Jan
14
2010

Several of us Bursties attended a meeting of the CEN (a network of Capital Region manufacturers) in Albany this morning. We heard some encouraging news. Several of the owners and executives present reported that the 4th quarter of 2009 showed distinctly better results than the rest of that wretched year. (Henceforth known as the year which shall not be named!) …

Jan
14
2010

For Immediate Release: January 14, 2010 Three Local Businesses Team Up to Create A Capital Region Top 10 Marketing Communications Firm Albany, NY – Today, the principals of the Capital Region’s largest independent web developer, a leading print management and design firm, and a nationally known business marketing strategist announce the launching of Burst Marketing. This new, full-service marketing partnership …

Jan
10
2010

The last decade saw the word viral go from “you need chicken soup” to yeah, cool - I saw that too! Everything from dancing babies to the Obama girls made its way across millions of screens across the globe.  And the word viral went from an adjective to a noun.  As in, “it went viral.” Now everyone tries to figure …

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Jan
03
2010

Over recent years I’ve taken to reading a few business books that I think might be relevant over the coming year.  Sort of a way to get the mental matter primed and ready to rock in 2010. One thing I really want to know is what makes people tick after 18+ months of this oppressive economy. So I spent a …