Trendspotting: #HashtagHoopla
Researchers are now looking to Twitter, 175 million users strong, to predict global mood, inform scientific research, make investment predictions, even spawn mighty protests—the Occupy movement can be traced back to a single tweet on July 13 urging people to #OccupyWallStreet. Thank not just Twitter but also the all-mighty hashtag for that one. The hashtag, [...]
Jan 04, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Social Media, Trends | Tags: #HurricaneBawbag, 2012 campaign, Babble, Barack Obama, daddy bloggers, hashtag, House of Commons, Kim Kardashian, Nancy Pelosi, Occupy Wall Street, Politics, Reince Priebus, Russian protesters, Social Media, Twitter | Leave A Comment »
Stuff Dads Say

This is the fifth in a series of five. See Euro RSCG Worldwide PR’s latest white paper, “Male in U.S.A.,” for more analysis about the state of men in America today. If you’ve been searching for parenting advice on the Internet lately, you might have noticed the huge number of pontificating papas. With the male [...]
Jan 31, 2011 | Categories:Features, Insights, Marketing, Social Media, Trends | Tags: American male, American men, At Home Dad, Brands, CBS, Dad Blogs, daddy bloggers, Discovering Dad, Garrison Keillor, Internet, Justin Halpern, Lotus Esprit, male, male bonding, marketers, Marketing, men, Mocha Dad, mommy bloggers, online communities, parenting, portals, Real Men Drive Minivans, shitmydadsays, stay-at-home dads, The Daily Show, the economy, women | Leave A Comment »
A United Front

This is the fourth in a series of five. See Euro RSCG Worldwide PR’s latest white paper, “Male in U.S.A.,” for more analysis about the state of men in America today. If you are a female who does some traveling, maybe you have noticed a complacency on the part of men when it comes to [...]
Jan 28, 2011 | Categories:Features, Insights, Trends | Tags: Adam's Rib, American male, American men, battle of the sexes, daddy bloggers, DIY, double standard, gender, gender equality, gender gap, gender stereotypes, Hillary Clinton, John Boehner, male, men, stay-at-home dads, the economy, women | 1 Comment »
Dummied to Death?

As I reflect on the brain more than ever this year, I’ve been thinking about how dumb we’ve all become in the hopes of getting smart. It all started with those Dummies books that used to be wildly popular (although there are 753 of them listed on Amazon and they keep coming, so someone must [...]
Jan 20, 2011 | Categories:Features, Insights, Marketing, Social Media | Tags: advice, Amazon, brain, Cliffs Notes, conversation, dad, daddy bloggers, Dummies books, Esquire, Google, how to, marketers, metrosexual, Procter & Gamble, sex, The New York Times | Leave A Comment »






