FYI stuff taken with a grain of salt as Trump surges in the polls and on the eve of his historic Madison Square Garden rally today 10/27

by Michael E Dehn | Oct 27, 2024 | Banking and Finance, Breaking News, consumer spending and sentiment, Crypto considerations, Latest News, Media

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Marketing mantras

by Michael E Dehn | Oct 27, 2024 | Banking and Finance, Breaking News, consumer spending and sentiment

In 2009, Domino's Pizza took the most dangerous risk in corporate history: They told their OWN customers that their pizza tasted like sh!t. Domino's was already on the brink of death. But what happened next changed marketing forever. Here's the full story:...

Bigger is BETTER

by Michael E Dehn | Oct 27, 2024 | Banking and Finance, Breaking News, Humanoid endeavors, Latest News, Media

10 Biggest MEGA PROJECTS in The World: These are the 10 most audacious engineering projects currently reshaping our planet: A 🧵 pic.twitter.com/0CbLzajwhr — Kaynat Kakar ✪ (@kaynat_kakar) October 27,...

Against the grain

by Michael E Dehn | Oct 26, 2024 | Banking and Finance, Breaking News, consumer spending and sentiment, Latest News, Media, Technology

Everyone worships Andrew Huberman. But Stanford's most brilliant professor isn't a neuroscientist. He's worth $15 BILLION and still drives a 2012 minivan. 10 mind-blowing lessons from tech's most humble billionaire: 🧵 pic.twitter.com/1UFIkzsydk —...

Nefarious brilliance still resonating thru the ages

by Michael E Dehn | Oct 26, 2024 | Banking and Finance, Breaking News, consumer spending and sentiment, World economic impacts

This is Charles Ponzi—the name behind the infamous Ponzi scheme. He built a multi-million dollar empire on a lie—yet his marketing tactics were shockingly brilliant. 100 years later, his 5 principles of mass persuasion still drive the world's biggest brands: 🧵...

Marketing brilliance defined

by Michael E Dehn | Oct 26, 2024 | Banking and Finance, consumer spending and sentiment, Humanoid endeavors, Media, World economic impacts

In 1975, Pepsi and Coca-Cola went head-to-head in the greatest marketing battle in history. Pepsi ran shocking blind taste tests, showing people preferred the taste of Pepsi to Coke. But what Coca-Cola did in response nearly destroyed Coke forever. Here's the full...