One of the fastest growing and largest grassroots organizations in the nation helping to organize and mobilize young adults through a strategy based on social media and ground operations has launched a new grassroots website — Generation Opportunity.


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I had breakfast with John Bell of Ogilvy a number of years ago. He didn't see the value of investing limited budget, time and resources on the long tail when those treasures would better be used to woo the high-fliers, professionals, top-cows and A-listers. That's fair enough, and surely a common question, and a question [...]

Read More: Real Americans don't care much about A-list blogs

The attachment that social media has to entertainment is clear. We tweet the shows we watch, like the Facebook pages of movies we're going to go see, and blast out or elation or rage on all social networks when our sports team wins or loses. No sport or other form of entertainment has as big [...]

Read More: Social, Local, Mobile… Football (or Soccer, as Americans call it)

To celebrate the fact that my vacation during the last two weeks of August has been officially confirmed, I am posting the most massive infographic I have ever seen: "The Social Travel Revolution" brought to you by the folks at still-in-beta travel startup Tripl ... CLICK THROUGH FOR THE GRAPHIC.

Read More: More Americans Are On Facebook Than Have A Passport

[EMBARGOED 12PM EDT TODAY] A new survey from Qumu, a leading business video platform provider, explores the question of whether mobile video in the workplace leads to ‘Employees Gone Wild!’  Their findings show that a large percentage of Americans think that people will do things on their mobile device from work that they would never consider doing on their work computers.  These activities include everything from looking for another job to visiting an online dating website and [...]

Read More: 47% Of Americans Believe People Would Watch Porn At Work On Their Mobile Device