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Get Ready to ‘Face’ the Next Wave in Marketing: Mavatars
Dec 20 2011 // The motion picture “Minority Report” gave the audience a look into the future of retail marketing as retina scans were used to project customized digital advertisements for consumers in public spaces. An Iowa...
Facebook Settles Deceptive Practices, Privacy Breach Claims with FTC
Nov 30 2011 // Facebook has settled complaints that it disregarded its users’ privacy, agreeing to establish a raft of measures to better protect its 800 million members’ data. The settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade...
How to Compete for Personal Lines with the Direct Writers
Nov 28 2011 // Let’s face facts. It’s unlikely that any individual independent agency will ever “beat” the direct writers. They have massive marketing budgets, a strong online presence, great name recognition, and...
How to Compete for Personal Lines with the Direct Writers
Nov 21 2011 // Let’s face facts. It’s unlikely that any individual independent agency will ever “beat” the direct writers. They have massive marketing budgets, a strong online presence, great name recognition, and...
GEICO App Gives Facebook Users Access to Policies
Oct 26 2011 // GEICO is launching a new Facebook app called “GEICO Shortcuts,” which will give GEICO policyholders access to their insurance information using the functionality of the popular social networking...
Facebook Policies Tricky for Employers, Employees
Oct 17 2011 // In the age of instant tweets and impulsive Facebook posts, some companies are still trying to figure out how they can limit what their employees say about work online without running afoul of the law. Confusion about what...
Louisiana Woman Sues Facebook Over Cookies
Oct 14 2011 // A Louisiana woman is suing Facebook over allegations that the social networking site collects and stores users’ Internet browsing history without their permission. Former Louisiana Attorney General Richard Ieyoub...
N.Y. Firm Unlawfully Fired Worker for Facebook Postings
Oct 3 2011 // In the first ruling of its kind, a National Labor Relations Board administrative law judge has found that a Buffalo, N.Y.-based non-profit organization unlawfully discharged five workers after they posted comments on...
Facebook Policies Tricky for Employers, Employees
Sep 28 2011 // In the age of instant tweets and impulsive Facebook posts, some companies are still trying to figure out how they can limit what their employees say about work online without running afoul of the law. Confusion about what...
New York Firm Unlawfully Fired Workers for Facebook Postings: NLRB
Sep 15 2011 // In the first ruling of its kind, a National Labor Relations Board administrative law judge has found that a Buffalo, N.Y.-based non-profit organization unlawfully discharged five workers after they posted comments on...
Michigan Lawsuit Over Failed Facebook Romance Dismissed
Aug 3 2011 // A Michigan judge this week dismissed a lawsuit filed by a woman who sought more than $8,000 from a Washington man she met on Facebook after he called an end to their online romance. The judge said she had no jurisdiction...
Don’t Throw Up On Yourself…
Aug 1 2011 // Have you ever been to a party and found yourself talking with someone you didn’t know, and all they did was talk and carry on about themselves? You can’t get away from them fast enough. Social situations of any...
Michigan Woman Sues Man After Facebook Romance Fails
Jul 14 2011 // A suburban Detroit woman is suing a Washington state man for more than $8,000 in damages after a failed Facebook romance. Fifty-year-old Cheryl Gray of Livonia filed the civil lawsuit in May against 35-year-old Wylie Iwan...
Actuaries Urged to Get Involved in Insurers’ Social Media Strategies
Jun 3 2011 // Actuaries are being urged to lend their expertise as insurers get more involved in using social media tools to connect with policyholders and prospects, tools that are producing metrics ripe for expert analysis. Actuaries...
Come Along For the Ride As We ‘Boomerize’ Our Marketing Plans
May 23 2011 // This week, I was in Plymouth Meeting, Penn., instructing a class on generational differences to some 20 insurance professionals. What a great group of people! There were Baby Boomers, Gen Xers and Gen Yers in the room,...
Disaster Plan Should Include Social Media, Says Hurricane Center
May 20 2011 // Nobody is going to push the “like” button for a hurricane, but the National Hurricane Center hopes to get some Facebook fans for its storm advisories. The hurricane center joined the online social network in...
Facebook Firing Suit Settled
May 2 2011 // A settlement has been reached in the case of a Connecticut worker who was fired for criticizing her boss on Facebook, according to The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The case centered on a complaint issued last...
Don’t Blindly Rush Into Digital Insurance Marketing
Feb 21 2011 // To Paraphrase Bambi’s Mother: Do It Right or Don’t Do It At All Listen to the pundits. You know, those consultants, vendors, and social marketing poster agents who can foretell the future. It’s going to...
Facebook Firing Suit Settled
Feb 21 2011 // A settlement has been reached in the case of a Connecticut worker who was fired for criticizing her boss on Facebook, according to The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The case centered on a complaint issued last...
Internet v. Courts: Googling for Perfect Jurors
Feb 18 2011 // When picking a jury, lawyers always try to stack the panel with people likely to take their side. Now, some are taking the vetting process to a new level: they’re quietly trawling social networks and other sites to...
