Social media and texting drive $9 million in Red Cross aid for Haiti in 2 days.

Posted by Rob Riggs on January 15th, 2010

People amaze me.

If you’re interested, here’s some information from Mike Ventura on how social media played a rolein raising $9 million for Haiti.
http://mikeventura.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/social-media-breakthrough-for-red-cross-and-haiti/

Text “HAITI to 90999″ campaign stuns Red Cross with effectiveness.

The Economy in 2010

Posted by Rob Riggs on January 13th, 2010

So I hear this is the year it’s all coming back. Do you believe it? My industry is on the front side of the curve. We see the dollars start flowing first. People ready to start spending their marketing budget in an attempt to make a profit. Then dollars come to manufacturing. Shipping. Others involved in the logistics. Until finally the dollars fall upon the retail locations or service providers.

Things have picked up, I suppose, in the past couple of weeks. But I just heard an interesting quote: “The economy hasn’t turned around for any of us, until it has turned around for all of us.” At first glance, I disagreed. But after a couple minutes of thought, I’ll bet there’s a little more truth, a little more depth, than I first suspected.