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Everyone Is Connected. Connect Your Business to Everyone. Reboot Your Business.

Everyone Is Connected. Connect Your Business to Everyone.

Reboot Your Life. Your Future Depends On It. Everyone Is Connected. Connect Your Business To Everyone. CTRL ALT Delete Reboot Your Business. Six Pixels of Separation Everyone Is Connected. The transition of all industries into the fully-digital future leaves everybody caught in a middle ground - it's not heaven, it's not hell, and it's very confusing. Mitch Joel (mitchjoel) Six Pixels of Separation - Marketing and Communications Blog - By Mitch Joel at Twist Image. Is your head bleeding?

Six Pixels of Separation - Marketing and Communications Blog - By Mitch Joel at Twist Image

Is your heart bleeding? Here's my thought (and, I say this with full disclosure that I am no IT expert and have limited knowledge of the hacking space beyond a personal interest in better understanding technology - peace and love... peace and love...), but the process of text-based passwords needs to be tossed out. It just has to happen. We're all still trying to understand what the ramifications are of this nefarious Heartbleed bug is, and what it all means. Right now, some of the most frequently and commonly used online tools and sites are asking all of their users to change their passwords because of this bug.

Why this is so important to talk about for marketers? The brands that win are the brands that can be trusted. It's like a full time job to manage this stuff, isn't it? It gets worse. Blame the passwords. These systems were built in a such a way that invites problems and challenges. Some thoughts on a better way to connect. Six Pixels of Separation - Marketing and Communications Insights - By Mitch Joel at Twist Image. When Google wanted to explain digital marketing to the top brands in the world, they brought Mitch Joel to the Googleplex in Mountain View, California.

Six Pixels of Separation - Marketing and Communications Insights - By Mitch Joel at Twist Image

Marketing Magazine dubbed him the "Rock Star of Digital Marketing" and called him, "one of North America's leading digital visionaries. " Mitch Joel is President of Twist Image - one of the largest independent Digital Marketing agencies in North America (although he prefers the title, Media Hacker). Back in 2006 he was named one of the most influential authorities on blog marketing in the world. He has been called a marketing and communications visionary, interactive expert and community leader. He is also a blogger, podcaster, passionate entrepreneur and speaker who connects with people worldwide by sharing his marketing and innovation insights on the state of business.