First, let me reiterate that I have said from day one that the whole GroupOn/Living Social business model is a flawed one. Not only does it fail to attract valuable customers to most businesses using the coupons, but companies give up too much for the new customers it attracts and actually turns existing “profitable” customers [...]
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Facebook Deals – The GroupOn Killer!
April 25th, 2011 
Chris Doelle 
Posted in Business & Money, Culture, Friends & Family, Internet Coolness, Social Media 
Tags: chris, chris doelle, coupons, doelle, education, facebook, facebook deals, film review, fresh media works, groupon, http://www.freshmediaworks.com, living social, marketing, media, social, social media, texas 
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March 27th, 2011 Chris Doelle A short jaunt over to Sherwood Forest with the family.
Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Friends & Family, Travel & Entertainment Tags: austin, bastrop, chris doelle, chriscast, elgin, family, festival, fun, renfest, rennaissance, sherwood forest, texas, travel, Video, youtube No Comments »ChrisCast 03-19-2011
March 21st, 2011 Chris Doelle Time to stomp out some burning frogs!! For a free consultation with Chris, simply call 713-269-4620.
“Nothing But Net” for Social Media March Madness
March 19th, 2011 Chris Doelle I am loving the way that the use of social media and new media are evolving. Just as you think you have a handle on the best practices, a new twist or idea comes along. I can’t wait to see the next brilliant use. For now, I thought I would point out a couple that [...]
Posted in Business & Money, Culture, Electronics, Entertainment, Internet Coolness, Social Media Tags: att, business, chris doelle, espn, facebook, fresh media, march madness, marketing, new media, ping, reeses, social media, tweet, twitter, verizon No Comments »ChrisCast 03-18-2011
March 18th, 2011 Chris Doelle When it comes to making the move to social media, tell your story, but keep it real!
Hmm… still not sure about Conan the Barbarian
March 14th, 2011 Chris Doelle Okay, so here is the trailer for the new Conan the Barbarian film coming out this summer. Let me say that the original comic book was one of my all-time favorites and I even liked the Schwarzenegger version of Conan, I am just not sure about Jason Momoa yet. The trailer doesn’t really give enough [...]
How to Get the Most From SXSWi
March 12th, 2011 Chris Doelle South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) is an amazing venue. It is full of new announcements, full of inspired and inspirational people, full of great ideas (and horrible ones), full of parties, full of fun, full of everything that makes being a member of the “cool kids”… well, cool. How can you cram every second full [...]
Viral Video – Jennifer Aniston
March 9th, 2011 Chris Doelle Okay, the reason I am posting this is just because of the subject matter. NOT the water – in fact, I have often commented that I think Smart Water is the stupidest thing I have ever heard of. I love the way it tackles social media and the need to use “our” industry to market. [...]
Sony “Gets It” on Facebook
March 3rd, 2011 Chris Doelle Sony is one of the big companies that “gets it.” When you head to their Facebook page, you are given these options: * make.believe * make games * make movies * make music Each of these mark a tab of their page where you can get interactive. The one that attracted me to the page [...]
Worth Quoting
February 21st, 2011 Chris Doelle “No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back.” – Turkish Proverb
Posted in Business & Money, Culture, Health & Fitness, Philosophy, Quotes Tags: change, education, fix, quotation, quote, Quotes, remedy, self-help, turkish proverb No Comments »
