Archive for April, 2010
Program yourself for success (If you don’t have anything nice to say to yourself about yourself, don’t say anything at all.)
Your mission statement is always written in the present tense, as though you have already become the person that you have described. It is always positive rather than negative. And it is always personal.
Program Yourself Correctly
Your subconscious mind can only accept your mission statement as a set of commands when you phrase it in the present, positive and personal tenses. “I am an exceptional salesperson,” is a perfect example. After every sales call, you should quickly reread your mission statement and ask yourself if your recent behavior was more like the person you want to be, or less? As a top sales performer, you are always comparing your sales activities against a high standard and adjusting your activities upward. You’re continually striving to be better. Every day in every way, you are deliberately working to become more like the ideal person you have envisioned.
Posted by eBrand Media Research Department in Personal Growth on April 20th, 2010
A new VISA/MasterCard scam to be aware of!
By Sean O’Brien
DO NOT give out ANY credit card information over the phone!
Just a “heads up” regarding the latest in Visa fraud. Royal Bank received this communication about the newest scam (quite a few phone scams originate from Canada) This is happening in southern Alberta right now and moving.
This one is pretty slick since they provide YOU with all the information, except the one piece they want….
Note, the callers do not ask for your card number; they already have it.
This information is worth reading. One of our employees was called on Wednesday from “VISA”, and I was called on Thursday from “MasterCard”. By understanding how the VISA & MasterCard telephone Credit Card Scam works, you’ll be better prepared to protect yourself.
The scam works like this:
Posted by eBrand Media Research Department in Ethics on April 12th, 2010
Does court ruling against “Net Neutrality” open the door for Comcast censorship?
The FCC argued that Comcast, and other internet providers, could weight bandwidth for or against certain type of content, services and traffic. In effect giving those corporate entities control over what end-users could do online.
“The case centers on Comcast’s actions in 2007 when it interfered with an online file-sharing service called BitTorrent, which allows users to swap big files such as movies over the Internet. But public interest groups stressed that the ramifications of Tuesday’s ruling are much broader. That’s because it undercuts the FCC’s ability to prevent broadband providers from becoming gatekeepers for many kinds of online services, potentially including Internet phone programs and software that runs in a Web browser.”
And we thought we had to worry about the Government. In the 1976 movie “Network“, written by Paddy Chayevsky; Howard Beale, portrayed by Peter Finch, passionately points out that corporations run everything and that governments are an old-fashion notion, a comforting illusion.
To learn more about the ruling read here.
Posted by eBrand Media Research Department in Trend Tracker on April 6th, 2010
Unvarnished, a new website where people rate people; advancement or trollfest?
Unvarnished is a site that allows people to review people anonymously. We think this is an extremely negative event with dangerous ramifications. The web allows engenders a type of sociopathy in some people which has led to an increase, and maybe a pride in, trolling. (Are there paid trolls?) Reality TV provides tutorials on how to be mean spirited delivered by “troll” role models. In addition, any savvy web user knows that people will take time to write bad reviews more often that people will make the time to write good reviews. In addition our experience is that most negative reviews are a result of some disappointment with a product or service rather than the product or service failing in some disastrous way.
That’s not the least of it. If sites that allow people to post reviews of other people take off; how will that affect someone’s willingness to make controversial statements that may need to be said? What will it do to controversial people? For example, would you be less willing to tell the truth (after all you might the crowd) if you knew that negative reviews of you could be posted on social networks, and that you had no control over them?
Even further, could a person take you hostage or bend you to their will by threatening to post negative reviews about you?
Would we eventually be forced to become a moving mass, a cud chewing crowd of people living in fear of being different? (Don’t want to chance ruining my reputation)
Don’t tell us about how physically expressive society has become with tattoos, nose rings, and fixed gear. If a large group of people adopt a look it loses its power and is no longer an example of “freedom”. We’re reminded of the black and white pictures of Chinese Communists wearing the same “look” in their clothing choice(s) and on their faces.
Molly Wood at cnet wrote what we consider to be a “fair take” on the situation here.
Jessica Guynn with the LA Times give an overview of the feedback about the site here.
Posted by eBrand Media Research Department in Social Media, Trend Tracker on April 1st, 2010