Ely Rosenstock's Blog

I just got a call from Cablevision letting me know that they received my complaint email and are escalating my complaint to the Vice President of Cablevision. I had written yesterday about my disappointment with Cablevision's recent promotion tactics. It...

I got an email from my graduate school alumni group on LinkedIn. The email was as follows: Hi Ely, We haven't met, but I'd like to change that. I honestly believe that I have the opportunity of a lifetime for you or someone you know. The millionaires in...

All those who live in the New York area have probably heard of the Optimum Rewards card. For those who don't know, the Optimum Rewards card is a benefit for the customers of Optimum's (Cablevision) three media products: home phone service (VOIP), cable...

I recently read an article which discusses how infomercials come up with products and then market them. The product development process revolves around finding a problem that people never realized they had. Let's look at this new one that I recently saw...

Crastinate started as a simple blog for me to relay my thoughts. It quickly grew into something more than that. I know I've been neglecting the site for the past few weeks but that's all about to change (business school finals can be very time consuming)....

I've recently seen an upswing in people claiming to be social media experts by starting their own social media consulting companies. I have to be honest. I question anyone who claims to be a social media expert. Reason being that to be an expert in...

One of my friends was surprised when I told him that I don't like ad blockers. For those who don't know, ad blockers are little programs that block ads on web pages as you browse the web. These programs eliminate those annoying flash ads, pop-up ads, and...