Cody Bauman

04/11/2024

Two Days ago, Uber Eats launched its own version of TikTok to encourage people to learn about new foods and delivery items.

In the overly "Social" world we live in what do you think about people taking pictures and publicizing what they are eating?

While phones were not as readily available when I was a young person, sitting at the dinner table was always considered a family time to talk about our day and be present with those in the room. If you were home, you were expected to eat at the dinner table. I remember the few times when the phone rang at dinner time it was met with “they will call you back after dinner.”

Is this really a bigger glimpse into the idea that we want to be told that we are good enough?
As individuals are we trying to live vicariously through our food, allowing others to tell us how good something looks or that we made a good choice, which internalizes our need for self-value and worth?

Have we lost our minds needing to send pictures of our food to the world?
Does it matter if people know what you are eating and how you feel about it?

Or is this the new reality we live in and it's not a big deal?

I would love to know your thoughts.

-Cody

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/08/uber-eats-launches-tiktok-like-video-feed/?utm_source=signup.growthdaily.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=wednesday-april-10

04/09/2024

Today, the Total Solar Eclipse will move over Texas starting around 1:20 p.m. It will be the last Total Solar Eclipse visible in the United States until 2044.

That led us to consider what will the world look like in 20 years?

For reference 20 years ago, Facebook was launching, No Instagram or TikTok, No Air Fryer or app stores. We were 3 years before the first iPhone and 4 years until the debut of the first Tesla.

So 2 Questions For You Today.

01. Do You care about the Total Solar Eclipse today and why do you feel like that?
02. So what do you think the world will be like in 20 years?

04/06/2024

Social Media and Your Mental Health

According to an article by Piedmont Healthcare, Studies have shown excessive social media use can lead to feelings of depression and dependency in some people.

"When we get on social media, we are looking for affirmation, and consciously or not, we are comparing our life to the lives of others," he says. "As a result, we may not enjoy what's in the moment." says Saju Mathew, M.D., a Piedmont primary care physician.

Do you find that you or those around you compare your life to others when browsing on social media?

https://www.piedmont.org/living-real-change/how-the-internet-affects-your-mental-health

04/05/2024

While the AI market continues to grow, most Americans are more worried about the risk of AI overtaking their ability to make decisions versus being excited about it.

According to CNBC's Marketwatch "While many tech evangelists proclaim that artificial intelligence is the future, the majority of the public remains skeptical. According to a recent Pew Research Study, 52 percent of Americans are “more concerned than excited about the growth of AI.” Only 10 percent are more excited than concerned about the possibilities."

The Short of this article was that AI is being used to humanize information and change to meet people where they are. This can create things like diversifying languages, reaching different generations of people and changing info to match your gender or household income.

Do you see yourself scared, excited or not interested in how AI might affect you?

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/13/the-way-ai-will-be-sold-to-a-skeptical-public-is-becoming-clear.html

04/02/2024

How the world processes information and makes decisions continues to be a highly controversial subject.

Does a person need to be a social media expert to reach the next generation of financial decision-makers? At the forefront of the world we live in today, we may already be overlooking that many Gen-Z’s are already making decisions that affect how large corporations market to each of us.

Interestingly, the study from Savanta.com, a research company, found that Gen-Z's chose to make high-level financial decisions on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, not traditional media and research methods. It will be interesting to see if this makes the idea of Financial Planners obsolete. Will this affect the stock market? Will this further affect the concept of a cashless economy?

How do you see this affecting you?

-Cody

https://savanta.com/us/knowledge-centre/view/engaging-gen-z-in-a-digitalised-world/

03/31/2024

Check out this article from the National Library on the use of social media and your physical health. A very interesting read.

"Social media use has become an integral part of many people's daily lives. A recent survey indicates that Americans average about 144 minutes per day on social media; more time than they spend exercising, directly socializing with others, or eating. Social media usage is particularly high among Generation Z (i.e., people born in the late 1990s and early 2000s) who spend about 6 hours a day texting, online, and on social media and report being online on a “near-constant” basis.

You Can Read the entire article here.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8864418/

Do you agree with their article?

03/27/2024

Here is a great resource of ways to use ChatGPT in your Business or Daily Life. We reached out and got the resource
so you don't have to fill anything out.

This File comes from HubSpot and they offer a lot of free resources in the Marketing World. Ultimately they own a CRM platform.

03/26/2024

A fantastic post on ranking on Google with SEO techniques that matter.

New to local search? Wondering where to start? Here are six tactics to help you kick off your local SEO campaign.

03/25/2024

There seems to be a lot on misconception of AI and what it can do. Here is a great read on this technology and some things you could use it for.

what do you think about AI and how do you use it if you do?

The technology industry is in love with artificial intelligence (AI). With applications ranging from high-end data science to automated customer service, this technology is appearing all across the enterprise. We discuss how your business can benefit safely and efficiently.

03/25/2024

Apple is currently being sued for being to monopolized to people using their ecosystem and not friendly with android users. Think blue bubbles versus green bubbles.

What's your feeling about this?

The US Justice Department and more than a dozen states filed a blockbuster antitrust lawsuit against Apple on Thursday, accusing the giant company of illegally monopolizing the smartphone market.

03/25/2024

Over 20 years ago I started writing about where communication, reasoning, and marketing intersect. This concept is still a project that I'm focused on. This page will be a place for those three ideas to flourish into resources for you.