Now in its third year, the success of My Virtual Sidekick is hugely reliant on the one-on-one connections I make through networking which, for me, almost always begins in private Facebook communities.
Though the one-on-one connections are still there on mobile, if customers never actually speak with their stylists personally, but only message them quickly through the app, Trunk Club's long-touted "human touch" could easily become watered down.
Marketing has "crass connotations," he allowed, but to make those one-on-one connections, sellers had to promote themselves.
In the seminar that I attended, Ray didn't try to establish one-on-one connections with the students.
He is scheduled to campaign next week in Iowa, a state where one-on-one connections with voters are essential.
What many people like best about the personal journal sites known as Weblogs are the unmediated one-on-one connections they allow.
No matter how technology changes education or the way in which students approach learning, the fundamental one-on-one connections between educator and student are the bedrock of great outcomes.
"The plan is for Make Believe Labs to use the platform – scheduling, calling, recording, etc. – with other characters, as well as license the platform to companies that want to create one-on-one connections between their characters and their audiences," says Collier.
