Most mornings I wake up faced with a serious case of bed head. One of the few times I consistently wear a hat is when I get out of bed. For some reason I want to cover it up until I can get in the shower and knock it back down into submission. But Gorgeous keeps telling me that every day I still … Read more about 40 Days of Bed Head – Day 1
NPR – Not So Social Media
Fast Company may have jumped aboard the Social Media bandwagon but National Public Radio (NPR) is still very much an old media company. My Dad forwarded me a link to a funny song about blogging that he thought I'd enjoy. Dad's a wise man. He trained me as a kid to appreciate Mark Russell and … Read more about NPR – Not So Social Media
WordPress Advanced ToolBar
One of the advantages of using WordPress as a publishing platform is that the WordPress folks are constantly adding new and better features. It can be a challenge to keep up sometimes. This is especially true if we've come up with a way to do something that has since been made simpler in more … Read more about WordPress Advanced ToolBar
Fast Company Embraces Social Media
In a big way. All I can say is Holy Smokes! The traditional business publication Fast Company has totally embraced the social media model. They've completely redesigned their web site so that the home page is centered around social media content and are allowing readers to create their own … Read more about Fast Company Embraces Social Media
Analog Networking Morning
Just as Social Media can be a useful avenue to raise the visibility of your business face to face networking is also an important element to promoting your business and the service or product you offer. I call that my analog networking time. And today will be full of that. I'm heading to the … Read more about Analog Networking Morning
Creative Marketing from an Accountant
OK. One of the points of marketing is to help folks remember your brand, right? What if your product or service isn't exactly flashy or naturally attention getting? How can you stand out from the crowd? Say your business is accounting. Good accounting is a critical piece of any successful … Read more about Creative Marketing from an Accountant
Social Media Influencing Traditional Advertising
Social media is now influencing one of the biggest advertising frenzies of the year. Superbowl ads. With an estimated 93 million pairs of eyeballs on the screen, including my own, FOX was able to demand an average of $2.7 million for each 30 seconds of advertising air time during the game. We're … Read more about Social Media Influencing Traditional Advertising
Bloglines Beta vs Google Reader
As a guy who who helps businesses with blogging and the whole social media scene I'm often asked to make recomendations on feed readers. For many folks a web based reader makes sense. The ability to keep up with feeds from any computer with an internet connection, the ease of start up (and the … Read more about Bloglines Beta vs Google Reader
Stepping Down from SOBCon
This is one of those posts that’s hard to write. As many of you know, my gorgeous wife Lisa and I were part of the team that founded and put on SOBCon last spring in Chicago along with Liz Strauss, Terry Starbucker, and others. This past week Lisa and I had a long conversation with the rest of … Read more about Stepping Down from SOBCon
