Category: Business
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Check In On Your Digital Landscape
The Summer is here and everyone is making sure their yards look great. How is your Digital Landscape going? Do you run a blog, tweet, or promote a website? Are you a photographer with a gallery, a chef with a digital recipe guide, or a marketer with a following? We all have our own Digital Landscape. This…
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Chris Brogan The Human Businessman
Today I met Chris Brogan. I went up to the New England Expo in Boston with my father to check things out. I had two goals: Evaluate what other businesses were doing. Listen to Chris speak at his keynote on Social Media. Wasn’t I pleasantly surprised to find Chris on the floor at his Kitchen…
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A 37signal moment of remorse (and slap in the face?)
Preface: I think 37signals is one of the most well run, interesting, and innovative companies of our time. Not only am I a customer of their products, I’m also a fan. I follow founders Jason Fried and David Heinemeier on twitter, their company blog and their popular interviews. I also acclaimed Jason as one of…
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I Paid 100% Of The Money For 100% Of The Sandwich
I haven’t written a rant post in a long time…so here goes. Recently I became a fan of the very funny Bill Burr. Check him out if you’re into in-your-face hardline comedy. He’s also from the Boston area so I can relate to a lot of the way he views things. “Bill Burr is the…
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Careers In Social Media
Consider this my primer to tonight’s talk at UMass Dartmouth about Careers in Social Media. I was invited by Dr. Steven White to speak with Lauren Barber and Elizabeth Grenier on this fast moving topic. The audience is his class of Marketing 670 students and will be held at the UMass Charlton College of Business.…
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The Steve Jobs Effect
What happens when one man or woman is the end all be all of a company? On Monday Steve Jobs announced a leave of absence due to medical reasons. I hope he recovers quickly and is healthy for years to come. Leaders and innovators like Jobs are few and far between in the corporate world.…
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When They (Or You) Want It More
I’m recovering from a hangover as I write this. A hangover from the New England Patriots losing by a touchdown to the New York Jets in the playoffs. It was by far one of the worst games I’ve seen Tom Brady run in some time. Throwing away more passes than he had in an entire…
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8 Ways To Remind Clients What You Do
Doing some reading over the weekend has prompted me to think about this question: “Do my client’s know who I am and what I do?” Think about it. If you’re a freelancer and you’re developing websites, does your client know that you can also develop mobile apps? If you’re a graphic designer, does the client…
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Quora: Is It Really "Facebook Answers?"
What is Quora? It’s a question and answer system that is all the rage right now. Take a little bit of Facebook, sprinkle in some Twitter, and add a dash of LinkedIN. Bake for a little over a year. Ask a question and enjoy! There has been a lot hype that it’s going to replace…