Writer’s block? Creative block? Can’t come up with something to create? Steven Pressfield hates the words "writer’s block." He believes
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Let’s admit it. Blogging (as we knew it) is dead. Is your blood boiling? Are you priming your fingers to
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Dear Nilofer, I thought about you twice today. Once this morning, when I got your email notification about your latest
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What kind of Internet do we want? Some might consider this a vague, daunting and even ambiguous question, but it
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What kind of advertising do you want? It’s a serious question. It’s a question that most consumers don’t ask themselves,
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Fraud is everywhere. Wake up. When I was younger (in a pre-Internet world), there was a dirty little secret about
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Advertising used to be easy. Brands would work their respective agencies, make a media buy, create the ad, place it
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Where do you find the things that inspire you? It should come as no surprise that content about marketing and
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What are you able to disclose on an eight-and-a-half sheet of white paper? I can’t imagine what it is like
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It’s easy to get caught up in the news. Whether you are celebrating the Fourth of July (and, if you
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Eyeballs still matter. Ultimately, advertising has two objectives: Create awareness that something exists. Sell something. Do pageviews still matter? Whenever
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It seems like online publishers are starting to think about the digital-first experience. In the past short while, we have
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Being picked by someone or choosing yourself and leading… which do you choose? It seems like an obvious answer. Any
Continue readingMaybe You Should Quit New Media
If you think it’s dumb, don’t do it. Not many marketing professionals are willing to do that. Recently, I saw
Continue readingWelcome To The Era Of Robot Bloggers, Journalists And Writers
Would you like this (or any) content less if a robot had written it? The media is filled with news
Continue readingThe Filter, The Advisor And Your Personal Advisory Board
What would Malcolm Gladwell do? One of the easiest ways to guide my professional and community life has been to
Continue readingWe Need a Better Definition of "Native Advertising"
What is "native advertising"? If you’re looking for marketing jargon in 2013, look no further than "native advertising." Brands, media
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Something new about something new. At the beginning of this year, I started a new blog. Shhh, don’t tell anyone
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There is one true, defendable thing you can do to avoid unemployment. What do you think it is? Take a
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Traditional media is getting it all wrong (again). On December 31st, 2012, MediaPost ran a news item titled, For Traditional
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Where do ideas come from? If there were a magic formula or a way to both track and ensure that
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