There was some news in the media about my future yesterday. Let me start off with this: I am not
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Two Steps To Success
How well are you planning for success? It was the late nineties when I took on a marketing position at
Continue readingOn The Road (Warrior) Again
Now – more than ever – it’s possible to do business from anywhere at any time. For over ten years,
Continue readingThe Lance Armstrong Effect
Much has been said about Lance Armstrong lately. Not much has been said by Lance Armstrong, himself. It used to
Continue readingWhere Everybody Knows Your Name… And Face
Have you ever found yourself being tagged in a Facebook picture that makes you feel just a little bit uncomfortable?
Continue readingQuirky Turns Us All Into Sharks And Dragons
Have you ever seen the TV show Shark Tank or Dragon’s Den? Being an entrepreneur is hotter than ever. Individuals
Continue readingThe Mailbox Re-Invented And Brought To You By Amazon
"Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these courageous couriers from the swift completion of their
Continue readingAre You In The Business of Awesome?
It’s hard to be great in business today. It’s not that businesses don’t try, it’s that their every waking move
Continue readingThe Art Of Fake Familiarity
Pitches are getting worse. I recently got an email pitch from a public relations specialist that read something like this:
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Portland, Oregon seems like the perfect place to hold the World Domination Summit, doesn’t it? No, this isn’t some kind
Continue readingThe New Electricity
You can’t click a trackpad without seeing some kind of chart that compares the growth of the Internet and mobile
Continue readingIn The Age Of (Digital) Anxiety
Are you stressing out? In a world of global economic instability, a deplorable job market, the digitization of everything, Occupy
Continue readingIs Social Media Too Good To Be True?
Has the Internet turned into a wasteland of hollow ideas and groupthink? Is it possible that in a day and
Continue readingBuilding Loyalty Beyond Reason
It seemed like everything changed in business overnight. At one, unique moment in time, we shifted from a world where
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The art of self-tracking. It was one thing to know where I was going. It was a totally different experience
Continue readingThe Next Billion-Dollar Startup
The truth about Instagram. There wasn’t a building high enough for me to jump off of when I first heard
Continue readingThe Church And State Of Advertising
Are marketers poisoning the well? When I first started publishing music magazines back in the nineties, I kept running into
Continue readingThe Start-Up Of You
Welcome to Generation Flux. The January 2012 cover story of Fast Company magazine was all about Generation Flux. You’ve head
Continue readingRise Of The Indie Brand
The art of marketing is a fascinating beast. Last week, I had the pleasure of delivering the opening keynote address
Continue readingIt's Time To Defy Convention
How many days have you sat around, stomach twisted, waiting to hear if you had won a new piece of
Continue readingHow Cloud Computing Changes Everything
There’s been a lot of talk about “the cloud” when it comes to technology and IT in the past few
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