24 Things I Know Now That I Wish I Knew Then
I really liked Rae Hoffman’s post from last month, Entrepreneurial Lessons: 48 Things I Know Now That I Wish I Knew Then. And, while I…
More Retweets Lead to More Twitter Followers, Right?
Being a moderately analytical marketer, I should be pretty smart about assuming a correlation between two events that might not necessarily exist. And yet,…
Never Have the “What Would It Take to Keep You Here?” Conversation
As a CEO, many of the scariest days I’ve faced have been those when a critical member of our team told us they were…
There is No Work/Life Balance
I recently started getting some CEO coaching help from Jerry Colonna, at Brad & Amy‘s recommendation. The first session was introductory. The second one…
Some Thoughts on Firing Employees
This past week, I read a terrific Quora thread on firing. The depth and breadth of answers shows the wide range of opinions and…
The Missing Narrative
I love the Green Bay Packers. I love the history of the team. I love that the town of Green Bay’s (population 107,00) residents…
When Brilliant Minds Become Brilliant Jerks
The NYTimes Bits Blog has a worthwhile read from last week entitled “What Do You Do With the Brilliant Jerks?” I’d encourage startup founders…
Yellow Shoes and Personal vs. Company Branding
For the first few years that I spoke at conferences in the search marketing field, I consistently wore a single pair of yellow shoes.…
10 Lessons Learned from Avinash Kaushik’s Magnum Opus on Facebook Marketing
Earlier this week, Avinash Kaushik, who’s certainly among the most brilliant marketing minds of the generation, wrote an exceptional piece on Facebook Marketing. It’s…
App Store SEO: Why I’m Still a Skeptic
I love how the field of SEO has branched out to include a lot of tasks and channels greater than just the search engines.…