Category Archives: Business

Awesome business videos

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My BFF Chris Celek started up this really cool service for small businesses to get started using video for their web sites, social media presence, etc. So he calls me up and asks if I wanted to be a guinea … Continue reading

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You really want the US Postal Service to go away?

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I received this letter in the mail yesterday. I noticed the return address had two things; a PO Box and the ZIP Code.* That’s it. A few days ago, I read some tweets in my stream where a few people … Continue reading

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Crowdsourcing bridges

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In the past week, I’ve stumbled onto two major brands that launched crowdsourcing design projects they probably should not have. The first is the Barack Obama Reelection Campaign (MY poster submission is posted to the right) and the other is … Continue reading

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A chat with the character Saxon Henry about Adroyt

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You might think that the last thing the world needs is another Social Media consulting company, but Saxon Henry of Adroyt would tell you you are wrong. With her business partner, Rich Holschuh, she is re-defining what it means to … Continue reading

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Jobs

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I was going to skate past Thursday and not comment on this big jobs speech that President Obama is going to deliver tomorrow, but then @caroljsroth tweeted this morning: I want to know what #jobs creation efforts/policies you are looking … Continue reading

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Are you sure about that?

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Years ago, I was hired in from a field management job to a corporate training job. My job — or so I was told when they transferred me — was to take the training I had developed that produced rapid … Continue reading

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Google, hire an English major

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Watch this video resume. Then visit his web page. And here is a comment I sent to Matthew Epstein this morning. Cool resume, but the correct use of “bad” is the adverbial form. “I want to join your product marketing … Continue reading

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