July 23, 2010
When I was at my old company I had a large outsourced team based in the Philippines. Since I was only able to make it out there once every 10 weeks or so, we had to rely on tools that would allow us to transfer reports and communicate with one another from close to 18,000 miles away. At the time this was primarily done via email, IM and FTP. That feels so long ago because now, just a few years ago, we have seen a sharp increase in cloud-based tools for individuals and businesses. At the heart of these tools is the goal to keep people connected by allowing for access to data and the ability to easily communicate through a variety of channels.
July 18, 2010
An issue in many offices is that the real work gets done outside of the office, either early in the morning, at nights or on the weekends because team members are in meeting after meeting during regular work hours. Those meetings typically only add more to the to-do list and also soak up time that could otherwise be spent being productive working on projects. When not in a meeting, the remainder of the day is filled with interruptions, emergencies that usually aren't true emergencies, and just simply trying to get settled in to actually get into a flow.
July 3, 2010
For the past few days I have been staying in England for the annual Goodwood Festival of Speed. While the event has been a once-in-a-lifetime experience because of the cool work we've been doing with The Henry Ford and their future Racing in America exhibit, it's also been extremely frustrating being here for one reason: lack of access to the internet. Go ahead, chuckle and get it out of your system.
July 2, 2010
I recently posted an article over on the New Marketing Labs blog regarding asking for feedback and the importance of having a feedback loop. I thought it might interest you and I also wanted to get your opinion on it.
October 14, 2009
One of the most inspiring and captivating presentations of the Inbound Marketing Summit was the keynote that Chris Brogan delivered. Yes, I work with him at New Marketing Labs. No, that is not why I feel the need to pimp the hell out of this presentation. I have the distinct opportunity to hear Chris speak often where I see him develop concepts that he then takes on to other cities. He usually shares his thoughts on where these tools are taking us and how it's changing the way we work, think and interact. Usually a few concepts spark conversations and get retweeted and shared around. But, at the Inbound Marketing Summit, on that day, Chris was in a different zone.
August 8, 2009
One of the most powerful communications tools still remains the pen and paper. While technologies
such as blogs, video and photo sharing sites, and phones that can capture and post all of that content, have helped to create a 24/7, always-on communications and news cycle, it has only enhanced how powerful a simple pen and piece of paper can be. Now, you're probably starting to reach this post and think I'm insane. But, what I'm referring to is not writing memos, or publishing newspaper articles, capturing notes during a meeting or anything like that. I'm talking about the power that a simple hand-written note can wield. Notice, I did say hand-written.
March 12, 2009
Something that is very important to me is getting to meet people face-to-face. I love the relationships that I'm able to build using social media tools but nothing beats then taking it to real life face-to-face conversations. Today I wanted to share my thoughts on meeting people in person and why I want to meet you while at SXSW or any of the other conferences, meetups or other events I will be during 2009 (and beyond).
February 25, 2009
One of the best parts of my day is being able to interact with all of you via this blog, Prime Cuts, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and more. I truly appreciate the conversations that we're able to have and always looking to find ways to engage more.
November 10, 2008
So you're really psyched because you've been working hard on the marketing plan for your company's hot new product. You've worked on creating catchy packaging with eye-popping colors and a really cool, trendy logo. You created a social media press release that you're going to launch on PitchEngine. You're planning on setting up a Facebook fan page because thousands of people are going to flock around this product. You've even started to figure out this whole social media and blogging thing that everyone keeps talking about. This is definitely going to be the next coolest thing that everyone never realized that they needed but now won't be able to live without.
