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and now I leave my cozy blogger home 31 Aug 2010 | 11:18 am
I've finally given in. I've imported my blog to WordPress. You can find me there at reallifemadman.wordpress.com. Looking forward to seeing you over there!
Beware of the Buckeyes: An interview with Stanford Smith (PushingSocial.com) 31 Aug 2010 | 09:28 am
One of the weirdest things happened about a month ago. I was on Twitter chatting with my good buddy Stanford Smith (@pushingsocial). Somehow, we got to talking about his hometown. As it happens, we gr...
How can my company use Social Media? 31 Aug 2010 | 04:39 am
A lot of people agree now that Social Media has become an integral part of marketing. A lot of people know what Facebook is. Fewer people might know about Foursquare or Gowalla right now, but it's all...
Do you follow through or do you ask for feedback? 30 Aug 2010 | 03:59 am
Thanks to my status as a life-long Cleveland Indians fan, I've seen my share of announcers trying to explain why pitchers are so incredibly bad. I've seen pitchers literally dribble the ball towards h...
Extend beyond your comfort zone 29 Aug 2010 | 11:21 am
Every morning, I wake up and do the same things in the same order, pretty much without fail. I do this for a few reasons. First, my IQ is basically not present when I first wake up, so without a set p...
Sure, Godin, Brogan, Kawasaki, Scott, and Hsieh liked it, but... 28 Aug 2010 | 12:41 pm
What did I think of The Referral Engine? That's what you really want to know. Right?
Departmentalization and the Death of Discussion 27 Aug 2010 | 10:54 am
When I say the word department to myself, after worrying about the fact that I am talking to myself, two things come to mind. First, of course, I think about departments in a company. Next, I think ab...
Consider Your First Impression 26 Aug 2010 | 02:04 am
"You never get a second chance to make a first impression." It is such an important concept. I would like to say that I learned about this idea via some sage guru or expert, but in fact, the fact that...
Blending is more than integrating Facebook with Twitter 25 Aug 2010 | 08:00 am
Do you ever stop to think about how much blending we do? We wear clothes so that we can blend in with others in our profession (I wonder how many business people have begun wearing hoodies thanks to Z...
Always Focus on the Customer 24 Aug 2010 | 10:03 am
A little after I joined my family's advertising agency, I came upon a diagram that illustrated integrated marketing. There were two charts, actually, one more simplistic than the other. The simple cha...
