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Tear Down Show #3: Launching a Tech Media Site and Are We on the Verge of Cable Nirvana? 26 Aug 2013 | 09:10 pm
It gets more exciting every time. Here’s the third episode of the “Tear Down Show” where we break down markets, media and messaging from multiple perspectives and roles. Now we officially have a logo ...
On TWiT’s Tech News Today: Internet for Everybody and NFL Ticket on Google? 22 Aug 2013 | 02:35 am
I made another fun appearance on Tech News Today with Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Chad Johnson. We talked about Facebook’s attempt to make Internet available to more people in the world,...
The Obnoxious Trend of Faux Friendliness in Mass Mails 21 Aug 2013 | 08:25 pm
I’m sure there’s tons of evidence that shows personalizing a subject line increases open rate. I’m not going to bother researching it for you because I know it exists. Heck, the Publisher’s Clearingho...
Tear Down Show #2: Firing People on Public Conference Calls 13 Aug 2013 | 11:13 pm
With the help of my good friend Michael Wolf (@michaelwolf), founder and analyst of NextMarket Insights, we have launched a brand new roundtable podcast, called the “Tear Down Show.” The goal of the s...
What Makes Us Truly Happy at Work 6 Aug 2013 | 08:52 pm
“Do a job you love and you’ll never have to work in a day in your life.” We’ve all heard that advice before and it’s pretty friggin’ insulting. Mostly because many of us don’t have the opportunity to...
17 Tips for Productivity 30 Jul 2013 | 08:27 pm
You know what I’m never going to get? More hours in the day. What I need to do is find a way to make the most of the hours that I do have. At SF New Tech in San Francisco I asked startup pros that hav...
More Business Advice You Should Ignore 24 Jul 2013 | 09:23 pm
In April, I wrote an article 20 Pieces of Business Advice You Should Ignore. It was filled with often hackneyed advice that’s touted with very little sense as to the advice receiver’s business. I foll...
15 Painful Lessons You’ll Learn Working at a Startup 18 Jul 2013 | 09:15 pm
Working at a startup is a series of one painful lesson after another. At the SF New Tech event in San Francisco I asked the attendees, all of whom work at a startup, what’s the most painful lesson the...
5 Steps to Take to Avoid CRM Implementation Failure 18 Jul 2013 | 02:43 am
Sadly, if a case study were ever written about the first Customer Relationship Management (CRM) implementation I was involved with, it would read more like an example of what not to do than a model of...
20 Great Sales Follow Up Techniques 15 Jul 2013 | 09:03 pm
How well do you hustle your business? Taking someone from “I’m interested” to “sale” can be a very long road of multiple follow ups. I reached out to sales pros and asked them this very question. How ...
