I’m active in several professional associations. I do this because I want to meet new people, build my skills and most importantly becasue I want to give back. One organization has it right and another has a ways to go. Both of these groups have people who are: **committed to the cause **smart **hard working.… [Read more…]
February 9, 2012
Now that the excitement has died down from the Super Bowl, we can reflect on what happened. Even though I live in Boston, I am not a football fan. I still don’t understand the appeal of very large men jumping on top of each other. Of course, if I were to get paid millions of… [Read more…]
January 19, 2012
We’re all into social media now – even the baby boomers like myself. I must be getting crankier in my old age because social media is really starting to annoy me. Or should I say certain actions in social media are very annoying. My top 3 annoyances in social media: 1. Asking your network… [Read more…]
January 12, 2012
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,700 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 4 trips to carry that many people. The most used… [Read more…]
December 15, 2011
Maybe I’m just getting cranky in my old age, or maybe the holiday stress is getting to me. I have finally had it with my bank. I used to love Citizens Bank, they were somewhat quirky, but provided friendly service. Now, whenever I go to a branch, or call their Customer Service line, I am… [Read more…]
November 9, 2011
It’s amazing how a failure to communicate can derail things. I’ve seen several examples over the past few weeks. The fixes are simple and it’s too bad that they didn’t happen. The most telling example I’ve seen so far: I’m part of a job search group. We share leads and encouragement. This is as… [Read more…]
October 20, 2011
There are literally hundreds of blog posts and other articles out there about best practices in marketing. I love reading and learning about these. A recent example reminded me what NOT to do. We recently received a notice in our mailbox, telling us about some upcoming work being done to the water pipes on our… [Read more…]
October 13, 2011
We all are marketers to some extent. Whether you have the word “marketing” in your job title or even if you’re a behind-the-scene programmer, you may need to sell your ideas or approach to your users or your manager. A few months ago at Boston BarCamp 6, an unconference held at MIT, I heard Jonathan… [Read more…]
October 6, 2011
I spent a fascinating week at the FutureM conference, where leading marketers and technologists shared their knowledge. It was a wonderful experience. Every session was presented by one or more successful entrepreneurs. As I listened to them speak, I started feeling very inadequate. I’ve had the same training as many of these folks, but ended… [Read more…]
September 28, 2011
The first FutureM session that I attended was, “Massachusetts: The Future of Marketing is Here.” As a long-time Massachusetss resident, I was especially interested in this session. Even though this talk was about Massachusetts, we can all learn from the thoughts expressed by the panel. On the panel were: Karen Spilka – Massachusetts… [Read more…]
February 16, 2012
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