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My Blog: 2010 in review

January 4, 2011

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how my blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 3,100 times in 2010. That’s about 7 full 747s. In […]

The future of news in an online world

November 23, 2010

Are newspapers dead? I think that the delivery of news has changed and that newspapers are no longer the preferred medium for most people. The final FutureM Conference session that I attended was on “The Future of News: Payments, Platforms and Places.” Here are the thoughts of these news experts. The panelists: Bianca Bosker – […]

How to build a better website

November 3, 2010

Another great FutureM Conference session was “A Webiste Makeover Event: The Future Face of Digital Business.” As a person who helps companies build better websites, I was particularly interested in this event. The speakers: Richard Banfield – CEO of Fresh Tilled Soil, which designs web interfaces for entrepreneurs. Chris Merrill – CEO of Super Web-o-Matic, […]

Use new rules of customer engagement to your advantage

October 26, 2010

What does marketing success mean? Getting customers, engaging customers and keeping customers. A FutureM Conference session, “Harnessing New Methods of Customer Engagement,” addressed this. The panelists were some heavy hitters from successful companies, so it was great to hear their perspectives. The panelists: John Meyer – CEO of Axciom. Axciom is a global interactive marketing […]

What is the future of marketing?

October 20, 2010

No one can predict the future, but one can study current trends and extrapolate future trends. At a recent FutureM conference session on “The Future of Digital Strategy,” several marketing experts shared their views on the future of marketing. This panel was especially interesting because the companies were not your typical online marketing companies, they […]

How kayaking helped me learn technology

September 28, 2010

I finally figured out how kayaking has helped me in business. Who would have thought that a low tech activity like kayaking could be such a help in learning technology? Here’s what kayaking has taught me about technology: 1. Stop waiting for that perfect moment and just do it. A perfect kayaking day […]

How blogging saved my career

September 20, 2010

Every once in a while you do something that has an unexpected, yet huge impact on your life. As I look to switch my career focus to marketing and writing, blogging has helped me in so many ways. Here’s how blogging has saved my career: 1. Brought back discipline. When you are out of […]

How hiking has improved my online marketing skills

September 15, 2010

It is only fitting that my inspiration for this post came to me as I was nearing the summit of Mt. Monadnock in New Hampshire. The weather was classic New England early fall with a brilliant blue sky and sun shining brightly on the yellow birch leaves. Hiking has touched my life in so […]

What writing has taught me about life

September 8, 2010

So I’ve finally found my voice. It took long enough, but better late than never. I love to write and I love to teach others about technology. Blogging and writing book reviews is the perfect combination. What writing has taught me about life: 1. It takes courage to follow your passion. All along the […]

Writing adventures at Amazon.com

August 31, 2010

I love to read, to write and to expand my online presence. So writing book reviews for Amazon is a natural for me. I’ll admit it, I used to just read mysteries. They’re great escape, but they don’t exactly make you think. I chose to expand my repertoire with biographies, business books and technology books. […]