Yeah I know it’s 4 days into 2012, so why am I looking back?  Because I find it interesting which were my top 5 post last year and would like to share them with you because I know there are nuggets that will make you more productive if nothing else. Stop Using Your Inbox as... Read More →

If you want to sell, let’s say, Cat Genie’s.  Are you going to contact every blogger with a huge reader base on the internet and ask them to blog about the Cat Genie?  No. (I hope you said no to that. If you didn’t, you have far more important things to do that do not... Read More →

For a couple months now, in between the craziness of work life, I’ve finally wrapped up the niggling little parts of what was left in getting my official business site launched. If you’ve always wondered what on earth it is that I do exactly, I hope this will help explain it a little more clearly. ... Read More →

In the rapid fire internet time, brands can’t afford to have a divided message when social sharing.  I can understand why companies think it’s risky to interact online with consumers after watching the Kenneth Cole debatcle unfold on Thursday followed by the Super Bowl ad gaff by Groupon on Sunday. The tweet by Kenneth Cole... Read More →

I read about SwiftKey after seeing it tweeted as a keyboard alternative for Android users. When I landed on the home page of their website I saw this: I immediately went to search for their app and paid for it.  It took less than a minute to sell me on this product. I haven’t come... Read More →

How short are your subject lines?  Do you find the majority of your customers are reading your email newsletters on their mobile devices? In January this year, PEW released a report on Internet, broadband, and cell phone statistics stating that they “…found that 83% of adults have cell phones or smartphones”.  With mobile use increasing... Read More →

There’s a lot to say for practice, but at some point we have to jump out of the plane or into the deep end.  We cling to the safety blanket of what it is, instead of doing the things that would get us to the place we envision in our minds.  This applies to all... Read More →

When doing business online, one of your first priorities is to make it dead easy to buy.  It is the responsibility of a business to provide a flawless experience online for customers when they get into the sales process.  The goal of every business should be to convert the sale, yes? As an assistant, I... Read More →

Recently, I’ve been given the opportunity to learn boxing at the hands of Mark Davis of Boston Martial Arts Center. It’s the last sport I thought I’d jump into, excited to learn, and it’s been helpful in terms of learning about focus and reaction. There’s obviously a lot of training involved before entering any kind... Read More →

The past couple days the techiverse has been entertained and/or irritated at Google Buzz, Google’s stab at social networking.  This isn’t another post about Google Buzz, but rather the hidden gem of Social Circle and Social Search. Combined with their acquisition of Aardvark, Google is amassing utilities to enable social search to take social media... Read More →