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Had a funny mix up this weekend between the show I played in Utica NY with MODUS and one of my favorite bands, Guster (who was in Syracuse NY the same night).  Great illustration of why you need to do your best to know who you’re talking to online, as well as how to respond to mix ups and be transparent about who you are.   Oh yeah, and while we’re here check out both artists: Guster:  Official Site : htt

One of the main reasons I wanted to hit up The 99% was to see Seth Godin speak in person. Seth is the author of many great books on marketing including Purple Cow and most recently – Tribes. He also has one of the most successful blogs on the web and I’d highly recommend that you subscribe to it or at least give it a visit. He’s a source of constant inspiration. What Seth wanted to talk about was our Lizard Brain and

Ji Lee’s background at Google Labs was very impressive from a design and programming perspective. There’s no doubt that he had the chops to be there. But the crux of Ji’s talk was not about his work at google at all. It was about realizing the power of your passions and personal projects. Its through investing time in these projects whenever you can, that some of your best ideas will be born. And these ideas can turn

Over the weekend I was in NYC to attend The 99% – a conference that focuses not on the 1% inspiration, but rather the 99% perspiration that it takes to make an idea happen. The 300 + crowd got to chill at the Times Center and hear from a pretty incredible lineup of speakers on the first ‘content day’, then engaged in different activities that were going on around Manhattan. Though everyone’s t

I had a great week at The 99% Conference in NYC and will have a full report of the best content from the workshops, but its important right now for me to digest things a little bit.  But in addition to a kick ass conference I got to meet some truly innovative individuals. One of those was Mr. R. Justin Stewart who is a sculptor out of NYC.  During the after party for the conference we got to chatting about his work a

I just had to repost a bit from this great primer from MarketingProfs Daily Fix Blog.  Tremendous information if you’re looking to use Twitter specifically to engage your users with your business or brand.  Read the full article here – but here’s a taste: 1. Define What You Will Contribute – This isn’t Forrest Gump speaking, and social media is not about what “Yer gonna git” it’s a

With Twitter being the big buzz word all over the MSM, blogs and just about everywhere you look, it seems like everyone is jumping on the Twitter bandwagon.  And that’s not a bad thing at all.  But most people don’t know how to ‘use’ it or don’t understand how it can be a great tool meet new people, manage lots of conversations, track buzz, and help your business.  While there’s no