It’s hot and sunny here in upstate New York and for some reason it’s made some businesses think it’s already Halloween. Last week on my drive home I drove past Little Caesar who was dancing and waving a sign for $5.00 pizzas on the side of the road as well as a guy dressed as…
Today I’m continuing my chat with Erika Napoletano of Redhead Writing. Now we’re really talking business… Part III covers owning your brand as well as the agency / client relationship. She has some great advice for how to work with agencies and how build a great long-term relationship with clients. If you missed Parts I…
I recently had the pleasure of getting to speak with Erika Napoletano – better known online as Redhead Writing. I first started reading her work about a year ago through the re-tweets of some people I followed on Twitter and found her writing style as well as her sense of humor to be both smart…
Have you ever seen Shit My Dad Says on Twitter? Check it out. Go ahead. I’ll wait. Really funny stuff. Justin Hepburn, who set up the account as a place to share his father’s snippets of wisdom, currently has 1.4million followers, a TV deal, and a new book which is a collection of stories and…
In my last post, I was hoping to get people thinking about what they are doing to help others, as well as get some ideas myself. But most of all I was hoping to start a conversation on the topic. And I was so impressed by the stories that were shared in the comments or…
I want to forget about business blogging for a moment here and move the focus to something that is really more important entirely. What did you do today to help someone else? I’m not talking about in terms of your job either. What did you do TODAY to help someone outside of your comfort zone?…
Usually I DETEST mass mailings, whether they’re digital or via snail mail. I especially hate when I don’t opt-in but for some reason the company feels like I would just love to have their information in my inbox since I created an account or bought something from them back in 2002. But I don’t want…
I just took a quick swing into and out of NYC, catching up with some great friends whom I haven’t seen in the better part of decade. It was awesome to hang with Rachel, Micha, and Katha and one of the highlights was checking out the High Line in Manhattan. Last year attended The 99%…