Putting Dora’s Mexican Restaurant Online
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 Posted in Business & Marketing, Twin Cities | No Comments »Deciding what to make for dinner is always a little tough in my house because when I look out my kitchen window I can see Dora's Mexican Restaurant (formerly Los Cabos; new name, same folks). So tempting. It's the first ...
The Reason Why People Think Marketing is Evil
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 Posted in Business & Marketing | 5 Comments »I saw two commercials lately that were so over-the-top awful I couldn't help but blog about them several days later (if I manage to come back to something days later to blog about, it must have dug into my brain). ...
Nothing is a Secret
Saturday, February 28th, 2009 Posted in Business & Marketing, Internet | No Comments »There are no secrets in the Internet age. Everything you've ever done can come to the glaring light of day. That can either be a blessing or a curse. Marketing guru Seth Godin describes a friend who googled the applicants for a ...
Networking Works: Sitting Around in PJs & Applying Online Doesn’t
Thursday, February 26th, 2009 Posted in Business & Marketing | No Comments »CNN has a great story of a guy who found a job through his church. Michel Butler was an unemployed husband and father of 3. His industry tanked and he had to find a new job. He joined a career ...
Jim Collins: Get Used to Economic Turmoil
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Business & Marketing | 1 Comment »Jim Collins, the renowned business author of Good to Great and Built to Last talked with Fortune magazine last month about the current economic crisis. He claimed that 1952-2000 was an aberation of stability that brought unprecedented economic prosperity. He ...
You Have To Be Obsessive To Be Successful
Friday, February 6th, 2009 Posted in Business & Marketing, Introspection | No Comments »I've been reminded lately that in order to be successful you have to be a little obsessive. There are examples like Thomas Edison's 10,000 failed prototypes for the light bulb (according to the legend) or this story of a family ...
20 Minutes at a Time
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 Posted in Business & Marketing, Writing | No Comments »Earlier this week I read an article by Cory Doctorow (of Boing Boing fame) about how he's able to be a productive writer in an age of distraction. It's definitely a worthy question. In some ways I've answered that question ...
Seth Godin Defines Blogging: Drip, Drip, Drip
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 Posted in Blogging, Business & Marketing | No Comments »I love how Seth Godin explains blogging in this little nugget from an interview earlier this year: "Blogging lets you drip ideas, bit by bit, to people who want to hear them. There are two crucial ideas in that sentence, so ...
Curiosity is not Enough
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 Posted in Business & Marketing | No Comments »Curiosity alone is not enough to get my attention. If you're spreading the word about something, marketing anything or just telling your friends—curiosity is not enough. Now I'll concede that some level of curiosity is always necessary. But if you're completely ...
Authors Without Web Sites
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 Posted in Books, Business & Marketing, Writing | 1 Comment »Earlier this week I singled out author Anne Lamott for not having a web site. But the sad fact is she's not alone. A number of noteworthy authors lack official web sites: Jonathan Franzen David Sedaris Sarah Vowell Alice Sebold Kathleen Norris Robert Pinsky Seamus Heaney David Rakoff Russell ...
Celebrating my 30th birthday with clean water and a clean shave.
