Give your brand momentum

Here’s something I read recently from a very prominent American politician that I thought I’d share. His points were were very moving. Read it all the way through – it’s worth it. “I want to talk to you right now about a fundamental threat to American democracy. The threat is nearly invisible in ordinary ways.

So I’m sitting in my office answering emails today and have the great movie Miracle on in the background (You know, the story of the US hockey team at the Olympics in Lake Placid? If you haven’t seen it you’re an idiot). Anyway, I got to thinking, who played all those hockey players in the

So here we are on the eve of the sequester that’s been the go to topic of conversation on every news channel in America, from NPR to Fox. And yes, if you care about the country and the economic recovery you should be worried, I know I am. But while I want the country to

Saw this map today and thought it was really interesting when considering the electoral college and the concept of revamping the system as so many have called for in recent elections. In the new U.S. I now live in Ogallalla, whatever that means. I’d like to move to Rainier I think someday.

So after reading this terrifying infographic on passwords and online security, I just spent the last 3 hours changing all of mine and setting up all new procedures for recovery and access.  Oh, I’m sure it’s still not perfect or hacker-proof, but maybe it’s enough to discourage someone and send them off to find an

Read this great infographic today from crazyegg.com (yes I know we’re all getting burned out on infographics but it is a good one). All about today’s consumer and their mobile usage. It’s exploding. And businesses better get on board with a responsive mobile version of their website if they want to reap the benefits. Some

Great whiteboard from @ThreeShipsMedia. And who doesn’t like donuts?? Thanks guys!  

Somehow I recently and accidentally activated an app on my phone that transcribes voicemail messages to text. It’s accuracy leaves something to be desired but often generates a few chuckles. Here’s the latest: “Hey buddy what’s up, it’s locked…hope you’re doing well… you try to talk to you was an all day meeting I wannna

I work online for a living, consulting with small businesses on how to better market and brand themselves online. So of course I get more email than a small country like Luxembourg. While 2/3 is spam, the other 1/3 are legitimate emails from clients and business contacts. So a large part of my day is

Nothing says, “this is a GREAT product” like Inmate Approved!  Brilliant.  Two years of use and prison inmates can’t break it? Now that’s a testimonial.