First Website – Who and How?

A friend of mine that works from Microsoft the other day asked me about developing a website for him.  I was surprised that he asked me but also flattered.  He is very sharp and and very technical, but I guess building websites is still an art form.   To be honest, I get asked the [...]

Sense of Urgency – Do it Now!

Lately I’ve been thinking about the speed at which I get things done.  Ever since I can remember I’ve always finished my tests, dinner, homework, projects faster than most of my peers.  My two sons were commenting to me that they also finish earlier than their peers in class.  Which got me thinking, why [...]

Top eMail Marketing Service Providers

According to a recent Forrester report 12.09, ExactTarget and Responsys lead the email service providers in their 69 criteria study of email marketing service providers.

Acxiom Alterian BlueHornet ClickSquared Datran Media e-Dialog Emailvision Epsilon ExactTarget Experian Marketing Services Lyris Responsys Silverpop Yesmail Zeta Interactive

A copy of the full report can be found here.

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Crowdsourcing for the masses, literally!

Ok, so I must say, I never heard of the term crowdsourcing until about 5 minutes ago, but have been using the concept for a few years.  According to Sage Lewis over at ClickZ in his article, Crowdsourcing Your Search Marketing, “Crowdsourcing is the concept of taking a job one person would normally do [...]

SEO and New Rules of Marketing

I am currently reading David Meerman Scott’s book, The New Rules of Marketing and PR.  I am only on page 25 and the absolutely love the book, probably because it confirms so many of the strategies that my college roommate and past business partner tested and implemented in the early days of the Internet [...]