Category Archives: Business

Two Thoughts for Today : 1. Be True To Yourself 2. Be What You Say You Are To Others. Most people only hear the first one. Their is a level of authenticity in life that we all need to adhere to. This goes for digitally and in real life. It can help alleviate stress, buildContinue Reading

Some great data on social media timing. Of course their are strategies you can work with on getting your blog post or content out to your particular audience. But this chart provides some good guidelines. by KISSmetrics via

Going to Borders made me think about branding and how deeply discounted coupons are so bad for your brand. As consumers, we love coupons, and getting a 30-40% off on a book is a great deal. The problem with these deeper discounts, as Borders offers, is that consumers lose the desire to pay full priceContinue Reading

Great quote and article on Conan O’Brien’s his childhood goals and his own personal brand. [Conan] O’Brien sits back in his office, guitar in hand, trying to make sense of his personal and digital evolution. First he thinks it through as a performer: “The Beatles were trying to be the Everly Brothers, and they couldn’tContinue Reading

I hope everyone had a wonderful and Merry Christmas season this year. We went up to Fairmont and spent some time with family and friends soaking at the Hot Springs and then went to my parents house in Billings, MT where Rachelle and I got to go see Tron Legacy on a date night whileContinue Reading

I’ve noticed Google giving geo-targeted based results for sometime and I’m sure it is documented further on other blogs out there. But did I miss something when I was out for two days last week? This may not be new to some but today in my google side navigation for search results I discovered the ability to use a “Custom Location” in the Sidebar. For most regular users this may not mean much but for businesses and search marketers this ability allows you the ability to find out how well you are ranking in location specific searches.

Found the full Steve Jobs D8 interview over on Kevin Rose’s blogg (via WSJ All Things Digital). Truly worth the watch for any entrepreneur, designer or business owner.

Managing your brand in a community of followers, fans, friends and your relationship with them can be a difficult task. @jaffejuice offers up a great post about managing your brand and how you should and should not handle it with your community. If you’re still thinking of your consumers as spoiled, obstreperous, immature and demandingContinue Reading

I recently purchased the Macheist nano bundle. It seems well worth the money so far, but it’s tough to tell if I will ever use some of the software again. Clippings, RipIt and MacJournal all seem to have some promise. I think my wife will enjoy the games once they are ulocked. As for bloggingContinue Reading

An excellent, timely post by Richard Leggett about HTML 5, Flash and the evolving web.