Why Groupon Doesn’t Work

Groupon is all about the pitch. Small to medium sized businesses were suckered into believing Groupon campaigns = Internet marketing.

Why Big Internet Marketing Ideas Will Rule

Christo is an artist whose ideas change hardened skeptics. How do we lucky few Internet marketers become Christo? How can our ideas slouch toward BIGNESS?

Refusing to Lay Up

In golf, there are times when the safe bet is to “lay up” and not press your luck. In life, that’s rarely the case.

Hugging your customer

Building a organization and an audience requires you to love both parts equally. Do you love your customers? How about your employees?

The Circle of Giving: Why Make a Gift of Your Expertise?

The gift is to the giver, and comes back most to him–it cannot fail… – Walt Whitman I’ve been reading the modern classic The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World by Lewis Hyde, a book I ordered upon seeing how much Seth Godin referenced it in his book The Icarus Agenda. Hyde explores the […]

The New Media Leaders

New Media Leaders is retooling, because I’m retooling. When this blog started, it was to help promote a networking event by the same name. The networking event may start-up again, but it’s scope will be bigger. This blog will soon house ideas from smart people who are thinking beyond the self-imposed boundaries many of us […]

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