I write about strategies to turn fans into customers and customers into fans. I also share ways to use real-time strategies to spread ideas, influence minds, and build business.
My friend Peggy Sullivan delivered a fabulous talk at TEDx Walden Pond last month titled “Eliminating time poverty by doing less”. Her message is a simple yet powerful one - “Eat, work, sleep, repeat” - busyness is the silent addiction that keeps individuals and organization...
As social networks become more important for organizations of all kinds, often the key question is how to integrate them into an overall marketing strategy. Ani Sanyal, CEO of Kolkata Chai Co., uses Instagram and a website to grow the business he co-founded with his brother ...
In prime real estate at my local shopping mall, a Yamaha piano dealer is actively discouraging customers. On every piano is a sign reading: “Please Do Not Play Without Permission”.
OpenAI introduced the new ChatGPT Search, showing the future of how we will find information. This development is good news for content creators because now the sources of information that makes up a ChatGPT natural language prompt response are displayed.
I’m a fan of repurposing content - write once and publish in multiple places. You might be reading this on my blog or on my LinkedIn Newsletter or perhaps you clicked a link to get here from X. Creating once and publishing in several ways is quite easy.
When I was on my thru hike of the Long Trail in September, I hiked an average of 8 hours a day for 26 days. There was no possible way to carry enough calories, so when I had an opportunity to eat in a restaurant, I went. And I ate a lot!
At a town hall event four years ago, I had an opportunity to ask US presidential candidate Kamala Harris the question, "What are you a fan of?" The answer she gave from the stage, “I love music… I am especially fond of Bob Marley,” was surprising in its honesty.
For the first time since graduating from university, I took a month off. For my sabbatical during the month of September, I thru-hiked (and climbed) the entire 273-mile Long Trail in Vermont, the oldest long distance hiking trail in the US and widely considered the most diff...