Completely, totally, unreadable, non-mobile-friendly, email newsletters
I catch plenty of news headlines on Twitter and via Facebook.
But I don’t mind admitting I still seek out daily or weekly email newsletters that can show up in my inbox on a regular schedule so I can consume them when I’m good and ready. The problem for me, as a guy who’s constantly...
Simple ways to improve your customers’ experience
So I went to The Home Depot on Saturday.
(Why it’s not “Home Depot”, mind you, but THE Home Depot is a post for another day.)
I needed three items: 1) Air filters for my home. 2) Drywall...
Your restaurant’s Foursquare strategy in one post
It’s as though Foursquare was custom-built for the hospitality industry.
Over at Buzztime yesterday, we held our second of three social media marketing webinars for bars and restaurants. We talked...
Quora isn’t all that
I’m sorry. I have to say it.
Quora just isn’t all that.
Yes, the interface is cool. Yes, you can follow not just people, but also individual questions and keywords. Yes, you can push...
Blow through your glass ceilings
We hold ourselves back.
We’re capable of so much more than we think. We imagine barriers that don’t really exist. We blame other people for limitations we set in place.
It’s time...
The guy with the “golden” voice
Ninety percent of me likes this story.
That 10% is nothing to sweep under a rug, though.
On one hand, we’ve got a guy who had a career, loved it as far as we know, did well with it as far as we...
Reach out to the one
Many years ago I received some great advice from an ecclesiastical leader that has been on my mind the last two weeks.
We were talking about the truly great, yet unsung leaders.
They share something...
How to prove who’s the smartest in your circle of friends
For years, people have played Buzztime in thousands of bars and restaurants across North America.
But it just got far more interesting.
We recently launched Communities, a whole new way to prove that...
Where do you see yourself in five years?
In a job interview years and years ago I was asked this question. I’m sure you have been asked it as well.
Answers usually follow one of two paths:
“I’d love to get this job, prove...
The Age of Cool
And it came to pass that there was an Industrial Age. And the Industrial Age begat The Information Age. Some say we’re now in The Digital Age. Or The Connected Age.
I think we’re actually...
The future of location-based apps
Location-based applications are here to stay. “Here to stay” being a relative term in this day and age. How will they evolve, though?
Mashable reports Foursquare CEO and founder Dennis Crowley’s...
Is it time to start texting your customers?
Maintaining your own in-house email list is a no-brainer. But what about your own mobile list?
I’ll bet you’re overlooking it. Most companies are obsessed with email. But read this very long...
Twitter for adults? Seriously?
Derek Powazek wrote a super post by this title (Twitter for Adults).
In it he offers a brilliant summary of Twitter in one sentence (how appropriate): Twitter lets you reveal a little bit of the running...
18 lessons I’ve re-learned in the last 30 days
I’ve re-learned many lessons over the last 30 days. None that will change your life, but all are good reminders of how to live better. On the list:
Patience is indeed a virtue.
It pays, literally,...
Sing this with me, this is forty
Sometimes you have an opportunity to take part in something special. You can’t turn those chances down.
You don’t do it for money. You don’t do it for acclaim. You don’t do it...
