I’m excited. I honestly am. While today marks the end of one era for me, it also signals the beginning of some really exciting things. For the last few weeks, I’ve been in limbo. During that time, I’ve spent quite a bit of time thinking about where I’ve been, where I’m at, and where I’m

It took much more than paint and brushes. . When it comes to technology, it seems that the only thing that everyone wants to talk about are the “tools.” We hear all the time how all of these technologies, be they social media or otherwise, are just “tools.” Heck, I know that I have even

I read a lot. I haven’t read a fiction book in a long time, but I still read a lot of non-fiction, especially business books. Recently, I read Ignore Everybody, by well-known marketer/blogger Hugh MacLeod (you can order it here). I first came across Hugh’s work when I first started blogging. He has an awesome

We’re told time and again to be successful you need to find your niche. Specialize and focus to find your audience. In general this is good advice, but sometimes you can pull off something special by being everything to everybody! Last week I had the chance to meet Don & Lillian Stokes (Americas “First Couple”

Erik Qualman’s book, Socialnomics, dives into the relevancy of Social Media in both our personal and business lives. The point Qualman drives home throughout the book is that Social Media is here now, here to stay, and like the tagline of his book states: “Transforms the way we live and do business.” Socialnomics is not

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It seems like every week there’s a new report that shows why the housing market is rebounding, or why it’s sinking even further. Just this week we saw new home sales in November drop 11%, while existing home sales rose 7.4%. Predictions of