Ads on coffee cups: Old school . Ads on coffee itself: New.  Weird as hell, but new . From Expedia in Germany (those wacky Germans!) comes this ethereal, foamy and caffeinated ad format:...

And the hits just keep on coming!  Four more winners in the Pow! 200 Blogger Book Giveaway, with four more to come.  But for the moment: Warren Sukernek of Twittermaven , Phil Gerbyshak, the " Make It Great Guy " and Katie Konrath of Get Fresh Minds  have all won a ...

Been doing a lot of interviews for the ol' Pow! book, and one question that's recurring on a regular basis is: "How can Surprise tactics help in today's frightfully down economy?" Here's the answer I gave all last week, courtesy of Jon Birger's article "Baseball Ba...

Well, the books are flowing from 800 CEO-Read, and the first of nine Pow! prizes has been claimed: Chris Wilson of The Marketing Fresh Peel has won himself one of two Tim Barnard original artworks from the book itself. He chose the one that kicks off Chapter 3 and features Sir Richard Branson, among...

Okay, one final Boston post for y'all.  One thing I hate more than unimaginative brunches are stultifying “Open/Closedâ€� signs (hard to please suckah, ain’t I?).  I’ve ranted long and hard against the bad ones, but pump my fist in joy when I find a needle-in-the-haystack good ...

I hate brunch.  Okay, that’s kinda strong as a sentiment, but as meals go, it’s perhaps one of the culinary world’s most predictable and boring—buffet tables of overpriced, pre-prepped eggs and bacon and juice and roast beef served to a line of ravenous plate-wielding multitudes in bul...

Okay, one more for the road! And this one's A BIG ONE. Well, it could be. Added to original Pow! book art from Tim Barnard, the five special edition pairs of Pow! Jeans from Official Denim Outfitter Parasuco Denim Legend, the live speech and book-signing from yours truly, the folks at 800 CEO-Re...

The Pow! Video Series continues over at 800 CEO-Read. This one kinda speaks--well, sings actually--for itself. Four down...one more to go! (By the way, the band members really are as young as they look; the kids range in age from 13 to 15.  Crazy talented...)...

Reflecting dotingly on the words of John Updike, Bob Greene's insightful commentary on yesterday's NBA All-Star Game,  " Why We Watch Games ," could be paraphrased " Why We Work " and stand as a missive for those of us who actually give a damn about what we do. In q...

Love this.  Faithful FOP Charlie Hoehn forwards this collection of "404 Error" pages from across the Internet. Getting there pisses us off, but when this is what greets you, what could've been information-highway road rage is transformed into a smile and shrug...about a magical a...