Should we say Yes more often; or do we say Yes too often? Seth Godin recently had a great blog post "Looking for yes" where he contrasted his experiences at the post office and Fedex.  The post office personnel consistently looked for reason why they couldn't accept his package for shipment while ...

David Spark is a veteran tech journalist and founder of Spark Media Solutions, a firm that helps companies build their industry voice through storytelling and social media. His technology report, The Spark Minute, can be heard every day on Green 960 and 910 KNEW in San Francisco. When I was working ...

As a young teen I heard Mark Knopfler sing about “money for nothing and chicks for free” and I remember fantasizing about how good that sounded but even then I knew that it was too good to be true. I’ve noticed from many of my marketing colleagues that money for nothing is the orde...

How would you like to get business advice from Seth Godin? I did. But then again so did you. Let me explain: On Independence Day, July 4th, 2008, Seth Godin wrote a post titled “Two Simple Web Businesses” where he declared the world’s need for “fixed-price web podiatrists....

Image via CrunchBase Hook-If you are attempting to brand read Steve Ruble he and the folks at Edelman  do it for a living and they do it with GUSTO ! I think the greatest site on the Internet to start branding your self is http://www.squidoo.com/ Squidoo is a community website based in Irvington, N...

Image byhttp://www.prestonlee.com/archives/67 via CrunchBase I am not sure any of the old media could ever pull off the a digital newsroom !  There are certain content creators like Chris Brogan Seth Godin Steve Rubel Dave Winer who could show them how, but will they understand !   I don’t ...

Image byhttp://www.prestonlee.com/archives/67 via CrunchBase This is one for best articles by my of favorite content creator’s ! HOOK !  If you have children in school and don’t give this article some thought “don’t !” whine when they get their education on the str...

Image via Wikipedia Why I follow Fred Wilson ! http://fredwilson.vc/ This article on http://disqus.com/ is written by Mr Wilson A master at Content Creation.  Fred Wilson and Seth Godin http://sethgodin.typepad.com/ both have the ability to capsulize. capsulize - put in a short or concise form;...

Image via Wikipedia I happened to see Health Works the Other Evening . The Botox Talking head’s were extolling the Virtues of Green Tea and Vegetables as related to Cancer ! Now I have Cancer and was treated with Chemotherapy at no time was I Injected with Green Tea or V8 Juice,  when  you E...

Seth's done an interesting short post about unstated 'away-from' goals - here's an extract: Think about how often your goal at a conference or a meeting or in a project is, "don't screw up!" or "don't make a fool of yourself and say the wrong thing." These are very easy goals to achieve, of course. ...