It’s that time of year again when people are gearing up to celebrate Thanksgiving. I also know a lot of people (including yours truly) that are really excited to have some downtime to relax and do nothing! With that in mind, here are 10 Things We’re Thankful For This Year… 1) We are thankful for […]

Whenever you start talking with someone about your web site from a technical perspective, terms like DNS, WHOIS and Registrar will come up.   This is all part of the language of technical mumbo jumbo.  However, it is important that you or someone on your team has this information and knows what it means.  Here is […]

If you haven’t updated the operating system (iOS) on your iPhone, iPad or iTouch, get on the stick.  This is a major release and there are over 200 new improvements, many of which are kind of a big deal.  You have to connect your device to your computer via USB and then use iTunes to […]

Oftentimes when Jason and I do LinkedIn 1×1 or group training sessions, people ask us if they should participate in LinkedIn Groups. If you aren’t familiar with LinkedIn Groups, watch the quick LinkedIn video below to get a feel for what they are and how they work. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5CF1FEm_oA&feature=player_embedded#! What we often find is that most […]

I was having lunch recently with my friend Matt Simpson, who owns Infusion.  He was telling me about a mutual friend Phil Poje, that just started a new company here in Kansas City called Tech Orchard.  Matt and his team did all the design work and web site and they made sure the site was […]

There was a lot of hype when Google rolled out Google+ with the intent of competing with, or taking over, the social media world from the hands of Facebook. We get people asking us about Google+ from time to time and whether their business should be paying attention to it and should “be there”. Just […]

We talk a lot about being consistent with your messaging when it comes to pace (at least weekly), voice (fun, professional or somewhere in between) and platform (social networks, email newsletters, marketing pieces).  One of the questions that we hear all the time is “How do you come up with things that are worth saying […]

About 10 months ago, I had a conversation with my wife Missy (ok, it was more me talking to her and her ignoring me) about how she needed to be on LinkedIn. You see Missy is a professional meeting planner, LOVES the Meeting Planning industry, knows a ton of people across the country, and is well respected in […]

Last week, we got a TON of feedback on Mic’s blog post about avoiding people that suck.  Mic had the idea that we should make up T-Shirts with that message and we are working on making that happen.  I am sure Mic will tell you more when we get the design done and the details […]