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 […]

I recently celebrated my 40th birthday (40 is the new 30, right?) and even though I still look like a guy in his early 30’s (hey, that’s what people tell me so I’m not going to argue) and feel like a guy in his 30’s (or 60’s, depending on the day), there is no doubt […]

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 […]

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 […]

If you have a web site that is powered by WordPress, you might be familiar with the concept of Comment Spam.  We get calls from people that are getting dozens of spam comments every day on their web site!  (Noteworthy is the fact that more than 25 million web sites currently use WordPress to power […]

Every single time I have a 1×1 LinkedIn profile training session, one piece of advice I give is to personalize the professional headline of your LinkedIn profile. Some people don’t take my advice, but more and more I’m finding people that are open to being creative and letting the LinkedIn world know a little bit […]