I have been looking for a digital photo frame that has WiFi access to my home network easily for months.  My wife Trista bought me the Kodak Pulse digital photo frame for Christmas and it has a unique and interesting twist.  It is a social digital photo frame!  What I mean by that is that […]

Did you know that LinkedIn has an easy way for you to fine tune your search results, whether you are looking for a specific person, specific company, or just a list of people with a certain title? It’s LinkedIn’s Advanced People Search and it should absolutely, positively be your default method of searching for anything […]

One of the personal characteristics listed in the Summary section of my LinkedIn Profile reads as follows: “Organized – My desk, my work, my email inbox, my car, my closet, my home….you name it, it’s organized.” (Help keep me honest and test me on this the next time you see me!) For me, it’s a […]

Every week,  Jason and I are actively engaged with our clients in projects, meetings, coaching sessions, and conversations. Without fail, and primarily because we talk all the time about the enormous benefits for companies that blog, people routinely ask us: *What is a Blog? *Why should I blog? *What should I blog? WHAT IS A […]

LinkedIn continues to grow like crazy (80 million plus and growing at 1 user per second, press.linkedin.com).  We see more and more people doing relationship management with their LinkedIn profiles.  This is one of the core things that we train our clients how to do and it can have a dramatic impact on your sales […]

December 27th, 2007 is a day I will never forget. You see, I’ve always been a big guy, but I got my annual physical  in June 2007 and was crushed to find out that, at 36, I had reached the highest weight I’d ever been at in my entire life. So as December 27th, 2007 […]

I love what I do for a living.  I get to help reinvigorate companies all over Kansas City through social media and new web sites.  During the process I become part of the team.  This keeps Mic and I busy and it is always good to step away from the business to enjoy nature, eat […]

We spend time every week talking to clients and prospects about social media. Inevitably when the question comes up “Why does your company want to engage in social media?”, people answer “To get more sales.” Well, yes, of course every business wants that, but if you enter the social media world with that narrow focus, […]

Before After The Blue Gurus partnered with Bill Dietrich, Mike Hurd and the rest of the crew of the Downtown Council of Kansas City to develop a new web site and to use social media for more effective communication. Over the past couple of months, we have seen the team at Downtown Council of Kansas […]