Marketing Mistake: Pandora 40 Hour Limit Half Baked or Huge Opportunity?

December 6, 2009

In an earlier blog post I discussed the impact of Pandora being branded as free internet radio and promised to make suggestions for improvement.  So here’s to keeping promises. According to Wiktionary, Half Baked means “ill-conceived, unsound or badly thought out” and I think that accurately describes how the Pandora 40 Hour Limit service interruption [...]

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How To Build Trust and How Leaders Learn

December 1, 2009

Building relationships online is a matter of trust and authenticity. See what Chris Brogan and Seth Godin illustrate about relationship building.

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Fear or Confidence – Unclutter Your Mind

November 17, 2009

The mind is the most powerful computer in the world, but it’s vulnerable and hackable. If you are feeling overwhelmed or having problems “shutting off”, change the way you are thinking about things. Try running a personal defrag on your biological hard drive and separate your cluttered mind into black and white sectors – free [...]

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Last.fm vs Pandora.com. Which is Better?

November 11, 2009

Taking a look at last.fm and pandora.com to decide which is the better internet radio.

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Seth Godin is a Liar?

November 3, 2009

Seth Godin, marketing mastermind, respected entrepreneur and author of “Tribes” and “Purple Cow” makes $50,000 in one day – By lying or by selling or both? So, like Seth did when he was naming his book, “All Marketers are Liars”, I was lying when I named this blog post. Seth isn’t a liar; he’s just [...]

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The Magic of Mentoring

October 18, 2009

Mentoring requires you to be real, but that’s not a bad thing. Mentoring is pretty easy too. At times, it’s support or a nudge forward. Sometimes it’s a point-of-view or clearing of the air to move things forward. Sometimes it’s a friend or colleague offering insight to a persons blind spot. Sometimes it’s just a [...]

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Blogging tips for better writing.

October 4, 2009

A quick (edited) list of things that bloggers are saying about how to write a good blog.

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Your Church Marketing Sucks!

October 4, 2009

When it comes to church marketing, or anything else, be smart and consistent with your marketing message and consider the quality of the message AND the presentation of the message.

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WordPress Last.FM Widget

October 3, 2009

I’m looking through WordPress plugins and found this widget that lets your WP site show your latest tunes from Last.FM.  As it happens, I’m a huge pandora.com fan and am actually listening to Pandora right now… wish we had a Pandora WordPress Widget because I’d plug it in for sure.  For now, you can click [...]

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Systems. The backbone of business.

October 1, 2009

Business systems are an important part of success for any business.

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