The Forgotten Phone Book
How do your customers find you? One of the things I love about my job is getting to know small business owners and finding out how their businesses work. It never ceases to amaze me…
New Site: VirtualAdClub.com
Together with Steve Salloway of Davis Advertising, I launched Virtual Ad Club today. The site is an online community for advertising professionals, inspired by the old meatspace group, the Worcester Advertising Club. The site will…
Google Will Mark Non-HTTPS Websites as Insecure
Google, the gift that keeps on giving. Like that kid that reminds the teacher she didn’t assign any homework before the long weekend, Google again costs website owners money and wastes their time. So now…
New Site: CarnivalGlass.com
I haven’t been doing a lot of freelance over the past couple years, but I have just finished a great site called CarnivalGlass.com – a WordPress site with Woocommerce Paypal Adaptive integration. First off, I…
Communications Nightmare
I noticed the other day that rather than becoming easier, corporate communications have become significantly harder. The dream has always been one universal way to contact people and share information that allows everyone who needs…
Thoughts on Self-Publishing
Self-Publishing Advice from the experience of my first book I had the wonderful opportunity to guest lecture at Emerson College this week on the subject of “Self-publishing”. It caused a bit of retrospection, it being…
A Surprisingly Good Year
Looking back at 2013 for me personally, I’m amazed at the improvements in my life, and I’d like to both acknowledge and give thanks. Let’s take a look at the picture of where I was…
You might be from Worcester if…
Okay, here’s one to help you get in touch with your inner Worcesterite. You might be from Worcester if: You know that they had to fill the Polar Soda Polar Bear with foam because Worcesterites…
Solving Some of the Pain of Wireless Printers
Nearly two years ago I wrote about the pain in the a$$ that is wireless printers. They’re still a pain, but I thought I’d share a little trick that I’ve found that makes them a…
Grace Potter and The Allman Brothers at Comcast Center last Friday
No need for a review, I reviewed Grace Potter last month, and there is precious little I could say that has not been said before about The Allman Brothers. I will share this video of…