I Work All The Time — And That’s A Good Thing
“Do you have time to meet for coffee?” A “kick-off conference call?” “A sales pitch?” Conferences built around buzzwords and charlatans? No thanks man.
Your Job In Marketing & PR Is Dead in the Water
These guys are called growth hackers. They built Facebook and Twitter and Airbnb and Dropbox and Instagram and a bunch of other billion dollar companies using techniques that you can’t learn in school.
Hell Is Other People, And Other First World Miseries
The saying is also incomplete. Because while people can be quite awful, there are plenty of other ordinary, petty tortures. Nor is fair to say “people” when it is much more clearly certain people, doing certain things.
31 Of The Most Underrated Little Pleasures You Probably Forget To Notice
Seeing a kid–like we’re talking 6 and under–who is way cooler and has way more swag than you ever will.
Fight Club Moments
The words threw me back slouched in my chair, speechless and dumbfounded.
Here’s Some Marketing Advice: Your Product Sucks
I’ve felt with a few old school publicists and marketers myself and look occasionally they’ll surprise me with the ability to call up some old friend and place some story and I’ll think, “Wow I wish I had that power,” but I don’t. I don’t think many people do anymore.
So You Want To Write A Book? “Want” Is Not Nearly Enough
Expect your friends to let you down. They all say they are going to give notes but few actually will (and a lot of those notes will suck)
What Is Media Manipulation? — A Definition And Explanation
Media manipulation currently shapes everything you read, hear and watch online. Everything.
The Imaginary Audience
Emotions that are supposed to peak in 8th grade, stays with them and becomes an enormous part of their identity and ultimately, their narcissism.
Take Little Steps
If you want to be able to run 10 miles, what to do about it is fairly simple: Start by running one mile.