Icy waters

I won’t be posting much for the next two weeks. I’m heading up to the icy waters off the coast of Maine. We don’t have electricity. So I’ll be happily unplugged… see ya soon.

This is Worthwhile

Just stumbled across Worthwhile, a sleek-looking new online magazine “for readers who seek to make a difference while making a living.” It’s really a group blog by 8 authors who are terrific writers. It reminds me that good blogging is really about...

Gorge yourself on marketing links

I’m a sucker for this kind of resource page. Check out the dozens of well-organized links to marketing resources at MarketingTerms. Caveat: the section on business blogs is a bit sparse and needs to be updated. Thanks to this week’s issue of SoftwareCEO...

What’s in a (gmail) name?

I confess… I was so eager to snatch up [deleted]@gmail.com (sorry, don’t want to give it out) I ventured onto ebay about 2 weeks ago, typed in “gmail account” and started bidding. Having never bought anything on ebay it took me a few tries. Oh,...

E-newsletters aren’t dead yet

In fact, I just published the latest issue of WordBiz Report. You can read it here. Or jump right to the lead article, a case study on why the Air Conditioning Contractors of America’s blog is NOT, er, cool… My colleague Nick Usborne has been writing about...