Today is officially BlogDay, you can get the story and original recommendations in my previous post. Just a few other things I read that are always great: I’m a salesforce.com insider by reading SalesforceWatch. On the small business tech font, and for Tales of Chicago check out Chicago Mike. Most readers know I’m still going through Sex and the City withdrawal, The Pink Shoe...

People that think links or Twitter summaries are blog posts that anyone reads. Or gives a crap about for that matter. The kids in my neighborhood that yell out of car windows. The fear of what I would do to them if I had an opportunity. But, whenever those kinds of things get out of hand, there’s always something like the Rocky Run to Benefit Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia....

The boxes are getting filled and we are preparing for the move. The office where I do my writing is been destroyed so my posting may be sporadic over the next week. I’ll be limited to when I’m on my laptop at home and that’s about it. The scanner has been packed up too so no Friday Night Fights, or other wacky photos until the box reopens. The summer doldrums continue with...

I’ve always wanted to walk on the grass at Fenway Park. This may be my chance. Popularity: 1% [?]

Normally I cheap out on the Thursday post and brag about the latest episode of Marketing Over Coffee. We had a good discussion yesterday talking about trade shows, amongst other things. The bad news is that my hosting company, Libsyn is having a real run of bad luck. They’ve been having a hard time getting the stats package back up and running and now they are completely dark. This is...

This is the best marketing I have ever seen for an email company. The only downside to this is that if you don’t know Salesforce.com you won’t get all the jokes, otherwise, brilliant! Popularity: 1% [?]

This morning on my way into work I listened to Podcast 411. The host, Rob Walch, interviews Quincy Jones. When I saw it downloading in iTunes I thought “It can’t be THAT Quincy Jones, as in THE Quincy Jones“. But it is, and it is fantastic. Not only is he fun to listen to but he’s also uplifting and motivating. “The melody is the only thing that comes straight...

I’ve been thinking more about the fact that marketing is the process of influencing opinion to ultimately sell a product. An important part of selling a product is trying to understand why customers need it. Why should someone buy the product that you are offering? Today I bought a pair of $100 pants that are completely organic and environmentally friendly. That’s the lead...

Perfect weather this weekend and I had a chance to play around with my camera, no incredible photos but now I know a little more what the hell I’m doing. It’s Sunday, that means there’s a new M Show for you! Now we get back to business… Popularity: 1% [?]

I haven’t written about it here before, but I am huge fan of Timex. I do love watches and at one point was considering a Rolex, and I noticed a similar Timex that was about $2,000 less, did not need to be cleaned every year, had an indiglo face that allowed me to see it in the dark, and I wouldn’t have chest pain if it was lost, crushed, destroyed etc. (like my $300 Revo...