Everyone is a VIP
You need to treat everyone as if they were a VIP, because they are. Everyone is now the media and everyone has the power to make or break you. When you go to a restaurant you are just as important as the food critic. When
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Ask for Feedback Vs. We Want to Hear From You! (lesson from Jamba Juice)
Today I walked into jamba juice to order a “pink starburst,” it’s something I read about in a magazine a few months ago and it’s supposed to taste just like a pink starburst (yes it does). Apparently jamba juice has an entire secret menu of
Friday's Food for the Soul (Investing in Yourself)
A lot of people go through life fearing risk. It’s not hard to see why either, risk is a big thing. You can lose a lot and you can gain a lot, but either way you learn something. Now, I’m not talking about the risk
Everything You Do Is Marketing
Marketing is no longer a position that you fill at a company. Marketing is not a television commercial or a radio advertisement. Marketing is not a piece of collateral you send off to reporters, bloggers, or journalists. Marketing is everything you do and every interaction
Should Social Networks Charge? Would You Pay?
First off, my apologies for not posting in the last few days, I was quite ill with the flu. I am still not 100% but am feeling good enough to write, which is all the matters. I am a fan of utilizing linkedin to ask
Pitch Me? Strike Out!
I find it fascinating that marketing folks still spam pitch me (and other bloggers). I mean we’re talking about people with fancy titles like “VP of Marketing” or “Director of Marketing” who go online, copy and paste their pitch and then hit send. Now, how
What Can You Learn from Virgin America?
Recently I flew on Virgin America airlines from San Francisco to Los Angeles. I haven’t flown on Virgin American in a long time and I was pleasantly surprised and impressed. There are a lot of airlines out there that we can all choose to fly
Joining Bubblicious as a Contributing Writer
I am very excited to announce that I am going to be joining Bubblicious as a contributing writer. I actually just wrote my first official post yesterday. I am very exciting to join the bubblicious team and I have tremendous respect for the man who
My Computer Crashed, What would You do Without Your Computer?
Recently my computer crashed, we have all been there before haven’t we? We have all seen that lovely blue screen that illuminates the room like a cheap strip club on Sunday night after a bunch of drunkards have just been kicked out. Quite frankly, if
If Facebook or Twitter Charged $30/Month Would You Pay?
Would you pay to use social media platforms such as twitter, facebook, linkedin, etc? If so, how much would you be willing to pay? Below I have outlined a few reasons why a subscription based approach would not work for social media platforms. I would
