On Wednesday, September 9th Brandon Uttley and I will be at Julia’s Cafe & Books from 9:30-11 a.m. to offer free advertising, marketing, and start up advice to anyone who wants it. Click our names to view our qualifications and you’ll see that we’re no spring…
Before we left for vacation, I spent an afternoon at a men’s rehab talking to the guys who were all part of a 90-day program to get clean. It was my anniversary date. I talked to a few guys about…
(I originally published this post on LinkedIn, and it’s been met with a bunch of solid feedback. Click on over there for the good stuff.) Last month, I used LinkedIn to reach out to ten marketing directors of mid-sized companies in Charlotte about the idea of sustainable marketing…
You don’t expect to be old. But then you start to spy glimpses of someone who is only vaguely familiar. You’ve changed. You’re thicker now. Not overweight, just sturdier. It’s ironic. Then there’s the hair. What you do have is…
They call it social media for a reason. Only now, some of the platforms are a lot less social. No matter what anyone tells you, there’s no “right” way to use Twitter. Twitter is a platform of authenticity. Your Twitter canon…
“Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance. Everybody thinks it’s true.” – Paul Simon There’s an active set of railroad tracks that run within a mile of our house. It’s a freight line that often stops traffic…
Writer. Father to daughters. Husband. Ad man. Raised by wolves. 
