As you may have seen in my previous post, I am launching a new series on my blog called “Sitdowns With Startups.” The following is the first installment. I had the pleasure of meeting Ash Nadkarni a few months ago at an Innovation Breakfast. Right off the bat I was intrigued to learn that in […]
Sitdowns With Startups
Over the course of the last year, as I’ve immersed myself into the interwoven startup and social media scenes here in Boston, I’ve met a lot of interesting and talented folks (as I covered a bit in this post). I’ve essentially been acting as a Professional Networker, which has provided me the good fortune of meeting […]
Crowdsourced Reading List
I recently decided to undertake a massive reading project which entailed pulling some favorites off the shelves for a second pass and ordering others that I’d lost track of or hadn’t yet read. I mentioned the project on Google+ and solicited recommendations from others. I received a number of excellent suggestions, some of which I […]
I’d be a turkey not to be thankful
Sometimes it’s about the journey, not the destination. A few weeks ago, social media super-user Eric Andersen reached 100,000 tweets. He commemorated the occasion by publishing a post that provided some of the backstory to his path from 1 to 100,000 and mentioned some of the folks that influenced and/or inspired him along the way. […]
6 Social Media Tools for Job Seekers
The following is a guest post I wrote for Oneforty.com that was originally published here and subsequently picked up by Ragan‘s PR Daily as well. Oneforty has since been acquired by HubSpot and their site will soon be redirecting to HubSpot.com. I therefore decided to publish the post here on my blog. So, without further ado… 6 Social […]
Confidence
I was reading my friend Lindsay Bell‘s post, “Social Media Self Confidence,” the other day and it got me thinking. Confidence is a tricky thing. A shortage of confidence can be detrimental and limiting, but an excess of it is dangerous as well. Confidence can be fleeting. Even the most self-assured among us go through periods […]
Riding The (Social Media) Wave
I often hear small business owners skeptical of using social media asking for concrete examples of how the medium can benefit their bottom line. I had an experience recently that clearly demonstrates how the effective use of social media can drive incremental business and increase revenues. Like a lot of folks in New England, water […]
@RedSox Social Media Focus Group
Last week I participated in a Twitter focus group held by the Red Sox. Two fellow participants, Jeff Esposito and Stephanie Silverstein, recently posted recaps on their blogs (Jeff’s, Stephanie’s). I thought I’d share some of my thoughts about the experience as well. Here goes… The phrase “Necessity is the mother of all invention” quickly […]
Tales From The Job Hunt
As you may already know, I am currently unemployed after having been laid off. Perhaps you’ve seen some of my creative efforts to market myself or read about my current role as a professional networker. Anyone who has been unemployed and on the job hunt can attest to the fact that it can be a difficult and […]
My column on social media in the Waltham News Tribune
***I recently began writing a column entitled “Business Watch” in the Waltham News Tribune. The first column was published in last Friday’s paper and can be read online here. The following is the text of this week’s column on small business and social media, which can be found online here.*** For many small businesses, the […]