I’ve Got Plenty To Be Thankful For…
What a year — two beautiful daughters, a successful wife, and a happy life. After 25 years, I finally became an American, and I’m writing this post from my favorite place in the world — Walt Disney World. Bing said it best when he said it in White Christmas to …more
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
Ah, my favorite thing about this time of year — Charlie Brown animated specials and the holidays, with home runs on Hallowe’en; Thanksgiving; and Christmas. How some last-minute rough animation and some great jazz from the Vince Guaraldi Trio became the symbol of the holidays … I’ll never understand … but …more
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Happy Franksgiving 2015!
This is my first Thanksgiving as an American, and to celebrate I’d like to roll out a little American Thanksgiving history! Thanksgiving is actually a relatively modern holiday – and only an “official” holiday since 1941. In fact, although U.S. Presidents had declared a general day of thanksgiving to be …more
The Wonderful World of Marketing Episode 16: Archimedes and the “Eureka Moment”
Continuing my “Great Thinkers” series on the Summer Lovin’ edition of The Wonderful World of Marketing, in this episode I talk about Archimedes … someone who definitely needs more online profile! Archimedes may be the greatest mathematician of *all time*; although he’s constantly dwarfed by Aristotle, who basically got *everything …more
The Modern Marketing Department — Managing from Acquisition to Churn
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the “Modern Marketing Department”, especially in our exciting world of fast-exploding marketing technologies and the industry-wide conversion to services sales (versus license sales). Marketing is changing faster than any profession today; and many marketing teams are adding new capabilities, such as marketing automation; …more
Countdown to American Citizenship: Day Two
#murica Final citizenship interview is now 19 days away — September 23 — and I’m going to post 5 questions a day until the big day (also sort of quickie study guide). So … are you knowledgeable enough to be an American? I will have to have to answer a …more
Countdown to American Citizenship: Day One
#murica How incredibly exciting! My lifelong dream of becoming an American is *about to come true*. Our final citizenship interview is 20 days away — September 23 — and I am going to ACE THIS EXAM. It all started when I was 8 years old, living in Suffern, NY … …more
The Wonderful World of Marketing Episode 15: The Legend of the Gordian Knot
What an amazing summer! To top it off, I got a chance to record a new set of “Summer Edition” Wonderful World of Marketing episodes, and I had a bit of fun with this set, focusing on some of my favorite concepts. In this first episode in the pod — …more
GE Healthcare — Marketing Automation Transformation Video Case Study
In May 2015 in Nashville, Sirius Decisions held their 2015 Summit themed Outperform: Strategies for Intelligent Growth, focused on effective ways to grow and outperform in today’s competitive marketplace: Link During more than 50 analyst sessions, Sirius showcased their most recent, cutting-edge research and insights, introduced new models and frameworks. The …more
Why Marketing is Eating Sales
GREAT ARTICLE by Nadim Hossain on “Why Marketing is Eating Sales”: Link We live in a mobile-first world where mobility references the …more
Finding Mastery: Conversations with Michael Gervais
Over the last two years I’ve had the great fortune to get coaching from Dr Michael Gervais as part of the high-performance …more
David Ogilvy: We Sell or Else
Here’s an oldie but a goodie — David Ogilvy talking about the power of Direct Response versus general brand advertising. What he …more
Business insights and happy users: How your customers benefit from integrating Office 365, Microsoft Dynamics, and Power BI with Windows 10
I’m excited to be at WPC 2015, and I’m just about to head over to the room for today’s speech. The title …more
Halt and Catch Fire Season 2 Premiere: OMG
Hands down my favorite show on TV these days (with the … sniff … demise of Mad Men) is Halt and Catch …more
Windows Apportals: Nested Start Screens
Catch my talk on Windows Apportals at #CONV15. My session is titled “CS15T043: Your experiences, reinvented with Windows Apportals: Discover how Apportals …more
Would you like fries with your Windows Apportal?
Always be suggestion selling! Join me for: “Your experiences, reinvented with Windows Apportals” at Convergence 2015 on March 18 at 3:30PM, Georgia …more
I got a fever, and the only prescription is more Apportals!
Apportals rock! Join me for: “Your experiences, reinvented with Windows Apportals” at Convergence 2015 on March 18 at 3:30PM, Georgia World Congress …more
I love the smell of innovation in the morning: Work smarter with Apportals
Smells like victory. Join me for: “Your experiences, reinvented with Windows Apportals” at Convergence 2015 on March 18 at 3:30PM, Georgia World …more
Happy St Patrick’s Day from genuine Irish
As a daily driver of the only mass-produced Irish car — the iconic DeLorean DMC-12 — I feel a special connection to …more
Thunderbirds Are Go | Official Trailer
Oh my gosh, I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THIS!!! Here’s the global YouTube reveal of the Thunderbirds Are Go trailer, 24 hours …more
Windows Apportals at Convergence 2015
Catch my talk on Windows Apportals at #CONV15. My session is titled “CS15T043: Your experiences, reinvented with Windows Apportals: Discover how Apportals …more
McKinsey & Company: The dawn of marketing’s new golden age
This great article from McKinsey & Company title “The dawn of marketing’s new golden age” is a must read: Link It’s a …more
Uh oh … this could be expensive …
Wow oh wow, would I ever love to get my hands on this — it’s called “The Story of Disneyland — an …more
“Chick Flick the Musical”, the YouTube Promo
Check out this fantastic new promo video for Chick Flick the Musical, now on the Tubes of the InterWeb and tracking to …more
New from IKEA: Experience the power of a bookbook
This is a really sweet piece of viral content from IKEA that plays nicely on a modern obsessions and simultaneously reinforces the …more
Space Race 2.0
We live in amazing times. Sneaking up on us without most people noticing, we are in the midst of a second Space …more
Well, this gives one a pause for thought, doesn’t it…
From today’s Popular Mechanics: Why Superintelligent Machines Are Probably the Dominant Lifeforms in the Universe | It’s a robot’s universe. We’re just …more
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Happy Franksgiving 2014!
Thanksgiving is actually a relatively modern holiday – and only an “official” holiday since 1941. In fact, although U.S. Presidents had declared …more
DeLorean: Live the Dream…
As a proud DeLorean driver I like to Live the Dream on a daily basis, and I always Keep the Shiny Side Up on …more