Holy Crap! I’m Gonna Be A Dad!

December 28, 2009

I was sitting on the chairlift at Park City Mountain Resort on Christmas Day and it hit me.
(Holy Crap!) I’m gonna be a dad!
Of course I had my iPhone 3GS with me which enabled me to record my thoughts as I was formulating them. This wasn’t the first time I’ve done some videoing from a [...]

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Social Media Is Not Necessary

December 16, 2009

Yeah. I said it. I know that I’m the Director of Community at Blue Sky Factory. I realize that I’m a huge advocate of social media. In my list of “things I love,” social media is right up there with email marketing.
So what gives? How can I make such a (bold) statement?
Meet Malcolm Atherton
Look at [...]

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In ‘N Out Burger: What Would You Camp Out For?

December 2, 2009

What would you camp out overnight for?
This was the question posed by Casey Scott from Channel 2 (KUTV), Salt Lake City on the 6AM news on Thursday, November 19th, 2009. Casey asked this to the morning viewers as well as the dozen of us who had just spent the evening in tents and sleeping bags [...]

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Jessie’s Girl

November 18, 2009

I just spent 4 days on a boat. Go ahead, sing along…
I was fortunate to be one of the nearly 50 people who attended the Social Fresh Cruise. However, while we had an amazing time, we were not the “main attraction.” Far from it. A large chunk of the cruisers were part of the Second [...]

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That Department Does Not Communicate Directly With Customers

November 5, 2009

Nothing is more important than the customer.
I’ve worked in the service industry most of my life. The above statement is true, nearly 100% of the time. I realize that there are times when the customer is wrong, when they are idiots, when you don’t want their business or to be associated with them, but for [...]

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Not Everyone Hates The Dentist

November 3, 2009

My dad is a dentist.
His older brother was as well. So was my grandfather. I broke the family tradition. I knew pretty early on that I would not be a dentist when I cringed at the sight of blood.
I’m not sure if it’s my family history or something else, but unlike most people, I do [...]

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Don’t Write About Me

October 28, 2009

A few weeks ago, I went to Vegas for the Blogworld Expo. The keynote was delivered brilliantly by Chris Brogan (see dude in picture to your right). Dave Thomas, my new friend and really funny/smart guy took some pretty good notes. The one sentence (plea?) that jumped out at me the most was the following [...]

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Bear Hugs vs. Handshakes

October 14, 2009

I’ve been meeting a lot of people online lately.
OK. Reading that sentence above without proper context comes across as a bit creepy. What I meant to say was that thanks in part to my new role as Director of Community at Blue Sky Factory, I’ve had the opportunity to engage with folks via various online [...]

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P = MBA

October 12, 2009

I first heard the equation P = MBA two years ago when my good friend Eric Boggs wrote about it. Eric’s post retells the story of a professor who says that formula is the single most important one they will learn in the two years of business school.
After just having graduated with my MBA, I [...]

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Does Language Matter?

October 1, 2009

If you spend any amount of time with me (online or face-to-face), you’ll quickly realize that I pretty much have 4 go-to words.
Pumped
Awesome
Love
Dude
I use them all the time. I mean…really a ton.
Do Words Define You?
I wouldn’t call any of these 4 words professional. I wouldn’t say that they make me sound more intelligent or more [...]

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