LISTEN READ Great headline right? How Ron Artest Punching An NBA Fan Changed The Trajectory Of My Career. Yep, I had this awesome memory while sitting down recently for a talk with three really cool college sports marketing students that are interning with a professional sports league. Their VP gave me the opportunity to talk…
Read MoreREAD Me to my kids: “Guys, did you know it’s good luck when you see the sun and the moon at the same time?” My kids to me: DAAAAAAD, you say EVERYTHING is good luck.” They’re onto something. A positive attitude. Telling yourself something is good luck is the first step towards having a great…
Read MoreWATCH READ So I’ve blogged quite a bit recently about the fact that I made a business decision to attend VoiceCon in NYC hosted by VaynerMedia and VaynerExperience. The Voice frontier is extremely reminiscent of Web 1997 or Social Media 2006. It’s early, but there’s no better time to get started podcasting, building Alexa Skills…
Read MoreREAD I’m huge on this concept. When you have a chip on your shoulder, you perform better. You have a reason to prove to yourself, and to someone else, that you can do it. You just become even more motivated and driven than normal. Agree or disagree, follow me for a second, because I think…
Read MoreWATCH READ I attended the VoiceCon VIP Dinner at Lafayette’s Restaurant in NYC to learn more about building Alexa Skills for Businesses and the Opportunity that exists for Data Driven Design to lead the charge. This is part of my conversation with Gary Vaynerchuk on the subject. Thanks for reading, and have a great day!…
Read MoreREAD Why am I investing time and money at VoiceCon in NYC? After all, I’m a digital marketer and web developer. Why do I need a podcast? Or what do I care about Alexa Skills? Well, this isn’t about using Alexa to listen to music or finding the best podcasts to listen to. This is…
Read MoreREAD Speaking Client is Important to Us. Here’s what it means. Unfortunately, there’s still an “anti-client” sentiment or at least undertone out there in many agencies. There are “client memes” and “client jokes” as well as “age old adages” that agencies yuck it up over. Some call them “war stories.” This is because most agencies…
Read MoreREAD Courage. Curiosity. Consistency. Commitment. My amazing sister graduated from college recently and I attended her commencement ceremony. In addition to it being a joyous occasion for our family and my parents, it was a great learning experience for me. Seeing what a college graduate looks like from 15 years after I graduated is pretty…
Read MoreREAD Music has always been HUGE to me. At age 6, I was introduced to Run-DMC by my cousin Pat in Philly. Done. I was hooked on hip-hop. The Raising Hell album was dubbed on a tape that I broke by listening to it 1k+ times on my Walkman. If Spotify existed back then, I…
Read MoreWATCH LISTEN READ Loving your work is this dreamy statement that comes across as something very easy to achieve. The reality is that “loving what you do,” is not absolute, nor is it constant. It’s ever-changing. I recently had the opportunity to talk to about 100 high school students in Spring Hill, TN with my…
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