WATCH 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 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 I think it’s important for all businesses to take a step back and reflect on why they do what they do. What’s their story? Not to be fancy, but to identify how your business truly provides value to your customers. How do you do it better than your competition? What is your differentiator? Data…
Read MoreREAD In 2006, my beautiful wife Kate (sorry, I always refer to her that way, but she is a beautiful person, so I can’t NOT refer to her that way 🙂 said that she wanted to run a marathon. It was on her “bucket list.” I was totally out of shape – like 55+ pounds…
Read MoreREAD Man, this may seem weird to some of you, and others may totally get it, but here goes. I hate when my Nikes get dirty. Like, of course, the shoes I wear to work, but I’m also talking about my running shoes – you know, the shoes that are SUPPOSED to get dirty. This…
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…
Read MoreREAD I’m starting to think that the most important skill someone can learn is how to set your mind in a specific direction (also known as “mindset.”) Mindset is not just some froofy feel good inspirational term that Instagram influencers toss around, it’s a real thing. I mean it, you can actually control the way…
Read MoreListen READ World class athletes stretch their muscles all the time. It’s super time-consuming, sometimes painful, and always annoying, but stretching is not just for show, it’s for incredibly important maintenance, recovery and injury prevention. I always maintain that sports and business have unlimited parallels. The small business parallel to stretching for athletes, is for…
Read MoreREAD I’ve waited for a few weeks to make this post. Well, I’ve procrastinated, as today is the day that my Michigan State Spartans DID NOT win the national championship. In fact, not only did that NOT happen, but their arch rival Michigan Wolverines made it to the Championship game of the NCAA Tournament, losing…
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