For months I wanted to have my blog re-done, but I could never justify spending that much on something that quite frankly, didn't really make me any money. Great design costs quite a bit, and I just never felt my blog design was a high enough priority. Of course I could go the free or premium theme route, but these days, they are all really looking quite the same and if I was going to change things up, I really wanted something unique that no one else could have. A high-quality website will ...
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Strategies 360 Is Hiring: Marketing & Social Media Associate
Like I mentioned in my earlier post, things couldn’t be better in my new gig at S360. So good in fact that it’s only taken a little over a month and a half to already need to hire my first team member and I couldn’t be more excited about it. Today I begin my search for the first piece of many in building out the S360 Marketing & Social Media team. I’ve always loved mentoring and teaching, and I look forward to finding someone I can work and partner with. There’s ...
Social Media Strategies Summit & More
Well I’m now 4 weeks in on the new gig at Strategies 360 and it’s been awesome. There’s something to be said about being in a position with full creative freedom and it’s invigorating. I absolutely love being able to build out a marketing/social media business for the firm, and we’re already making things happen with some pretty significant clients. If there’s one thing I’ve learned all these years is to always balance confidence with humility. It would be untrue to say that I ...
The New Gig: VP of Marketing & Social Media @ Strategies 360
It would take a pretty sweet opportunity for me to leave what was a pretty good situation at Microsoft. Despite the fact that I was unhappy with my role, with some patience, I may have been able to eventually landed elsewhere in the company. But when an opportunity like the one at Strategies 360 presented itself, I had to jump all over it. Needless to say I'm thrilled to be joining Strategies 360 as their new VP of Marketing & Social Media. In addition to being everything and more in a role ...
Laying Off Microsoft
A little over 5 years ago I packed up the family and we trekked from Chicagoland to Seattle for a new chapter in our lives. I had been working independently for about 5 years doing web development and internet marketing and doing well enough to support the family with my wife working. When son #2 came along, she wanted to be a stay at home mom, so I had to close up shop and find something more stable. There was no question really when Microsoft offered. Sure, moving the family from ...
MacBook Air vs MacBook Pro: MacBook Air Review After Owning The MacBook Pro
So a few months ago I went into my local Apple store and had the opportunity to play around a bit with the newly launched MacBook Air. Needless to say it was one sexy piece of hardware, and I of course wanted it badly. I couldn't really justify owning both a Pro and Air, so I started to actually do a bit of research on the Air to see if I could function on a machine with less power. I don't do a ton of video or graphics work, but I do on occasion and I wanted to make sure I wouldn't sacrifice ...
