Comment Of The Week: Jessica On Fighting The “Norm” of Hand-Washing

Shout-out to Jessica for her valid comment on hand-washing in the kitchen sink.

I am so glad to hear someone else is willing to fight the “norm” of hand washing in the kitchen sink. I was brought up with this as the standard, and not until I was a teen did I even see anyone wash their hands in the kitchen sink, and when I did I was so grossed out.

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Marketing Leadership Is Shifting From Command-And-Control To Cultivate-And-Coach

My early marketing leadership experiences included heavy-handed dictation of superlative messaging that the organization was expected to abide by. While this strategy sometimes could achieve alignment and convey strength, it often came across as forced and arrogant.… Read the rest

SEO Spammers Are Corrupting The Social Media Commons

Comment spam on blogs is reaching unprecedented levels of desperation.

As an author and editor of several personal and professional blogs over the past five years, I know that comments used to be completely decipherable as either legitimate feedback or spamdexing.Read the rest

Eight Years Later: Better Today Than Ever

The reason I took a little time off this week is that it is Laura’s and my wedding anniversary. We got married November 4, 2000. My cousin Smoke recently posted a wedding pic to Facebook, which I present here. Also here is a picture taken of us a few weeks ago, evidence of our expanding family.… Read the rest