A Loner? Loving It?

As I’ve often written here, I’ve been fortunate as an independent consultant.  I have been kept both busy and challenged throughout the “interesting times,” in the Chinese sense, of the last two years. Along the way, I made the decision that I wanted to remain independent  — alone.  I don’t want to build another marketing [...]

Brogan, Rowse and Clarke: Blogging’s LeBron, DWade and Chris Bosh? Tulip Time for New Media Mania

When I became a corporate “outsider,” almost three years ago, I felt that marketing as a business function was changing fundamentally.  I plunged into research mode to learn how the “old media” (print publications, radio, network & cable TV, with staff writers employed by giant media companies) were giving way to the “new” (citizen publishers [...]

Greetings from Hallmark… Budding Photo Pros Getting Smart with Social Media

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I had the great pleasure and distinct honor to give a talk to about 200 students of photography a couple of weeks ago — out in Turner’s Falls at the Hallmark Institute of Photography. I was invited by an old friend, John Nordell, who is an artist and photojournalist, and also an instructor at Hallmark.  [...]