About two years ago Kevin Dugan and I were talking over a cup of coffee in Mt. Adams in Cincinnati. We were chatting about all things nerdy, marketing happenings, community events, and sharing other miscellaneous tidbits of knowledge. We had so much fun just talking and riffing that day, and at the end of our […]
Ladies and Gentlemen… Tim Westergren
Posted on February 3, 2009 //
In January of 2006, I discovered Pandora.com. Almost immediately, I began telling people about the site. A few days later, I even posted a thank you note on my blog to Tim Westergren, the founder of Pandora. Yesterday, I had the very distinct honor of introducing Tim at the Cincinnati Social Media Breakfast. My […]
Joey’s Monster Ball
Posted on September 25, 2008 //
One of my wife’s very good friends Molly passed along a link to this site, JoeysMonsterBall.com, which was put together by one of her friends Rachael Cross. Rachael is a young mother whose infant son Joey is terminally ill with Tay-Sachs disease. I have personally never met Rachael or her son Joey, but I […]
David E. Bowman – Squidoo Lens Returns
Posted on June 19, 2008 //
I gave a speech earlier this week to the Dayton LinkedIn Group. In the speech, I spoke about some easy ways that individuals can use the web to build their personal brand. One tool I referenced was Squidoo – one of the most useful sites (or grouping of sites) on the web. Squidoo is a […]
Worth 1,000 Words
Posted on June 9, 2008 //
Who said church marketing sucks? I saw this sign outside of a church in Cincinnati today, and of course had to go back and snap a picture… and of course had to share it with you. Now, either this church is taking a REALLY different approach to attracting new parishioners, or they need to get […]
Would You Miss Max & Erma’s?
Posted on April 28, 2008 //
I read in today’s Dayton Business Journal that Max & Erma’s, a regional restaurant chain, was being acquired by a firm out of Pittsburgh. Borrowing a question that my friend John Moore poses regularly on his blog Brand Autopsy, “Would you miss them if they were gone?” Details of the buyout of the chain of […]
Would You Miss Max & Erma’s?
Posted on April 28, 2008 //
I read in today’s Dayton Business Journal that Max & Erma’s, a regional restaurant chain, was being acquired by a firm out of Pittsburgh. Borrowing a question that my friend John Moore poses regularly on his blog Brand Autopsy, “Would you miss them if they were gone?” Details of the buyout of the chain of […]
Communication – The Point of PowerPoint
Posted on April 15, 2008 //
A few weeks back I was asked by fellow LUCRUM employee and friend Andy Erickson to speak to the Agile Round Table, a technology focused group that meets monthly here in Cincinnati. The topic – PowerPoint. It was supposed to be done 20 seconds per slide, and 20 slides, but once I got going I […]
Congratulations Ian
Posted on April 4, 2008 //
My nephew Ian has been named the WCPO Channel 9 Student of the Week. This is quite an accomplishment, and just the latest cool thing, in an ongoing series of cool things, that Ian has accomplished. If anyone is deserving of this honor, it is Ian. He is an amazing young man, who is highly […]
Productivity, Commuting, and Cincinnati Metro
Posted on March 18, 2008 //
Why would I ride the bus? Why would anyone with a working automobile choose to ride the bus for that matter. The automobile offers freedom, flexibility, and autonomy – not to mention music, news, heat, and comfort. Public transit authorities have tried “save the air” as a marketing message, but that is too big a […]