Last night, I attended the Dayton Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 Awards Ceremony at the Dayton Convention Center. I was fortunate enough to have been chosen as one of the Class of 2011 award winners. Joined by my wife, several of my colleagues, and 400 of Dayton’s most influential leaders, the night was a great one. […]

MKTFYI — The Pilot Episode
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 […]
Fired Up for SummitUp
I am all fired up. The reason — SummitUp 2010. Two weeks from today, the SummitUp conference will take place in Dayton, Ohio. If you have never been or heard of SummitUp, check it out. SummitUp is a day long conference dedicated to exploring social media, marketing, business, technology, and creativity. The event is scheduled to […]

Marketing 4Me
A couple weeks back I wrote a blog post about something I called the Me3 model for marketing. This model was built around the idea that marketing involves 3 broad area of concern — message, medium, and measurement. In the time since, I have found it to be a very useful way to approach marketing, […]
Bring Google Fiber to Dayton
Google is looking to conduct an experiment where they will provide ultra high speed broadband internet to a community in the United States. Here in Dayton, a group has organized a campaign to bring this project to Dayton. I love the idea, and thought I would do my part to support the cause. The group, […]

me3
I find visual models to be a useful way to organize thoughts and explain concepts. I developed the following model as a way to understand the needs that my company addresses for our clients as well as the services we offer to address those needs. This also helps me to educate clients on the […]
Knock, Knock, Knock!
When you hear that bang on the door of life, it is important to check it out. Sure there are a fair share of times when you pull the door open to find nobody on the porch, but every now and again something special is waiting on the other side of the door. Why am […]








