It’s a phrase I heard come out of the mouth of a client recently. And it’s been stuck back in my head ever since.
Think about it. Passion is a buzzword today. People are looking for passionate fans. They want to create passion around their brand. Have passionate employees. The list goes on and on.
But passion [...]

Wow.
Geno and I got back from Orlando yesterday after spending some time with a lot of smart, engaged folks at BlogOrlando. This was my first experience with an “unconference” or even a format that remotely resembled an unconference. And I’m impressed.
The day got started with the wisdom of Jake McKee. I’ve heard Jake present a [...]

About 5 years ago, after years in the marketing industry, I almost left this business entirely. For those of you out there in blogland who don’t know me personally, here is my view of the world (taken from the “about me” section of my personal blog):

I am single mother. I have two amazing kids. I [...]

I know we have shared the story of Love146.org on this blog before. But it bears repeating.
The organization formerly known as Justice for Children International works toward the abolition of child sex trafficking and exploitation through prevention and aftercare. They came to Brains on Fire in the summer of 2007 with a problem. A [...]

Just got a an interesting email from my friend (and Brains on Fire’s founder), Mike Goot:
“I just finished reading a fascinating account of the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893, called The Devil in the White City. In it, Frederick Law Olmsted, landscape architect for the Exposition (who also designed New York’s Central Park and [...]

I spent last weekend in the always fun Las Vegas where I had the opportunity to speak at Blogworld. It was my first time at the event and I must say that it was an interesting time with a lot of good people and great conversations.
Here are a couple of completely random thoughts:
1) Dot com names [...]

So, Disney is spending millions of dollars on a new promotion for 2009…it will be called “What Will You Celebrate?”  Essentially, the deal is this…if you go to the Disney Parks on your birthday, you get in free.  You’ll also get a special button, so cast members and other guests can celebrate with you, and [...]

Thanks to John Moore for passing a great Time Magazine Blog interview by Justin Fox, the Curious Capitalist on as a must read a while back. Seriously. Read it here.
A couple of my favorite quotes:
“I was very adamant that you don’t have one set of values or principles or behavior that’s acceptable in your personal [...]

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Congrats! To work out the deets, dop us a line and we’ll chat. We’re looking forward to hanging out with you in Austin!
Matt should be there in 6-8 weeks.

OK, I’ll admit it I grew up watching black and white episodes of Dark Shadows. And no other gothic serial his perked my interest until TrueBlood on HBO. Oddly I’ve been totally in the dark about all the viral shenanigans for the show; vile’s of synthetic blood, comic books, a wiki, micro sites for the [...]