Arts and crafts with agency models today. 

Not enough people focus on taking an idea from concept to completion. There’s a lot of ugly stuff in the middle there: budgets, plans, clients, dates, organization or personnel issues, etc. 

But when you can help a client solve their execution problems as well as the conceptual problems, and actually do the work you promised, that’s the pot of gold. 

Taking a little inspiration from the school of Seth Godin and Amber Rae here today too.

Arts and crafts with agency models today.

Not enough people focus on taking an idea from concept to completion. There’s a lot of ugly stuff in the middle there: budgets, plans, clients, dates, organization or personnel issues, etc.

But when you can help a client solve their execution problems as well as the conceptual problems, and actually do the work you promised, that’s the pot of gold.

Taking a little inspiration from the school of Seth Godin and Amber Rae here today too.

Listening and Interacting

A couple good pieces today on content and listening. Quick and simple, but often overlooked principles that apply to all marketing, not just “social media.”

“What’s in your Facebook feed?” by Bijan Sabet

“Listenting Redefined” by Percolate 

Marketing always comes back to just being a conversation between a brand’s people and their clients/users. Keep that in mind with everything you put out there and you’re head and shoulders above the rest.

This made me laugh this morning. 
in reference to this.

This made me laugh this morning. 

in reference to this.

Tip: “Rub salsa on your nipples.” 

Seriously guy?

Tip: “Rub salsa on your nipples.”

Seriously guy?

whitewhine:

A Bubbly White Whine

I have a deep appreciation for this.

whitewhine:

A Bubbly White Whine

I have a deep appreciation for this.

A proper Bloody Mary at The Spotted Pig #nyc #westvillage #thespottedpig (Taken with instagram)

A proper Bloody Mary at The Spotted Pig #nyc #westvillage #thespottedpig (Taken with instagram)

The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain…
Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address (via patrickdonohue)
outside Terroir #sf #folsom  (Taken with instagram)

outside Terroir #sf #folsom (Taken with instagram)

post-birthday hangover, but not looking as bad as I feel

post-birthday hangover, but not looking as bad as I feel