Monthly Archives: June 2009

Confusing bricks with mortar

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Gerard McLean

I think companies need four basic things with their online presence, 1. Design 2. Host 3. Market 4. Measure Right now, all of this is scattered all over the place. Companies are going to various places and duct-taping their needs … Continue reading →

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Listening is also an important part of using Twitter

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Gerard McLean

Jacqui Cheng wrote a blog post in which she posits: Twitter may be gaining new users at the speed of light, but more than half of those users aren’t actively participating in the service. With no tweets, no followers, and … Continue reading →

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The house of cheap is built on a foundation of cards

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Gerard McLean

I was reading ChrisBrogan.com this morning and one of his readers dropped a reference to a video by Louis CK about the age we live in. I posted it below to save us all a trip to YouTube. (more irony … Continue reading →

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Government should be counter-cyclic to the Main Street marketplace

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Gerard McLean

I was reading this article on Media Post regarding state services suffering because people were not playing the lottery as much and I remembered this blog post from January 2009. It applies still. Enjoy. This post originally appeared on DogWalkBlog.com … Continue reading →

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Fail if you must, but quit telling us about it

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Gerard McLean

I’m going to be a contrarian here and say that I long for the good ol’ days when we didn’t see the warts on our celebrities, our presidents weren’t shown in frailty and we didn’t see how sausage was made. … Continue reading →

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