The Art of Quiet Influence
Quite a lot is being said about influence. Klout, Grader, and an array of other sites will grade your level of influence, and that is quickly becoming the standard of measurement for how we are doing on the web. Many online marketing people will teach you to expand your audience, how to use email lists, how to convert pageviews into sales, and teach you about the scarcity principal. They will tell you all about how to gain social proof and create authority. Many of these people are full of crap. Spending your time working to convert viewers into buyers is a soul-destroying waste of your...
read moreHave I Lost That Twitter Feeling?
It’s not you Twitter, it’s me. I’ve changed. I mean, I know we’ve been together for years now, but it seems that we have grown apart. Don’t get me wrong, I think you’re great. You’re more than great, you are wonderful. And we’ve had some really good times together, some good laughs, funny moments, and shared some meaningful links. But there’s something missing. We both know it and been avoiding this moment but the time has come. You know what I mean. I think we both need our space. This has been coming on for a long time. We just don’t communicate...
read moreAnocial is Back
New site, new ideas. It’s taken a while but there was really good reasoning behind taking about a month to get my site fully updated. Fully updated, that’s a bit of a stretch. There are simply too many past posts to alter so that it will look perfect on this site. That being said, all the pages have been updated and I have a cool little site, if I do say so myself. I wanted this site to convey both the professional maturity I have gained since I started Anocial and the fun I like to add into work. It’s a different site for a different type of marketing firm. I hope you like...
read moreThe Rebirth of a Website, the Refocusing of a Business
Design is easy. All you do is stare at the screen until a drop of blood forms on your forehead. ~Marty Neumier In an effort to constantly listen to you, Anocial has gone through a few changes. It is continuing this group of changes with a long needed site redesign. Some time today I will take Anocial down and start on the new look. Along with the new look will be new pages and new features. I’ve fallen off the mark a bit lately, but no worries. A new focus is just around the corner. Better look, better pages, and better content, is what you have to look forward to. See you guys on the...
read moreEat. Breathe. Run.
The hardest thing for me about running isn’t getting off my ass and doing it. It isn’t trying to beat yesterday’s time. The hardest thing about running is trying to beat the person I was. When I was 20 I could run forever and I hated it. Maybe I was burnt out after 10 years of soccer and track. Maybe it was because the Army was making me. Either way, I hated it. So when I left the Army, I came to a physical standstill. I didn’t run again until 4 months ago. I’m 41. In my head I can see the runner I once was and kick myself almost every morning for letting it...
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