Word-of-mouth marketing has been around… well kind of forever!! From the days that people used the bartering system, there were people who traded quality product and those who tried to get by trading the scraps. Villagers would warn their friends “Don’t barter with the man who lives in hut #2. Walk an extra mile to the man who lives in hut #10 and you’ll receive a better quality and a fairer trade.” The man in [...]

Here at the first night of Startup Weekend Dallas this fall and ready to hear some great ideas from this awesome crowd! I just got to catch up with the great guys from Proxomo that I had the privilege of working with at the first Startup Weekend in Dallas. They are making great progress and are currently in private beta. “Proxomo being back at Startup Weekend is a homecoming for us. A year later we’ve [...]

From the looks of things it would seem as if I haven’t been writing but au contraire! While I will admit my production has slowed, I’ve also been working on a some other projects like volunteering for DFW AMA, writing an ebook, and drafting up a plan for world domination. In fact, I’ve got 5 yummy little nougats of tips and advice sitting in draft format just waiting for me to clean them up and [...]

That’s right! I’ll now be speading the word on marketing, public relations, reputation management, social media and much more as the Dallas Marketing & PR Examiner on Examiner.com.

You’ve got to start somewhere and I can’t think of a better place than right here and right now. Don’t get me wrong, I got my start a long time ago when I used to send emails to my best friend through Juno and dial-up Internet service.