First President Obama comes out publicly and says that he supports gay marriage, and now this … Chris Rand of BMON: Still wasting time and money on directories?. In the past, I might have said that its worth taking the time … Continue reading
Yep, I’ve been doing this blogging thing for ten years. Well, ‘doing’ is a relative term. Back in 2002, I posted nearly every business day. Now I’m down to a couple times a month, sometimes less than that. Warning: this … Continue reading
I’m happy doing what I’m doing. But maybe you aren’t. Maybe your willing to move to a different city or state … I’m not. But this job service seems to have some good openings. I’ve been getting their weekly alerts … Continue reading
Alright, time to take a look at another major online industrial directory… GlobalSpec came out of the internet bubble, and maintains a pretty strong marketing program that makes them look like the big boys in B2B online directories. I’ll give them … Continue reading
It’s always an interesting experience when I have to flip thru my spam box making sure I didn’t miss an important email. Besides all the usual seedy stuff, I saw several emails that were from publishers I already know I … Continue reading
One of the big buzzes this week is radio/podcast show This American Life’s episode Retraction, documenting the errors of their previous episode about China’s suppliers to Apple, called Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory. As I listened to Retraction, I couldn’t … Continue reading
Back in January, I promised a review of major online directories for 2012. Well, based on my in-attention, it must be a pretty boring subject. I’ll have to make a separate post about why the subject is boring. Let’s get … Continue reading
I’ve been staring at my computer blankly this morning, overwhelmed. Part of the challenge of B2B marketing is the jargon. We need to make sure the language we use is concise, consistent, and understandable. Jargon is actually acceptable and commonly used, … Continue reading
Kind of my first attempt at ‘cloud storage’ for my team about three years ago: Buy a domain & get unlimited hosting at Bluehost.com. Set FTP paths to sub-directories set at 755 (so visible path/nav to browsers). Show staff how to quickly … Continue reading
One of the reasons I started this blog was to discuss the advent of online industrial directories like Industrial Quick Search and GlobalSpec, as well as consider the struggles of the goliath of paper directories, Thomas Publishing (now ThomasNet). It’s been … Continue reading