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Is this sales letter a help or hindrance?

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:45:50 -0400

Is this sales letter a help or hindrance?:

I got this email in my inbox this week from a vendor I have worked with, or researched. I paraphrased where necessary to keep the email anonymous [in brackets].

Subject: [Vendor] offers end…

Marketing Automation Roundup

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:40:56 -0400

Marketing Automation Roundup:

Check out the Reachforce blog for marketing automation vendor profiles. Each profile, provided by the vendors, gives a great overview on what they do, and how their system works. Check it out!

Falling in love with the deal and other sales tips

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:20:14 -0400

Falling in love with the deal and other sales tips:

My first job after college was a really strange opportunity that was a little too much like the “Boiler Room.” Although the job was the wrong fit for me, I received some excellent advice from…

How to lose a customer (or a few) in 3 easy steps

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:28:04 -0400

How to lose a customer (or a few) in 3 easy steps:

OK, I have been neglecting my blog a bit. It has been a busy summer. Transitioning into a new position and a lot of fun over the summer. Look for more regular posts from me, and I hope to…

Going Social with your marketing efforts

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:24:50 -0400

Going Social with your marketing efforts:

Good article with a few ideas on how to incorporate social media in your marketing efforts.

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Going Social with your marketing efforts

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:16:31 -0400

Good article with a few ideas on how to incorporate social media in your marketing efforts.

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Free dance classes in Oakland

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:42:19 -0400

Free dance classes in Oakland:

My coworker sent me a link to these free Ballroom classes: http://www.lindendance.com/calendar.html

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Free dance classes in Oakland

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:36:26 -0400

My coworker sent me a link to these free Ballroom classes: http://www.lindendance.com/calendar.html

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Goodwill donations

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:23:23 -0400

Goodwill donations:

Saw this in SF over the weekend with @leedya.

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Goodwill donations

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:52:03 -0400

Saw this in SF over the weekend with @leedya.

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Don’t drink and drive farm machinery

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:14:39 -0400

Don’t drink and drive farm machinery:

NPR: Drunk German Demonstrates How Not To Get Home

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Don't drink and drive farm machinery

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:47:11 -0400

NPR: Drunk German Demonstrates How Not To Get Home

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Easy ways to make your office more green

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:32:44 -0400

Easy ways to make your office more green:

Everyone is trying to go green. Here a few easy ways your business more green.
1. Minimize the number of individual printers on employees desks. It is amazing how much less people print when…

Easy ways to make your office more green

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:06:13 -0400

Everyone is trying to go green. Here a few easy ways your business more green.
1. Minimize the number of individual printers on employees desks. It is amazing how much less people print when they need to walk further. ;)
2. Convert to digital paystubs, if you haven’t already. I imagine many employees review, scan, shred. This cuts out lots of steps for your employees and you HR team. And Adobe Acrobat or similar PDF creation tool is cheaper than the time you spend on postage/stuffing envelopes.
3. Get you employees mugs and water bottles. You probably have company swag. And these 2 are popular ones. Give on to each employee and lead by example: use it for you water cooler, tea and coffee. Sure you have to wash a few more dishes, but you’ll have less trash.
4. Ditch the bottled water for a cooler of better yet filtered tap. Either way you’ll use less plastic and decrease transport costs.

I thinks these are a few easy and low cost ways. Chime in if you have ideas.

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#Palmpre: Crackberry for the rest of us?

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:17:35 -0400

#Palmpre: Crackberry for the rest of us?:

Raise your hand if you know a blackberry user. Keep them raised if the use it for personal stuff.

Keep them raised if the personal > work.

I’m sure if we were in a room of 100 people the…

#Palmpre: Crackberry for the rest of us?

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:43:59 -0400

Raise your hand if you know a blackberry user. Keep them raised if the use it for personal stuff.

Keep them raised if the personal > work.

I’m sure if we were in a room of 100 people the number of hands left in the air would be less than 20.

Blackberries are the consumate work phone. To get your mail your company needs a special server. Cell phone carriers tack on the $30/month Blackberry surcharge, which frankly, even for the biggest Facebook addicts, isn’t worth it unless someone else foots the bill,

In contrast the iphone is the consumate “play” phone. Games, music, and movies are a breeze. Work? Steadily improving.

If you recall, when Palm launched the Centro, it was called the “life” phone for work and home. But it lacked the work streed cred of the Blackberry and the cool factor of the iphone. It sold a lot, but didn’t convert many existing smartphone users.

The Pre aims to change this by getting some work friendly features, and some play friendly ones. Let’s call it the crackberry for people looking for balance.

With that goal, Palm could be on to something. And the idea behind Synergy and WebOS support this notion.

Here’s to balance for work and play.

(BTW I wrote this on my Pre)

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Blogging with #palmpre

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:40:01 -0400

Blogging with #palmpre:

One of the things I’d like to do with my phone is fire off quick blog posts when I’m out or I have a brainstorm. The Pre looks like it can help with this.

This wasn’t really possible from my…

NYTimes: Rethinking Gender Bias in Theater

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:48:49 -0400

Ridiculous. Women scripts in theater = no chance

Rethinking Gender Bias in Theater

By PATRICIA COHEN

A yearlong research project, conducted by a Princeton economics student, both confirms and upends assumptions about bias in the playwriting business.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/theater/24play.html

I’m mobile.
510.459.7620

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Palm Pre impressions #palmpre

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:58:50 -0400

Wrapping my first day with my pre.

A few thoughts:
I love the screen and the UI. The screen is really sharp and the system font looks great. It’s modern and polished at the same time.

About the cards: I have hit the limit a few times. Noticed that when I use Tweed from the launcher it starts a new card. I think that’s a bit annoying. Otherwise they work great. The limits have com at the >10 mark.

About the battery: well I was down to 30% at 4 or so after nonstop pandora over wifi for at least 6 hours interspirsed with a few phone calls, texts and email notification set to as they arrive. The day started at 7 for me so that’s not bad.

The email:
The push gmail was pretty good. It typically arrives sooner than meebo’s notifier but there were a few occasions when meebo won by a hair.

What I miss from my centro? The transit schedules. They were apps but they required no internet and loaded fast. Perfect for when in Bart’s bay tunnel. Might have to get classic.

Stay tuned for more.

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Even though I didn’t win the contest…

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:24:25 -0400

Even though I didn’t win the contest…:

So I have been pretty excited about the Palm Pre since CES.
1. It has a keyboard
2. It is on Sprint, my carrier
3. Synergy sounded awesome
4. Multitasking or Synergy. A toss up.

So after…