It’s no secret the disdain I feel for United Airlines. That said, I found this great ad from the ’90s on YouTube: I love this message (even though he refers to “phones and faxes” rather than “emails and social networks”). “We used to do business with a handshake,” the speaker says. In the end, he…
DetailsI’ve been called a lot of things in my day. When I began wearing the hat of an SEO specialist at Metzger, that list grew longer— some for the better, some for the not so better. Say what you want about PR professionals (no, don’t. Jill Thompson scares me.), but my approach to SEO has…
DetailsKlout is crap. There, I said it. Maybe I’m making myself unpopular right now and I’m sure my Klout score will plummet in the next 24 hours, but it needs to be said. For those of you who aren’t in the know, Klout is a web-based social media analytics tool that supposedly measures a user’s…
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I’ve spent much of the last 12 hours thinking about what I can say here about the passing of Steve Jobs. The conclusion I’ve come to is that I cannot improve on the sentiment of this script from a 1997 Apple commercial. My friend and colleague Amber Naslund shared this on Facebook last night, and I…
DetailsNetflix CEO Reed Hastings began his blog post Sunday with the words, “I messed up,” then proceeded to mess up even more. His business started out as a way to make renting movies easier and more affordable. Movies in your home when you want them. In one blog post, he threw 14 years of customer…
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Have you joined Google+ yet? I have chosen to ignore the invitations clogging my inbox because I feel my social networking quota is already met. Currently, I am active on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Foursquare. One more social network may just overload me and I don’t think I’m the only one fatigued by the thought…
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People often wonder what technology is doing to our society. Some people believe that advances in technology are making children lazy, fat and more prone to ADHD. Others are worried that, because the Internet gives us the ability to access vast amounts of information instantly at our fingertips, children no longer need to memorize information…
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As I write this blog post, the Denver Business Journal is hosting an event to honor Outstanding Women in Business. I have a good working relationship with the Journal and as a former newspaper reporter, I can certainly understand the need to create other sources of revenue for the paper. I even worked with a…
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The other day I watched Enter the Dragon, arguably the best kung fu movie ever made, and certainly one of Bruce Lee’s finer performances. One of my favorite moments in the movie is when a kickboxer from New Zealand, Parsons* asks Bruce Lee to show him the art of “fighting without fighting.” Here’s the scene:…
DetailsHaving grown up with baby boomer parents, there is a distinct difference in our generations when it comes to technology. Being a millennial, I have grown up using computers, the Internet and have easily evolved with the changes in the digital world… my baby boomer parents are definitely the opposite. While my parents choose to…
DetailsI got an email today from a broker at a major firm (I’ll leave all the names out, company and individuals). Here’s what it said: Mr. Metzger, We spoke on the phone not too long ago and I thought of you for the following event: I’d like to invite you and a guest to a…
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No, this isn’t a fanboy post. I’m not going to gush about Lion or the Air or the iPad. I was amazed today by this headline — Survey: Consumers Want iPhone 5, Sight Unseen. Here’s a quote: So frenetic is the fever pitch that 35 percent of nearly 3,000 US consumers surveyed online said they would…
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