Jeff Nolan's take on innovation, entrepreneurship, tech and stuff that interests me
At the Facebook Marketing Conference yesterday the company made some pretty big announcements, one of which concerned app developers like Get Satisfaction, which is the move to the Timeline interface on Brand Pages. “The goal is to make Pages more engaging and more social,” said Gokul Rajaram, Facebook’s product director for ads. This is good [...]
From time to time I think of this scene in Rocky Balboa, an under-appreciated installment in the Rocky franchise. As a parent you can’t help but think of how to impart on your children the notion that nothing is life is given to you and to win requires work and fighting through the obstacles that [...]
Read this interesting post on the demise of Facebook commerce initiatives. This data suggests that brand marketers should focus on optimizing their ecommerce sites for purchases on desktop/notebooks and tablets, and their mobile sites for researching future purchases. It also suggests that mobile shopping apps are a distraction for both merchants and consumers and will [...]
Last week I was in Atlanta to support Brent Leary’s Social Business Atlanta event. When Brent called me last year and said he was putting together an event I said “sign us up” without even knowing what he was planning. I trust Brent and have confidence in his ability to pull together an interesting roster of [...]
Last night I made a dish that I was truly proud of upon the first bite, and I am not sure whether to be pleased or concerned that I had each of the necessary ingredients in my freezer and produce bin without having to take a single trip to the market. I strive for a [...]
Despite having a well documented affection for the kitchen, and being a geek at heart, I do not have much of a gadget streak when it comes to kitchen appliances. In fact, it’s safe to say that I am a skeptic when it comes to kitchen appliances and have a pretty high bar to overcome [...]
I remember the first time I saw someone take a picture of a whiteboard, thinking at the time how clever it was but also how it rendered the expensive whiteboard printing devices we had utterly useless by comparison. Over the years the creeping utility of the camera phone has permeated so many aspects of my [...]
Gilt Groupe was one of the pioneers… the concept is simple, create scarcity for highly desirable merchandise in a time or unit limited online sale that relied on social channels for promotion. Wham. Slam dunk. It’s been all the rage in online retail and shows no sign of abating. Gilt has expanded into multiple categories… [...]
I’ve had a long relationship with Patelco Credit Union, they were the first financial services company I became a customer of when I first entered the work force and even though my needs have exceeded the services they offer I do rely on them for a credit card that I use almost exclusively. I like [...]
I have a unique background among small company (I’m loath to write “startup”, Get Satisfaction is more substantial than that) executives in that I have venture capital, and very large company to very small company experience. I don’t think this makes me more or less prepared for the daily challenges, it just gives me a [...]