I was talking to a buddy of mine recently about a conversation he had with a business owner looking for a new sales person. This was a smaller company, around 15 people, and they were looking to hire a rainmaker.…
As a father of 3 sons, I’m always concerned about time. Time to wake up, time for school, time for practice, time for dinner, time for your game, time for homework, time for bed. Squeezing everything that has to be…
I was listening to a podcast the other day when I heard a great example of brand differentiators: “Like any good story, the history of Benihana begins with the descendent of a samurai warrior and a small Tokyo coffee shop.”…
“Listen, our website will never sell anything.” I tend to write about topics that I hear repeatedly from clients and prospects, and this one got me thinking this morning. “This isn’t like Amazon, where you can buy what we do…
My co-workers and friends tease me all the time about being “color blind.” I make jokes, too. It’s all good-natured ribbing. And thankfully, it’s pretty rare that anyone holds a purple shirt in front of me and asks, “Oh, color…
The first time I ever built a Google Ad, I was pretty intimidated. Even if you’ve never made one, you’ve almost certainly seen and clicked on Google Ads—they’re the paid search results at the top (and sometimes bottom) of the…
A while back, you might’ve read my colleague Rosie’s post about What They Don’t Teach You In Design School. If you’re a writer, though, you were probably thinking, “But what about me?” I’m here to say (happily) that all of…
I don’t have to tell anyone that COVID-19 has caused a hell of a tear in the business world. Companies are going through gut-wrenching times, and leaders are flying blind not knowing what is going to happen next—or how to…
By now you’ve probably heard that the Atomicdust team is working remotely because of COVID-19. Our team is spread out across the area, united through Slack, email and our individual coffee makers working overtime. While we’ve always had flexibility and…
As COVID-19 spreads and the world changes a little more each day, making marketing decisions can be difficult, to say the least. Uncertainty about next steps—both as humans and as marketers—is rampant. But during this time of adversity, brands can…
