This has been a fascinating year so far. My book PLATFORM: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF PERSONAL BRANDING published, I traveled for work and play, got to see my family, our company Bell + Ivy launched a Las Vegas office, and had several interviews and speaking opportunities. In fact, so…

I have been lucky enough to travel and speak at Global Ventures Summit all over the world. My first journey was to Bali, Indonesia. I had no idea what to expect when I was asked to be part of this incredible event, or what the startup landscape was like in…

The World Government Summit in Dubai, always leaves its attendees and viewers with a gratified, inspirational understanding of what governments and businesses across the globe are doing to improve the lives of citizens everywhere. This year, as the Raising Awareness and Human Social 2.0 panel wrapped up, there was one…

The film industry is a billion dollar business. Each year major these major studios piece together projects and fight to be the number one seller at box office. Some studios are consistently number one and consistently have record-breaking opening weekend numbers. What is their secret? The truth is that these…

Unfortunately for anyone who thought they could get out of analyzing numbers by getting into marketing, so much of Internet marketing is analyzing pages and pages of data, calculating rates, testing new features and then collecting more data to be analyzed. Fortunately, it’s not quite strict algebra, and there are…