gdp's Comments

Hard Knox Life : Why is Fred Wilson hating on marketers?

Tue, 8 Mar 2011 20:41:19 +0000

I too was a bit disheartened when I came across Fred's post. As an agency guy, who recently turned my attention toward working with start-ups I agree that most agencies and start-ups probably wouldn't be a good fit. To Darren's point, if there isn't a marketing minded person in the start-up they desperately need an outside eye to help position their venture. Especially if someone from a technical background puts so much effort into building a product they can have a tough time taking a step back to figure out what the best way is to move things forward. Did any other marketing people respond to Fred's post? I've been looking for blogs/people to follow that have a lot to say about start-up marketing, especially after seeing that. Any resource suggestions be greatly appreciated.

N2Growth Blog : Social Media Responsibility

Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:49:44 +0000

Hey Mike, Thanks for writing this post, such an important topic (way more worthwhile than another stat on how many companies are or aren't using Twitter). I find myself in a similar situation cringing at some of the digital behaviors of our youth. As a digital marketing consultant, I've been praising the promise of these new technologies, but I also have been learning more and more about the negative side effects of our increasing use of digital. The one thing I would add is that the bystander phenomena is not entirely new. "The greater the number of people present, the less likely people are to help a person in distress." however I wholeheartedly agree with the overall message of your post. Recently I spoke to a group of high-school marketing educators about the current state of social media marketing. I learned from the teachers that their students have no problem using "social media" (they actually teach the teachers) but instead they need training on marketing principles and "real-world" social interaction. Keep fighting the good fight, and I hope others are keeping an eye out for the negative effects of our children's digital use...

Hard Knox Life : Going viral vs creating a meaningful relationship

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:52:47 +0000

I think this is a great quote Dave, thanks for sharing. To some extent I think you can have your cake and eat it to. For example if you create content that is easily sharable, or provides your audience with a reason they would want to share it can have a bit of "viral" built in. Sure there is the shallow, black swan viral hits like "the bed intruder song", but hopefully brands understand the difference between "viral comedy" and authentically remarkable content.

deputydog : massive jesus

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:20:17 +0000

And it just burnt down... http://www.journal-news.com/news/hamilton-news/je... Perhaps its a sign? What would Jesus spend his church's money on?

N2Growth Blog : Shaking-up Leadership

Tue, 8 Jun 2010 13:31:42 +0000

I really enjoyed this Mike, and it certainly hit home during my first years of corporate experience. My question is how do you bring in fresh talent and empower them with higher level "strategic decision making" without making the current leaders feel threatened? Working in the digital space, I think 20 years experience is worse than 2 years of experience (generalization). Shortly after reading this article I read this Harvard Business Review on "When you think the strategy is wrong". http://blogs.hbr.org/hmu/2010/02/when-you-think-t...