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Re: I hate “quality” “products” (and so should you)

bizgolf — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:29:44 -0000

I am kinda burned out with hearing the terms 'Brand' and 'Deliverables' used as Nouns.

Re: 10 Steps to Writing a Popular Blog Post in no Time Flat

tiffany ring — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:09:50 -0000

Adiós a aprender, tiffany argentinade exámenes, trabajo, vida, pésimo en el 2010 y esperamos que la transferencia de 2011. Deseche todos los problemas de luz que viaja 2011,2011 examen público es crucial. tiffany anillosExamen público sólo puede ayudarme a vengar de 2006, no se olvide de decir por sí mismos: todo el que no murió hoy, mañana, después de que muera el conjunto que, si tengo el derecho, tiffany anillosy que no ha utilizado la cantidad de dinero

Re: War, Meaning, and the Future of Social Business

søgemaskineoptimering københav — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 11:58:47 -0000

Global capitalism in the last century has been a conquest. It's a dog eat dog world, we say without much thought. Business is war.

Re: What’s Davos done for you lately?

escort services — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:56:05 -0000

Here's an excerpt from a Bloomberg report from Davos, Switzerland as the recent World Economic Forum wrapped up: "Finance executives [say]...this year they were able to relax...the panel discussions on executive compensation were gone

Re: A Defense of Blogging

søgemaskineoptimering — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:57:29 -0000

Yesterday I wrote about journalist and science blogger Ed Yong's unfortunate run-in with the kind of anachronistic journalism dinosaur that .

Re: What’s Davos done for you lately?

søgemaskineoptimering — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 01:52:03 -0000

What's Davos done for you lately? The authors of this post permit you to copy, distribute or refer to the text of the post in your own posts, white papers, .

Re: What’s Davos done for you lately?

touch screen thermostats — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:52:05 -0000

Nothing. Davos has done nothing for you lately. Unless, of course, you're one of the global elite who managed to snag an invite.

Re: Business and WikiLeaks: There’s nothing to fear

Andrew Swenson — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:16:38 -0000

Thanks for the thoughtful response Jason.

Your diagnosis of the problem is spot on. History has proven to us that some people will do whatever they can to get ahead. Even in my best dreams of what our economy might be, I know we'll still have that.

I think that's partly human nature to want more the easiest way possible, and partly because it's harder to do business ethically than it is to screw people over. It's harder to create business value that benefits everyone. But I think for the longterm survival of our economy we all have to rethink what kind of value we're creating. We're condemned to bubble-bust otherwise.

I mean, return on assets of publicly traded American companies will approach zero by 2020. Obviously something's not working.

As for who initiates change—I believe the tone of any organization is most effectively set by people in leadership positions (e.g. C-suite). If it's clear that a company values creating products that will help others (and still make a profit) it becomes a part of how they make decisions.

Much harder is the case of the organization that has a marketer or product manager who is concerned about these issues and tries to make a change. To them I say good luck. They don't have an easy battle ahead of them.

Thanks again Jason.

Re: Business and WikiLeaks: There’s nothing to fear

Jason Markow — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 03:56:09 -0000

On 'fear' and L.A.-

Lets start with fear- Andrew, this post is dead on. I agree that The Economist got it slightly wrong here, but for different reasons. I think that we should 'be afraid'. NOT for the potential leak of information, but the potential denial of said information with the 'agreement' of the internet facing major changes->

http://act.boldprogressives...

That's what I DO fear in this case.

So what about L.A.? Reflecting on the line "do business so that you aren’t devastated if your secrets get out" I can't help but reflect on my time spent in L.A. this year.

That line is so seemingly obvious and loaded with common sense, but I fear for many (particularly those trying to 'make it' out in L.A.) it is nothing more than an academic ideology. There are far more people that think they simply 'don't have enough' than there are those who are content with what they do have.

The problem lies with those willing to stab a few backs on their way to success. I have spent more time in the Hollywood Hills than I care to this year mingling with the occasional genuine, passionate, and authentic superstar amongst a sea of two faced, back stabbing, snake oil salesman types willing to do anything and I mean ANYTHING to achieve a perceived level of success.

IMHO, far too many are not content with the hand they were dealt and don't have/see any way to "do business so that [they] aren’t devastated if [their] secrets get out." so they screw others over. This is not going to change.

One of the lessons of Marketing101 was that this thing you refer to as 'thick value' is easy to apply to products/services that are thick in value, but in reality... most aren't. Many (if not most) products/services that most marketers work with are, er, less than 'valuable'.

The real question is if there is an absence of 'Thick value'- who initiates a change? Is it the responsibility of the marketer to say "This product is not to the quality/standards of our message" or the product manager to say "This message is not an accurate reflection of our product'?

Re: An Open Christmas Letter

Jason Markow — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 01:06:58 -0000

Solid post Andrew. Happy Xmas to you as well.

Re: An Open Christmas Letter

Andrew Swenson — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:52:13 -0000

Thanks Shane.

Re: An Open Christmas Letter

Andrew Swenson — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:52:06 -0000

Thanks Matt. How are things going by the way?

Re: An Open Christmas Letter

Andrew Swenson — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:51:51 -0000

Thanks Parker.

Re: An Open Christmas Letter

Andrew Swenson — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:51:41 -0000

Thanks Brad.

Re: An Open Christmas Letter

bradfordshimp — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:11:03 -0000

Beautifully written, and a great reminder. Thanks for sharing.

Re: An Open Christmas Letter

parker lee — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:38:04 -0000

did i just read a christmas story? very well written (:

Re: An Open Christmas Letter

Matt Harwell — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:27:13 -0000

What a lovely read.

Re: An Open Christmas Letter

Shane Mac — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 07:40:11 -0000

Great post man.

Re: 5 lessons from 4 months away from social media

Marcwinitz — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:53:12 -0000

Hey Andrew, good to see you back. Like everyone else I wondered what happened. Coincidentally I took a break from social media and blogging. Albeit for different reasons, but the hiatus was extremely positive. Being connected is great in some ways but you shouldn't have to be consumed by always being "on the grid". Anyways glad things worked out for you.

Re: 5 lessons from 4 months away from social media

brian — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:08:21 -0000

you rock andrew - i knew you would find your way through all this snarky cross-media/social-media hype bull dong and get to the nitty gritty of creating meaningful, sustaining and purpose-driven work to be proud of - i saw in you since day one.

it's not JUST bread and circuses you know.

Re: On leadership and social business

Cali Harris — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:30:27 -0000

Andrew, what you've written here, as well as your earlier post on the same topic, resonates for me right now. I worked with a couple of other people to start a community manager meetup in Boulder to give us a space to talk about some of these very issues.

My personal interest in community management falls into the coworking and social innovation/entrepreneurship spaces (where I'd ideally love to be serving the role as a community manager). Reading your posts, I've realized JUST how critical the internal community will be in these spaces.

In any case - it's nice to have you back playing on the social web. :)

Re: 5 lessons from 4 months away from social media

emilyjasper — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 10:31:53 -0000

Andrew, I'm glad to see you're better. I was always sad that we hadn't had a chance to connect when I was in St. Louis, but it sounds like the move to Nebraska is going well. Keep us posted on how things are going, and we're glad you're taking time to get healthy. I think we're all working to take time for ourselves nowadays.

Re: 5 lessons from 4 months away from social media

Laura Kimball — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 01:39:06 -0000

It's great to see you back online, Andrew. And thank you for sharing what you learned. When you and I first talked over Skype, I think you brought up how you want to help people in profound ways. Then again, I could be remembering it wrong. Either way I'm glad you brought it up, it's a good reminder to ask of ourselves.

Missed you, Andrew, even though we've only connected online. Welcome back. Look forward to seeing how this perspective moves your own needle.

Re: 5 lessons from 4 months away from social media

Grace Boyle — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:02:05 -0000

I love this post - very genuine and honest.

Also, good to hear you're doing better and things have settled down a bit.

At least 2-3 times a week I either meet with people IRL or get e-mails about people looking to make it big in blogging, or jump into it. I think starting small and also being authentic in what you want is the best and most realistic way to get going (with anything really).

Four months is a long time but also, a great amount of time to gain perspective. I also work online and have two blogs and run our company's Twitter account and blog so it's like blogs come out my EARS, but it's not unusual for me to unplug on the weekends or at least two nights a week I dont even open my computer when I'm at home. Getting away is good!

Re: 5 lessons from 4 months away from social media

Jason Markow — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:40:09 -0000

Ah that reminds me! I need to get a new reader set up on the site! Things have been well over at Tt(h)B. Just took a week to move everything from squarespace to wordpress. Glad you 'dig' the redesign- assuming that's what you meant... unless of course you are trying to take credit for it ;)