It’s been a crazy couple of weeks getting ready for Creator Economy Expo. My days tend to look like this: Monday: Why did you start another event? Tuesday: Starting an event was an amazing idea. You are brilliant Joe. Wednesday: You are an idiot. Thursday: I need ice cream. Or beer. Let’s do both. Friday: What […]
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I’m reading The Power of Regret from Dan Pink (I’m doing my homework as he is keynoting Creator Economy Expo). It’s fascinating to think we can harness something like regret, which has generally (to me) seemed like such a negative thing. How many people say no regrets? This book is making me question some things. I’m wondering, can we
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Returning to the Stage Last week I spoke at Social Media Marketing World in San Diego (see image). It was my third speech since the pandemic started and my first in 2022. I spoke about the opportunity in social tokens and NFTs (for marketers and content creators). Here’s the PowerPoint if you’d like to see it.
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Money Is Changing If you get a chance, it’s worth listening to this 15-minute podcast from Nathanial Whittemore on the economic side of what’s happening re: Russia/Ukraine. A good part of me is for the multiple sanctions on Russia by both the US government and US-owned companies. Feels like the right thing to do. But it does
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The Best Super Bowl Ad This was the first year in a long time that I honestly analyzed all the ads from the Super Bowl. But first, did you see all the celebrity talent this year? My wife mentioned it about halfway through the Super Bowl and she was right…about every other commercial featured a celebrity…and
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Love Is a Verb quick note…thank you to all that donated to my Orange Effect Foundation page two weeks ago. I’m already halfway to my goal because of you wonderful people. Valentine’s Day is next week. I think of two things on that day. First, it’s the day I proposed to the love of my life.
Asking for Help and the It’s Early Days of NFTs – #79 Read More »
Staying Focused I normally have an orange notebook by my side. On one page, is a list of ideas for the future. Often times I want to start on any one of them…or even a few. And then I think of Jeff Bezos and Amazon. Amazon sold books in 1995. Only books. For three years,
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