Learning by Doing: Jeff Widman interviews Charlie Hoehn & Aidan Nulman about interning with Seth Godin

This is the first, last, and only episode of the Gen Y Marketing Podcast. In this twenty minute segment, I interview Charlie Hoehn & Aidan Nulman about: Interning for Seth Godin Listening to your audience versus doing what you think works Generation Y–what’s hype, what’s legit How they define marketing A bunch of other interesting stuff I can’t remember. (Hat tip to Brian Russell for the ... Read More...

A short tactical post

A friend recently asked how to get her own domain name (I am shocked by how few people do this!): if you’re a non-techie, this is the simplest way to get yourname.com…(and retain a Gmail interface) if you’re a techie…(you wouldn’t ask) if you’re heading into the job/contract market, you’d purchase hirefirstname.com…(much harder to miss-spell if spoken in a voicemail) Related posts:Thank You, Lord. ... Read More...

Creating Useful Filters Rather Than Useless Speed Bumps

As long as we live in a resource-constrained world (time, money, etc), we will create filters to separate the top-notch from the tolerable, the Thinkpad’s from the Acer’s, the Nunatak’s from the Campmor’s. Most of these filters are intuitive, unconsciously acted upon. I remember hearing a basketball referree, a seasoned college-level veteran, recount how crowds went from respectful to jeering when he ... Read More...

How to Network

At least once a week someone asks me “How do I become a better networker?” My opus on the subject. Related posts: Still here… Despite the silence, I’m still here… Working at a camp... What do you mean, I lost all my data?!! Wrote a nice post last night about both my reasons... Ask her! My buddy Brian recently shared a story of clever marketing... Read More...

I Can’t Believe This Interview Happened Three Months Ago!

In October, Matthew Scott interviewed me for his Men@Pause podcast series. Don’t know that I’m a man at pause (especially given this tweet), but I thoroughly enjoyed the experience.  And it’s not every day you get interviewed by a former Psychological Warfare specialist and combat paratrooper! The broad topic was Gen Y–specifics included: Distinctly generational definitions of success Why Gen Y prefers multiple mentors Generational ... Read More...

Just Learned A Friend Died–Three Nights Ago He Was Telling Me What Mattered In Life

[My apologies for the lack of artful brevity in this post. I'm just typing this one out on the fly.] I met Rollan at Pub night–a weekly hang-out of twenty-something Christians in the Palo Alto area.  Rollan was a gregarious Asian, forty-six years old, divorced, with three kids. Despite his age, he occasionally dropped by, and I enjoyed chatting with him ... Read More...