[Editor's note: This post and podcast originally produced for Eastwick Communications here...] It always amazing to me how companies can have a ‘persona,’ seemly without even trying. That’s one of the many things that fascinates me about HubSpot. Right from the home page you get the sense you’re in the company of friendly individuals and [...]

[Editor's note: This post and podcast originally produced for Eastwick Communications here...] It’s an unfortunate aspect of live as a grown up that sometimes you have to associate with people you don’t especially like. That couldn’t be further from the truth with today’s Break through the Noise guest, Chris Heuer (and for that matter, his [...]

The power of social networks. That’s what we’ll be discussing at Duarte Design in Mountain View this evening at 6:30 PM, the site of tonight’s Social Media Club San Francisco Silicon Valley chapter. The evening will kick off the evening with a half-hour fireside chat with John Hagel, network effects expert and Director at Deloitte [...]

In my weekly, “Break through the Noise” podcast, I like to give you a wide variety of influencers, not only to get your creative juices flowing, but also how to grow communities and, ultimately, new revenue opportunities. And so I introduce you to a friend and visionary, Kevin Spier, executive at Bunchball. If you don’t know what [...]

I’m baaack!   Web 2.0 Expo has arrived and I am the house - or, more specifically, Moscone West in San Francisco – on behalf of my company Eastwick Communications.   I’m already noticing things that are different this year than last: More B2B exhibitors in the Expo Hall than last year, fewer familiar faces on session [...]

Next up: The great Kiwi Toby Segaran (Metaweb) on Social Data: Collecting, Mining, and Using it in Your Applications. [slideshare id=155950&doc=mining-social-data-for-fun-and-insight-1194273305593873-5&w=425]