A few people have been asking me lately why they should start a blog. They say that in a world of real time updates, tweets, and other ways of interacting with friends that there is no need. They say that there is not enough time, too much noise, and no way to stand out in [...]
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Why write a blog at all?
Posted by Eric Friedman on October 4, 2010
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2010/10/04/why-write-a-blog-at-all/
NY Clothing Drive
Everyone has extra stuff to clean out of their closet, but no easy way to donate the bags of clothes. For that reason my friend David Fraga and I organized the New York Clothing Drive, where we come pick up your old items for free in the NY metro area. It is a simple idea [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on February 1, 2010
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2010/02/01/ny-clothing-drive/
“Meet Me for Coffee” – Informal Interviews with the Go-Between
This is a guest post from my friend David Schaffer It’s a familiar mantra of job hunters: it’s not what you know, but who you know. So often, searching for a new job involves contacting everyone you know in your field, alerting them to your interest in a new position, and arranging to meet over [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on December 18, 2009
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2009/12/18/%e2%80%9cmeet-me-for-coffee%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%93-informal-interviews-with-the-go-between/
Talk to your customers – and let them talk to each other
Last week my friend Spencer Fry from Carbonmade showed me a cool activity he participates in about once a month. His company sends out a message to its users inviting them into a Drop.io chatroom to discuss Carbonmade which is an online design portfolio company, and talk to the founders. More importantly, users get a [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on September 24, 2009
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2009/09/24/talk-to-your-customers-and-let-them-talk-to-each-other/
Marketing.fm is growing up (or year 3)
My friend Lee Jones and I started Marketing.fm in March of 2006, which feels like a decade ago. Since then a lot has happened and since I missed providing a 3 year birthday update this year I thought a post was due. If you want to catch up on previous milestones see Year 1 and [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on August 28, 2009
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2009/08/28/marketing-fm-is-growing-up-or-year-3/
Designing for Social Traction
It seems to be presentation week at Marketing.fm but as I find great resources I like to share and archive them here. This one comes from social web design expert Bokardo. I am sorry I missed this one in person, but that is why being able to share and embed great presentations is helpful. Designing [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on August 14, 2009
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2009/08/14/designing-for-social-traction/
Corporate Culture (NetFlix)
I have worked at a few different companies since I started my career, while in college at many traditional organizations and after college at a few startup environments. I came across this presentation by NetFlix at CommunityGuy and wanted to share it here. Culture View more presentations from reed2001. It goes into some great points. [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on August 13, 2009
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2009/08/13/corporate-culture-netflix/
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