Dax Brady Sheehan

Wikipedia has grown from 90% of searches to.....

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:50:06 -0500

Wikipedia has grown from 90% of searches to.....

Finding Google Certified Professionals

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:06:00 -0500

Develop Productivity Rituals

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:05:46 -0500

Develop Productivity Rituals:

video platform video management video solutions video player

Tony Schwartz, president and CEO of The Energy Project, lists the…

Photo

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:30:42 -0500

How To Track Emerging Search Engine Blekko In Web Analytics Systems

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:21:36 -0500

How To Track Emerging Search Engine Blekko In Web Analytics Systems:

More than a year has passed since search engine upstart blekko launched, yet Web marketing analysts using digital media measurement tools like Google Analytics won’t have seen any traffic attributed…

Developing Mindful Leaders

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:53:07 -0500

Developing Mindful Leaders:

Organizations invest billions annually on a success curriculum known as “leadership development,” which ends up leaving so much on the table. Training and development programs almost universally…

Unboxing the New Square Packaging Highlights: Light and best...

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:52:00 -0500

Square's new envelope like packaging

Tearing the Square envelope open

Square in it's neat little box

Trifold opening highlighting ease of use

Close up on Square's simple directions

Square sits nicely in black padding

Close up of Squares partners (stickers)

Close up of Squares sleek design

Square in all its glory

Unboxing the New Square Packaging

Highlights:

Light and best looking package around
Direct messaging for all users (3 Step process)
Functional Design of packaging (no extra tabs or material waste)
Received in ~2 weeks
Processing payments in ~5 minutes

Lowlights:

Envelope a little damaged
Envelope at first glance for iPhone users (Android users correct me if you received something different)

Benefits:

UX: User friendly across the board, mom’s, dad’s, SMB’s, enterprise. You open, you read a 3 step process, you plug and you collect payment!

One thing that did cross my mind was if I was an android user and an SMB would I get past the massive iPhone nods. One possible way to remove a layer of friction is during the signup phase (phase before I received my Square) if Square could map the handset field to the user and tie it out to the package, ie If I signed up for an android device I see an android device on the package.

Biz: Overall the experience was faster and less complicated. Of course you have to imagine reduction in shipping costs with the weight decrease too. Square rocks.

12 Tips For Using Press Releases In Local Online Marketing

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:00:38 -0400

12 Tips For Using Press Releases In Local Online Marketing :

Press releases have long been a preferred (and now a patented) part of optimizing sites; when done well, they can be a good method for link building on steroids. Larger corporations often use the…

Search In Pics: Bing Seahawks Ad, Yahoo Acting Scary, Google Antitrust Protestors by @rustybrick

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 00:01:45 -0400

Search In Pics: Bing Seahawks Ad, Yahoo Acting Scary, Google Antitrust Protestors by @rustybrick:

In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys…

Anger as a Binding Force, in Chambers of Commerce and Elsewhere

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 22:50:57 -0400

Anger as a Binding Force, in Chambers of Commerce and Elsewhere:

Managers draw on a wide range of human motivations. But anger is not usually included in the textbooks: angry workers are not usually reliable employees, and workers don’t usually like angry…

New Google+ Setting: Control Your Inbound Notifications by @mattmcgee

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 10:55:15 -0400

New Google+ Setting: Control Your Inbound Notifications by @mattmcgee:

Google has just announced a new Google+ setting that I’m sure will be a big hit: the ability to control who can send you notifications. As Google’s Kathleen Ko explains in a Google+ post, this is…

On Dr. Ralph Steinman and Steve Jobs

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:56:39 -0400

On Dr. Ralph Steinman and Steve Jobs:

A visionary who influenced the lives of countless millions across the world has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

He is Dr. Ralph Steinman, a biologist who on Monday, three days after…

Tweets About Steve Jobs Spike But Don’t Break Twitter Peak Record by @dannysullivan

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 07:53:42 -0400

Tweets About Steve Jobs Spike But Don’t Break Twitter Peak Record by @dannysullivan:

As with Google, Twitter saw a spike in activity related to the death of Steve Jobs. However, the company said that the number of tweets per second didn’t break new records.
The Peak Records
Twitter…

Steve Jobs: A Perfect CEO

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 06:27:50 -0400

Steve Jobs: A Perfect CEO:

An interview with Steven Levy, senior writer at Wired and author of The Perfect Thing and Insanely Great.

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Why Good Leaders Pass the Credit and Take the Blame

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:25:33 -0400

Why Good Leaders Pass the Credit and Take the Blame:

A few years ago my colleague Flemming Norrgren and I asked a long-tenured European CEO how he came up with the idea for his company’s radical and new strategic direction. “Oh, that’s an interesting…

Apple’s Steve Jobs Has Died by @dannysullivan

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:51:44 -0400

Apple’s Steve Jobs Has Died by @dannysullivan:

Apple cofounder, chairman and former CEO Steve Jobs has died today at age 56. Apple’s board issued the following statement about his death: We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed…

Remembering Steve Jobs and a Life Lived on His Terms

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:26:58 -0400

Remembering Steve Jobs and a Life Lived on His Terms:

My last encounter with Steve Jobs was in 2007, when he came to Time magazine, my former employer, to give us a peek at Apple’s newest gadget: the iPhone. He showed off the product, and then passed…

As Buyers Circle Yahoo, Will It Be Carved Up? by @gsterling

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:11:04 -0400

As Buyers Circle Yahoo, Will It Be Carved Up? by @gsterling:

Now that it’s for sale, there are several reports indicating multiple buyers are interested in some or all of Yahoo. Among the names mentioned are Silver Lake Partners, a private equity firm, Yahoo…

Keeping Your Clients Loyal, From Wherever You Are

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:49:12 -0400

Keeping Your Clients Loyal, From Wherever You Are:

This post is part of the HBR Insight Center Growing the Top Line.

For building the kind of enduring client relationships necessary for long-term growth, nothing replaces face-to-face contact….

Can HP Change its DNA?

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:15:11 -0400

Can HP Change its DNA? :

I remember attending a Hewlett-Packard meeting for industry analysts in the early 1990s and hearing HP proudly declare that it was becoming a software company. Software had turned into a stronger…