by Dean Bardouka | Apr 7, 2015 | Featured, Love
What would happen if I, if you, if all of us could ask this more often? Not just when we are getting paid for it or when we are in that “extra charitable, feel-good mood”, but in all that we do every minute of every day? Even on those days when we really don’t...
by Dean Bardouka | Mar 18, 2015 | Featured, Grow, Work
When I was about twelve, I spent the summer down at the Jersey shore with my uncle and his family. I made friends with a local kid named Rick a couple of doors down from us. Rick and I hung out every day that summer skating and listening to a mix tape he had gotten...
by Dean Bardouka | Mar 11, 2015 | Featured, Work
On a fairly regular basis we meet someone and they say, “We need a logo…a website…a mobile app…” or some other marketing asset. After doing our initial consult, we find there is quite a bit of work to be done before we can actually start...
by Dean Bardouka | Mar 9, 2015 | Featured, Work
Sometimes when you walk into a construction or manufacturing site, you will see a sign indicating how many days the crew has gone without an accident. The signs are there as a reminder that what these folks are doing has some danger associated with it and that if you...
by Dean Bardouka | Mar 6, 2015 | Featured, Work
Growing up, back in New Jersey, I was raised by a single mom who worked a ton to make ends meet. She typically worked double shifts at night as an emergency room nurse. Our house was small with a lot of people living in it, so we took turns sleeping on the couch; me...
by Dean Bardouka | Mar 5, 2015 | Featured, Work
How long will it take to get 1000 followers; how about 100,000? What headline is best for SEO and click-through rate? What can I write about to generate more web traffic? How do I turn web traffic into sales? What should my landing page look like to get more people to...
by Dean Bardouka | Mar 4, 2015 | Featured, Love, Work
Launch Festival is happening this week in San Francisco. If you visit the festival site, you will notice the logos for the companies launching today are blurred out while the ones for previous days are visible/linkable. After they “launch”, they come into focus and...
by Dean Bardouka | Mar 3, 2015 | Featured, Work
Being hungry (metaphorically that is) is a good thing when it comes to business. Years ago, as a new business development manager, it was how I was described by many of my clients and it was that impression that made them want to work with me. They knew, that despite...
by Dean Bardouka | Mar 2, 2015 | Featured, Grow, Work
When I first set out with this blog, I really thought I might do more “How to” posts. But, as I got into it more and really thought about how I might best help people, I realized that things move fast and that tactics we are using today may not (and probably won’t)...
by Dean Bardouka | Feb 24, 2015 | Featured, Grow, Work
I LOVE NEW YORK CITY! Anyone that knows me at all is aware of this. I grew up in North Jersey just a few miles away from Manhattan and lived and worked in NYC for just under five years. I also very much love San Francisco. After all, it is the place I decided to lay...
