What does it take to be a leader? That question was asked of myself and a couple dozen others this summer at a half day retreat our company held in August. The answers were plentiful and good, as most of us were in a leadership position. Some of us had a leadership...
When you are good at something and recognized as being good at it, but you've stepped away from it and now the challenge to return to it comes up, what's your response? That's the position I found myself in earlier this month and it's a position that I've been in...
For those of you who are reading this and wondering what's the deal with the number 300, I'll tell you. If you are listening to this podcast, you already have a clue from the introduction I gave. Since 2017 I have written, created, produced and published the Scott...
It's been two full decades that I've been in the advertising, media and marketing world in Fort Wayne, Indiana, non-stop. During the past twenty years, there have been a lot of changes in technology and how the world operates. However, no matter what the...
Let's jump into this topic headfirst with the reason I'm talking about this subject right now. Around July 5th, a new social media app, Threads was launched and it's been all over the news because... well.. the news media thinks it's newsworthy. Threads is connected...
Today I'm talking to those of you who are waiting for something... I'm not sure what exactly you are waiting for and maybe you don't either. Because I write about and talk about media and marketing, I'll at least narrow this subject down to that world. In the 20 years...
When I say the word "Future", how far off in the future does your mind think? Is the Future 5 years away? Is the Future 20 years away? Is the Future next week or even next month? Does it hurt your brain to think beyond today? Here in the United States we live in short...
For the past couple of weeks, my primary radio station, WOWO, has been teasing our listeners about something coming that would make WOWO Bigger and Better. Today, in the 7am hour WOWO Afternoon host Pat Miller joined Kayla Blakeslee, our host of Fort Wayne's Morning...
I was in a meeting with a business owner this month and as we were doing our usual "Discovery" meeting, one of the questions that was asked was: Where are your current customers coming from? He answered, "Google" Bzzzzzz. Wrong answer. Well, perhaps it was really the...