So life is a little hectic...

Since I posted last I have changed jobs twice, started two side projects (which became larger than a side project), and have been near a nervous breakdown :) Well maybe not that bad, but I am sure I came close to causing my wife to have one. So a little detail to that opening ramble. When first creating this blog, I was working for a start-up company 10Speed Media which focused on video affiliate marketing. A very novel idea, but one that ultimately wasn't managed appropriately and ran out of money. The technology just wasn't able to get out of idea stage. I ended up being the last man standing, trying to sell off the assets. I put together two potential deals for the company, unfortunately both were rebuffed by the owner, Paul Allen. So in January of this year, I left 10Speed for QualitySmith. QualitySmith is a lead gen company that specializes in the Home Improvement and automotive categories. I had been consulting with them since November as 10Speed started to wind down, but couldn't turn down the position of VP of Marketing, even though the company was head quartered in Walla Walla Washington. So starting in January I was traveling back and forth between here and there. I was officially home for 5 days (weekends included) in the month of January...as you can guess this started to drag on my home life. Additionally, the work environment was not optimal, with my management chain continually looking to second guess decisions and crowd my decision making ability. These things combined to my leaving the company in April of this year to join a local start-up by the name of PointeCast I have officially been on the job a little over 2 weeks and am really just now getting my feet wet. I have been tasked with both customer acquisition as well as conversion marketing. I plan to keep up a regular (or at least a much more regular) posting schedule. Stay tuned to hear about some of the other cool ideas that I have been working on. (Consulting projects as well as Pression