This week was kind of a whirlwind wrapping up a trip to SXSW and then coming back to three days filled of meetings. The weekend looks just as busy as we’ll be looking at the house we are under agreement on with an inspector. How was your week? Hopefully you are having just a good one with awesome weekend plans. So without further babbling, here’s this week’s edition of Five for Friday.

The Most Effective Marketing I Saw at SXSW – at conferences, brands blast you with their marketing messages. It makes sense and can be extremely effective. In this post, Tom Webster talks about how Chevy won his attention at SXSW.

Why I left Google – this is an awesome post that highlights some of the inner workings of Google and how obsessed they are with Google+ and how it might not be healthy. This post has made its rounds so apologies if you have seen it already.

Five Takeaways from SXSW Interactive 2012 – my buddy Chuck Hemann takes a look at what five trends stood out to him at this year’s SXSW.

Stop Complaining and Work Harder at Conferences If You Want to Succeed – a lot of people bitched after this weekend on how conferences are worthless and how they are disappointed more times than not after attending. To me a conference is only as good as the work that you put in during it. This post highlights that thought.

Call for Regulation In the PR Industry – I don’t get into PR discussions too much these days. It is mostly because I really don’t practice it all that much. This post from Gini Dietrich piqued my interest because it is a hot-button topic and caused a good stir. Where do you stand on the issue?

Bonus Video

This week was kind of a whirlwind wrapping up a trip to SXSW and then coming back to three days filled of meetings. The weekend looks just as busy as we’ll be looking at the house we are under agreement on with an inspector. How was your week? Hopefully you are having just a good one with awesome weekend plans. So without further babbling, here’s this week’s edition of Five for Friday.

The Most Effective Marketing I Saw at SXSW – at conferences, brands blast you with their marketing messages. It makes sense and can be extremely effective. In this post, Tom Webster talks about how Chevy won his attention at SXSW.

Why I left Google – this is an awesome post that highlights some of the inner workings of Google and how obsessed they are with Google+ and how it might not be healthy. This post has made its rounds so apologies if you have seen it already.

Five Takeaways from SXSW Interactive 2012 – my buddy Chuck Hemann takes a look at what five trends stood out to him at this year’s SXSW.

Stop Complaining and Work Harder at Conferences If You Want to Succeed – a lot of people bitched after this weekend on how conferences are worthless and how they are disappointed more times than not after attending. To me a conference is only as good as the work that you put in during it. This post highlights that thought.

Call for Regulation In the PR Industry – I don’t get into PR discussions too much these days. It is mostly because I really don’t practice it all that much. This post from Gini Dietrich piqued my interest because it is a hot-button topic and caused a good stir. Where do you stand on the issue?

Bonus Video

This week was kind of a whirlwind wrapping up a trip to SXSW and then coming back to three days filled of meetings. The weekend looks just as busy as we’ll be looking at the house we are under agreement on with an inspector. How was your week? Hopefully you are having just a good one with awesome weekend plans. So without further babbling, here’s this week’s edition of Five for Friday.

The Most Effective Marketing I Saw at SXSW – at conferences, brands blast you with their marketing messages. It makes sense and can be extremely effective. In this post, Tom Webster talks about how Chevy won his attention at SXSW.

Why I left Google – this is an awesome post that highlights some of the inner workings of Google and how obsessed they are with Google+ and how it might not be healthy. This post has made its rounds so apologies if you have seen it already.

Five Takeaways from SXSW Interactive 2012 – my buddy Chuck Hemann takes a look at what five trends stood out to him at this year’s SXSW.

Stop Complaining and Work Harder at Conferences If You Want to Succeed – a lot of people bitched after this weekend on how conferences are worthless and how they are disappointed more times than not after attending. To me a conference is only as good as the work that you put in during it. This post highlights that thought.

Call for Regulation In the PR Industry – I don’t get into PR discussions too much these days. It is mostly because I really don’t practice it all that much. This post from Gini Dietrich piqued my interest because it is a hot-button topic and caused a good stir. Where do you stand on the issue?

Bonus Video

This week was kind of a whirlwind wrapping up a trip to SXSW and then coming back to three days filled of meetings. The weekend looks just as busy as we’ll be looking at the house we are under agreement on with an inspector. How was your week? Hopefully you are having just a good one with awesome weekend plans. So without further babbling, here’s this week’s edition of Five for Friday.

The Most Effective Marketing I Saw at SXSW – at conferences, brands blast you with their marketing messages. It makes sense and can be extremely effective. In this post, Tom Webster talks about how Chevy won his attention at SXSW.

Why I left Google – this is an awesome post that highlights some of the inner workings of Google and how obsessed they are with Google+ and how it might not be healthy. This post has made its rounds so apologies if you have seen it already.

Five Takeaways from SXSW Interactive 2012 – my buddy Chuck Hemann takes a look at what five trends stood out to him at this year’s SXSW.

Stop Complaining and Work Harder at Conferences If You Want to Succeed – a lot of people bitched after this weekend on how conferences are worthless and how they are disappointed more times than not after attending. To me a conference is only as good as the work that you put in during it. This post highlights that thought.

Call for Regulation In the PR Industry – I don’t get into PR discussions too much these days. It is mostly because I really don’t practice it all that much. This post from Gini Dietrich piqued my interest because it is a hot-button topic and caused a good stir. Where do you stand on the issue?

Bonus Video