July 2010

The Nora Chronicles: Nine Months In

July 30, 2010 Fatherhood

Yesterday, Nora hit 9 months of age. It’s crazy to think that she’s now been outside of the womb longer than she was in, and even crazier to think her first birthday is just a blink of the eyes away. Here are the stats: Weight: 18 lbs 12 oz (50th percentile) Height: 28.75 inches (80th [...]

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Scott Writes Everything Proudly Joins EMAPP

July 29, 2010 Email Marketing

The other day, I was asked if I had ever handled purchased email lists before. After throwing up in my mouth a little bit, I proceeded to say, “No, I don’t do that.” There was a bit of an awkward silence, but then the conversation moved on to another topic. But that little snippet of [...]

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One Year of Blogging

July 26, 2010 Email Marketing

Thank you. For your comments, your time, your subscriptions (subscribe here if you haven’t yet done so), and most of all, your consideration as a blog to read in the midst of all the others out there. I say thank you because this blog just hit its one-year anniversary last week (and thought it better [...]

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Consumer Choice and Silo Thinking

July 21, 2010 Email Marketing

In case you aren’t aware of it yet, the email marketing industry is abuzz over Ben and Jerry’s decision to drop email marketing as a major strategy over in the UK. Check out the Email Guide’s scoop on the issue here. The consensus among industry types (found here on the Blue Sky Factory blog) is [...]

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Quest for 50: A New Perspective

July 19, 2010 Quest for 50

Before I get into an update on how my non-updated Quest for 50 is going, I’d like to announce the winner of the Quest for 50 Logo Challenge! Partially by virtue of being the only entry in the challenge, and partially because I like it, the winner is: By Chris Donald of the Inbox Group. [...]

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