2012 Earliest Ice Out Ever On Lake Winnipesaukee 24 Mar 2012 | 01:10 pm

New Hampshire’s unique hallmark of spring — ice-out on Lake Winnipesaukee — was declared today.  This is the earliest ice out ever since recordings started back in the 1800’s. Ice-out signals when the...

“Everything Coming Up Roses” For Fitchburg Fifty Years Ago In Tournament of Roses Parade 1962 31 Dec 2011 | 06:34 pm

Fitchburg won the National Basketball Championship in 1926, proudly supports the second oldest schoolboy Football Rivalry in the US with Leominster, has been hometown to Olympians Longsjo and Lawler, ...

Personalization Needs To Use Fresh Intent & Possession Data 24 Dec 2011 | 11:41 am

Halloween 2011 Candy Survey On Jeff Bennett’s Blog 2 Nov 2011 | 12:28 am

It was a strange Halloween in New England.  Many communities had to postpone “Trick or Treat” night due to the weekend snow storm and power outages.  Despite the devastating storm that ripped through ...

Swap.com Featured On CNN For Leading $12 Billion Swap/Barter Market 4 Oct 2011 | 04:56 am

Swap.com played a feature role in today’s story on CNN Money that is dedicated to the over $12 Billion barter market in North America.  Swap.com has combined the category moniker Swap.com domain to be...

It’s About The Data…Not Your Gut 3 Oct 2011 | 12:01 am

Product marketing and development has evolved so rapidly in the last two decades.  It is amazing to me first how many tools are available to track just about everything…from web traffic, social media,...

FutureM 2011 Is Going To Rock 29 Aug 2011 | 02:37 am

FutureM was conceived as a way to bring together many thought leaders and practitioners from the “new world of marketing.”  There is a great deal of “new” marketing going on right here in Boston.  Thi...

Talking About The Economy (And The Swap Economy) on NPR 26 Aug 2011 | 06:48 am

NPR’s Steve Pomerantz has created an acclaimed radio show “On The Money.”  I joined the show in early August for an edition dedicated to the economy.  I was joined by some economic heavyweights.  Sam ...

Energized By An Old Friend Along The Path Of Life 25 Aug 2011 | 09:34 am

Have you ever met someone in your life that you instantly connected with? Someone who has the unbounding energy and enthusiasm of a teenager… not afraid to think big and do big things… yet wise? Someo...

The Importance of Humility 23 Aug 2011 | 06:07 am

Dictionary.com defines “Humility” as:  “ The quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one’s own importance, rank, etc.” Humility is a very important aspect of leadership esp...