The truth about authenticity

The truth about authenticity

We see this word “authenticity” everywhere these days, especially in reference to marketing. I use it in my own tagline service description, which is why I feel the need to revisit its “true” meaning. There are several dictionary definitions of the now-loaded...
Gear roundup: wetsuit, sandals and salad in a bottle

Gear roundup: wetsuit, sandals and salad in a bottle

It’s been a fun summer of testing new products from both established and emerging outdoor brands. In the vein if authenticity, I try to be as honest as possible with companies about what I, as an athlete and human, think is working in the field, at home and on the...
Real challenges of the small-business blog

Real challenges of the small-business blog

I want to be totally transparent: Blogs are hard to sustain. That’s especially true when you’re a small business that’s busy, er, running a small business. The sheer irony of this message is that I run into this very thing: I’m so tied up in part ghost-blogging for...
Upcycling a natural extension of conscious capitalism

Upcycling a natural extension of conscious capitalism

There’s nothing more satisfying to me—and I imagine others—than repurposing an old item. Not only does it feel great to reuse or recraft something rather than tossing it away and letting the landfill deal with it, but often these upcycled gems look far cooler than new...
B2B content marketing stats expose massive gaps

B2B content marketing stats expose massive gaps

As a person who works primarily with words, it’s amazing how the numbers recently released on B2B content marketing have impacted me. I find the some of the statistics collected by the Content Marketing Institute both surprising and promising. The gaps these facts...