Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Boston Next Hot Start Up Town

Great post today by Rob Go posing the question is Boston the next hot city for entrepreneurs?
This is not new territory to Boston.  We have led the minicomputer wars with Digital, Wang, Data General & Prime.  We had two big time entrants in the Web 1.0 world with Lycos and Monster.
We surely have some great [...]

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Launching 12×12 To Expand Entrepreneurship In Massachusetts

Entrepreneurs are an interesting group of people that can be described in many ways:  smart, creative, visionary, energetic, risk takers, inventors, persistent.   The process of entrepreneurship is very exciting and an awful lot of work all in one.
I come from a long line of entrepreneurs that worked on many creative ideas, concepts, products and [...]

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Virgin America CMO On Social Media

I am a big fan of Virgin America and have shared some of my experiences in this blog.  They are transforming an old and lethargic industry.
I came across an interesting post by Mike Volpe, VP of Marketing @ Hubspot Marketing, highlighting some keys to social media marketing.  Porter Gail, CMO of Virgin Amercia, made these observations [...]

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Jeff Bennett Blog Top Posts-October 2009

1. Video Can Be Viral…Needs To Be Authentic Though
2. Happy Birthday Daily Grommet
3. Rue La La Going Oo La La On Acquisition
4. Social Apps Exploding – Farmville Having Bumper Virtual Season
5. Fitchburg-Leominster Reinact First Football Game From 1894
6. New Best Friend Growing Quickly
7. “Inbound Marketing” Added To Jeff Bennett Blog Reading List
8. Daily Grommet Launches [...]

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Small Businesses…Start Blogging

At NameMedia we sell lots of domain names to small businesses (SMB’s) from our domain marketplaces BuyDomains and Afternic/DLS.   We offer these SMB’s the opportunity to related business services to complement the domain name like hosting and design so they can get their sites up and running.  For this reason I was really interested [...]

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

Joining Conversation @ Inbound Marketing Summit

I am really pleased to be joining the conversation at the Inbound Marketing Summit.  I will join a number of key inbound marketing experts and practitioners at the summit that include Chris Brogan, Justin Levy, Bernie Borges (author Marketing 2.0), Neil Creighton (CEO RatePoint), Jason Falls (author of SocialMediaExplorer.Com), Brian Halligan (Co-Founder & CEO HubSpot), [...]

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Jeff Bennett Blog – Top July 2009 Posts

1. Runkeeper Top Ten iPhone App
2. Attended TEDxBoston
3. “Marketing 2.0″ Added To Jeff Bennett Blog Reading List
4. Power of Nature
5. Boston New “Hub of Marketing”
6. NameMedia Niche Media Sites On The Move
7. SwapTree Featured In Time Magazine Cheapskate Blog
8. RunKeeper iPhone Outruns Nike+
9. These Folks Need HubSpot
10. [...]

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

These Folks Need HubSpot

Marketing in this social media era requires alot more than just joining Facebook or Twitter.  We actually have to listen and engage with our customers.  This Tom Fishburne comic is classic.  I think there are thousands of LugNut firms out there.  Get some help.  Call HubSpot to build an inbound marketing program!