Sunday, August 28th, 2011

FutureM 2011 Is Going To Rock

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.  This is not your 30-second tv spot crowd…rather those driving innovation in social media, inbound, mobile, ad networks and more.  There [...]

Sunday, August 8th, 2010

DailyGrommet Goes Broadway

A couple of years ago I got introduced to this new web site called DailyGrommet.   The products were interesting.  The way they were telling the story about the products was cool too wtih video most times featuring the inventor/developer of the product.  As I looked more deeply the integration with social media was very compelling [...]

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, November 25th, 2009

DailyGrommet Thankful For Feature In Globe

The DailyGrommet, the cool commerce site in Boston that discovers new products, is going to be featured in the Boston Globe tomorrow.  Great timing to be thankful for on the holiday…one day before “Black Friday” the traditional kick off of the holiday shopping season.

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Wang And Lycos TV Ad Visionaries Of A Different Time

Two companies on my resume made history with television ads. Wang was one of the first computer companies to utilize television ads to build it’s brand.  Years later, Lycos leveraged television ads to bolster it’s brand building program distinguishing itself as one of the only Internet players of that time to utilize television ads.
Wang strengthened [...]

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Happy Birthday Daily Grommet

The Daily Grommet is a site that I learned about earlier this year.  I really liked their approach to discovering new products, letting the product developer/merchant tell their story with the Daily Grommet team adding their views and facilitating the purchase.  Add in the most contemporary social media tools to allow all of us to [...]

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

DailyGrommet Launches Cool New Site

DailyGrommet, the cool site that features hard to find products daily has launched a new site.  I have posted several times about DailyGrommet in the last year.  I believe Jules Pieri and her team are doing some great things with their unique brand of social commerce.
Best to start with a basic question – what is [...]

Monday, September 7th, 2009

SwapTree Featured On DailyGrommet

Two sites that I like alot are SwapTree and DailyGrommet.  Both of these sites have been featured as “cool sites” on this blog.
Great to see both of these emerging companies working together.  DailyGrommet has featured SwapTree as it’s Grommet of the Day.

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

February 2009 Posts On Jeff Bennett Blog

Here is a list of the top posts on JeffBennett.org for February 2009:
Super Charged Ads Combine Super Bowl Spots And Social Media
Apartments.Com + ApartmentHomeLiving.Com Is Socially Logical Combo
Starbucks Listens…But Let’s Fill The Cup To The Brim
Kindle 2 Is Coming…eBooks For Smart Phones Too
Social Media Week Kicks Off In NY
Doritos Super Social Media Ad Wins On [...]

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

DailyGrommet.Com Is Jeff Bennett Blog Cool Site

I recently was introduced to the Daily Grommet which is a site dedicated to review one product per day and featured through entertaining and informative video on their site.  If you like the product then you can buy it right on the Daily Grommet site.
You say here is just another product review site.  To this [...]