A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud. -Ralph Waldo Emerson Friends are important. Friendships allow a healthy organization to function smoothly. The companies where the management team considers each other friends is a healthy organization that is thriving. At b5media, we have become somewhat famous…

Stickiness is the term we use that describes when visitors come to a site and come back again. If a blog has great stickiness, chances are that readers typically find very interesting things there and they bookmark it or subscribe to the feed. Most sites are not very sticky though. They may have moments of…

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. -Sir Winston Churchill Everyone has a boss. It doesn’t matter if you’re the person taking orders at a drive through or a CEO of a multinational company. Everyone reports to somebody in someway. The CEO has to go before the board and answer questions.…

There are subject matter experts; then there are Subject Matter Experts™. Mark Jaquith is a Subject Matter Expert™. Rarely do companies get the opportunity to get the caliber of talent that embodies Mark. So, naturally, we’re thrilled to announce that Mark is joining the b5media ranks this Friday (June 1). For those of you who…

It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse. -Adlai Stevenson Looking back on other jobs I’ve had, the managers I have always had the most respect for and consider to be “the best” managers I’ve had have been the ones that don’t mind getting their hands dirty.…

For those of you with nothing to do, pop on over and have a listen to the WordPress podcast where I was a guest cohost for a second episode in a row. It was a lot of fun. Charles is a great guy to record with.

When you confront a problem you begin to solve it. -Rudy Giuliani When you own a house, you end up paying for everything. You pay for the new roof you have to put on. You pay for the deck off the back. You pay for the swimming pool. And you pay when your foundation is…

Hell, there are no rules here–we’re trying to accomplish something. -Thomas Edison Over the past eight months, the tech team at b5media has accomplished amazing things. We created a new corporate website in under 2 weeks. We’ve figured out how to fix problems of scaling. We’ve created internal tools for our VCs to see our…

Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their result. ~ Gen. George Patton It has been 8 months since I was catapulted from a volunteer, giving of my time on evenings and weekends, and working a thankless desktop support job at a large company,…

Did that headline get your attention? It should because it’s true. It may or may not actually be 98% but it is high! Do me a favor and if you use WordPress, go check what version you are running. You can find it at the bottom of your WordPress admin screen. Now that you’ve done…