Hi Everyone,

Time for someone other than Keith to post something. We want to offer our hearty congratulations to Keith on his appointment to the Board of Directors for the American Marketing Association, Boston Chapter where he’ll fill the role of VP, Internet Services.

Nice work, Keith!

To learn more about volunteering and helping Keith manage the online experience, visit www.AMABoston.org.

If you’re a Boston marketer and aren’t a member yet, what’s taking you so long!? Join now!

Each year we say we’ll relax around the holidays and that the season will be easier this time around. Thankfully, it’s not! We’re always thankful for our clients and this year we’ve been able to enjoy success stories with a number of fantastic companies and partners. We’d like to thank the following companies and partners for working with us during 2007:

• Interactive Data Corporation
• Harvard University
• Vantel Pearls in the Oyster
• SalesEngineering.com
• The Lowell Spinners
• HubUnity.com
• Jon & Laura Goode / Pitching With The Papelbons
• Providence Performing Arts Center
• The Zeiterion
• New England Business Bulletin
• Third Fish
• Apex Properties
• Tri-Color
• Saint Joseph School
• Vermonster / IDG
• M.O.L.I.F.E.
• American Marketing Association
• J.J. Best Banc
• Hanover Casualty
• Janet Mendelsohn

We’re both blessed and thankful to have had such a strong year and we look forward to all that 2008 has already lined up for us. Many, many thanks for passing our names around and we’ll hope to hear from you soon.

It’s that time of year again where clients and potential clients look for ways to bust open their budgets and spend the majority of their holiday leftovers (before the 31st of January, that is). This has a significant impact on our business / industry since we love to go into a new year with something extra in the bank account.

This year, in fact, we were given three relatively small, but incredibly wonderful projects by … no one.

That’s right. No one. Not that we didn’t get the work. We did. Three jobs, in fact.

Unfortunately, under penalty of SOW, I’m not at liberty to say which companies/institutions gave us the Christmas bonus.

This  is not so much a problem, as I stated, for the company coffers, but for our sizzle book (which is very sizzle-like if you invite us in for a quick chat about your needs). It’s happening more and more to the point where I now feel like we’re part of a secret society (and while that is cool, it’s a little hard to sell).

Where word of mouth and traditional marketing leave off, the name of a couple of hot clients pick you up. Usually.

I suggest that while we are true to our word in not naming names, we would love to be able to share with others (*cough* potential clients *cough*) our good fortune.

Until then, thank you “masked client(s)” and enjoy your holidays.

In the immortal words of Peter Griffin: Holy crap, Lois.

We’re in a new league with this device.

If it weren’t for the fact that I’ve spent WAY too much money on Bluetooth devices over the past five years I wouldn’t be qualified to even talk about this technology. I’ve been through seven or eight of these cyborg-wannabe-headgear thingies and every time I’ve spent more than the previous just to increase my ability to talk to someone without yelling (or feeling like I have to yell) or catching every fourth word of my poor colleague’s conversation to the point where I think there’s been an indecent proposal.

And then the Jawbone arrived.

This device has been nothing short of incredible. The clarity with which I can have a phone call is probably better than my land line when sitting in a nice quiet room. But that’s not the fun part. The fun part is getting in the car, opening all the windows and turning up the volume on my iPod while still enjoying a nice, normal-volume conversation. No, really. It’s that good.

A hefty price makes this device a tad out of reach for people who aren’t as insane as I am about sound quality, but I’m telling you: it’s worth it. It not only makes you sound better to the people you call, it makes incoming calls much more pleasant as well.

Oh, the joy of not having people ask me “What did you just say?” ten times in .54 seconds is bliss.

I obviously highly recommend this device and will look forward to other devices using the same technology in the near future.