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The Advance Guard Marches Forward

I spent a lot of time this week thinking about the fact that The Advance Guard has made it through our first year in business.
On one side, it feels like forever since Steve and I sat in that little diner in NJ and came up with the name and on the other it seems like […]

Teddy Helps Homeless Kids

Anyone who knows me, knows that I’m a big supporter of anything that helps a good cause.
That is why when The Advance Guard began working with the Campfire and Verizon FiOS My Home 2.0 teams around the Twittering Teddy idea, I was psyched that at the end of it the plan was to auction off […]

Quick FYI About The Advance Guard

I’m getting a lot of questions today about The Advance Guard which is a cool thing. Not sure if it is coming from my interview on GeekBrief.TV or just from the conversations in the hallways of SXSW. Either way I’m not going to complain about it.
The quick FYI on The Advance Guard is that Steve […]

mDialog Becomes a Client of The Advance Guard

Recently I went to NYC for an all day kick off meeting with a new client, but at that time couldn’t talk about who it was. Well, now I can.
The company is called mDialog and the quickest way to sum them up for me personally is that they provide high-resolution video hosting on the web. […]

Kisses For All My Friends

One of my favorite things about owning my own company is that we get to work with great clients who are excited about leveraging social media in smart strategic ways.
This week aerie by american eagle launched a Facebook application that would be playful, flirty and fun for their brand. We worked with them to […]

Online Trivia Fun

I’m one of those guys who when Laura and I watch a show like 1 vs. 100 or Jeopardy I will answer the questions out loud and shake my head at the contestants when they miss what I think is an obvious question. I suck at trivia about geography and history, but do alright at […]

The Advance Guard

Back at the beginning of October I announced the formation of The Advance Guard, but did not talk a whole lot about it. Not sure why, but figured today would be as good as any to do so.
Steve Coulson and I started getting calls to hire us shortly after our change in jobs. Both of […]




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