People frequently ask me: How did you build your “network?” It’s a pretty easy answer really: A LOT of hard work. OK, so meeting up with people, talking and doing a little research here and there isn’t exactly hard labor, but it takes time. Lots of time. And, that’s hard work. It’s really an exercise [...]

I won’t lie. I love Washington Post columnist Gene Weingarten. I look forward to his piece every week in Sunday’s Post, and joyfully, this week’s column spoke directly to me as a marketer. In a nutshell, Weingarten had mentioned the Stetson brand in a previous column, essentially stating in the previous column that if you [...]