Riding In Cars With Cats

What happens when you dream about a new idea...? Maybe you end up with a podcasts about potato chips...

Where should your content live? Should you have your own website with your own blog? Should it be branded? Should you use a platform like Medium? This week we talk about the how and the why of content distribution.

Social Media allows companies to enter into conversations that previously would just cost too much. But we cannot treat social Media as JUST marketing. Understanding people is a key element and you might just want to check out The Four Tendencies.

This morning I got to sit down with all of the incredible women from BlogJam Atlantic and talk about what makes a great conference. Enjoy.

This week on Riding in Cars With Cats, we talk about the Marvel Cinematic Universe and perspective. How has my life changed and what impact does it have on how I ingest media? Does our current life situation have an impact on what we consume and how we consume it? Am I Team Cap or Team Tony? Find out.

Today I sat on an incredible panel with Duane Jones of Changing The Narrative and Erin Trafford of In The Storyhouse at Social Media Day Halifax. We talked about how we do what we do and how you can do it too and these were a few of my key takeaways.

This week on Riding in Cars with Cats, I got to have a nice chat with Michael Boyd, the brain behind Podcast Atlantic. We chatted about why he came up with the idea, how he's using his decades of experience in storytelling to help people share their stories. Whether you need help promoting your existing podcast or getting started, this is the guy to talk to. Check out www.podcastatlantic.com an follow them on Twitter @PodcastAtlantic and on Facebook @PodcastAtlantic.

This week I talk about my recent experience at #WCHFX as an organizer and as a sudden last minute speaker. I talk about comfort levels and about how to turn speaking engagements into business opportunities.

Start treating people like people, even if you’re not 100% sure that they’re people. Take a humanistic approach to dealing with humans and see what happens.

This week I had the pleasure of sitting down with Andrea Tsang Jackson of 3rdstoryworkshop.com. Andrea is a talented artist located in Halifax, Nova Scotia and has recently launched an incredible crowdfunded project called Our Song, Your Reflection, which can be found at http://3rdstoryworkshop.com/oursong. The project brings together the quilting and maker communities and features the music of award-winning artist Meaghan Smith. I talked with Andrea about why she decided to work for herself and why she’s using technology including social media in a field traditionally dominated by…well…traditional mediums including things like markets. We discuss the experiences Andrea has had thus far with her very first crowdfunding project and why she believes that this project is also about educating the public about what goes in to being an artist and a creator. You can also find Andrea’s incredible work on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/3rdstoryworkshop/ and you can purchase her work.

How do you choose your life’s purpose? I know. It’s a heavy question for a Thursday. But in this week’s mini episode I discuss how bumping into a casual acquaintance helped me answer this question.

Why should YOU (yes you) start a podcast? Here’s a bunch of reasons.

How can you create more content without creating more content. I’m using the Gary Vee method.

What happens when shit goes sideways? Well, here’s one option.

There are a lot of differences between a lion and a sloth. But also many similarities. Which one are you?

If you have one sentence to tell people what it is you do...could you?

A few thoughts on my first ever float. WOW.

Offering 20% off shoes today for International Womens Day? Yeah. Dont do that.

A book report featuring David Usher.

A short story about the day my son became an entrepreneur.