The New Breed of Digital Talent
On Tuesday, the newly formed Grow.co, a think tank on digital customer acquisition, launched its first conference: Unlocked. The event—held at Pier 60 in NYC—had an underground feel. Unlike Search...
View ArticleFour Digital Marketing Lessons from the Road
In the last few weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to visit with and listen to a variety of thought leaders in digital marketing, including folks at Google, Microsoft, Experian, Acxiom, and more. Some...
View ArticleWalter Magazine: Slowing Down to Speed Up
By 2 p.m., I was ready to quit. Already 10 hours into a daylong silent meditation, my mind was anything but still. As my thoughts raced from topic to topic, my body ached. I’d been sitting cross-legged...
View ArticleThree Ships Media is Now Three Ships!
I almost picked the name “Kudzu Media” over Three Ships Media as I started the company in the fall of 2009. The fast growth of the Japanese plant mirrored the boom in digital media, or so I reasoned....
View ArticleGoogle: Once a Darling, Now Just a Monopoly
Today’s front page New York Times article marks the end of Google’s brand dominance. For years, Google managed to wrap its Search Advertising monopoly with brilliant PR and a noble brand. This era now...
View ArticleThree Ships Adds Senior Software Executive as Vice Chair
RALEIGH, NC – Three Ships, a data-driven digital marketing agency based in downtown Raleigh, announced today that Ed Cheely has joined the company as Vice Chair. Cheely will have responsibility for...
View ArticleWinning in a Maturing Digital World
The surest way to become an irrelevant business is to lose sight of what your customers want. Yet as companies grow, they often turn insular. So last year, Three Ships made a special effort to get out...
View ArticleEntrepreneurial Leaders are Contrarians at Heart
I hosted a panel this weekend with four great entrepreneurs who are at various stages of building a business. One is a former senior executive at a Fortune 50 company. Another works at the $5 billion...
View ArticleLessons from Silicon Valley
Part of the Three Ships mission is to disrupt and innovate, and it’s my job to monitor the continually evolving web for ways to do exactly that. So last month, I traveled to Silicon Valley for a...
View ArticleA Big Announcement On The Growth Of Three Ships
I have some exciting news to share about the growth of Three Ships! For the past two years, Three Ships has operated as two divisions: a digital agency and a software and services company for...
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