Chris Brogan: Welcoming Colin Browning to the Pirate Ship
Chris Winfield
· 11 months ago
Great to see smart people coming together Chris - congrats :)
Danny Brown
· 11 months ago
Hey Chris,
Good job with the additions - both Colin and Justin are solid additions to any team, and to have both on board with you should make for a pretty unstoppable force.
My best wishes to you all for a prosperous, successful and rewarding 2009 and beyond. :)
Perry Hewitt
· 11 months ago
Congrats -- if you guys stick with the pirate motif I'm seeing some real thematic opportunities:
* actual and Twitter avatar eye patches * a monthly "walk the plank" list for failed social media attempts * doubloon-based rating systems * "ask the social media parrot" feature on the site
See, the possibilities are endless... Cheers!
Todd Defren
· 11 months ago
Welcome to the pirate ship, Colin!
Tom - StandOutBlogger.com
· 11 months ago
Great to see you are developing such a great team :D
Justin Levy
· 11 months ago
Welcome to the pirate ship Colin! Plan on wearing an eye-patch a lot so everyone won't notice that you actually have one eye closed *trying* to get some rest. I regularly fall asleep while typing now.... :)
Matt | Small Biz Bee
· 11 months ago
You must be doing really good, I remember when I started my first company I had to do the things you list above, plus I cleaned the office, and was the landscaper. Since you don't mention those functions I'm just assuming you have it covered by someone else..sweet deal =)
Matt
Lucretia Pruitt
· 11 months ago
I keep *trying* to get over here to say "woooooot!!" and congrats to all 3 of you - but the internet is about 20 Firefox tabs ahead of me today! :P
Doesn't really seem fair to the rest of us, you guys ganging up like that! ;)
Unstoppable force comes to mind...
Rachel Happe
· 11 months ago
Sorry to see Colin leaving Mzinga but he will thrive in the small band of brothers you are assembling - and sounds like you will have a lot of fun! Glad to see things taking shape!
Lucretia Pruitt
· 11 months ago
p.s. Hope to see some solid female pirates joining y'all soon - because there's nothing like the element of surprise... ;)
Ari Herzog
· 11 months ago
Ahoy! I await to see Colin's new garb. He's quite the innovator!
Here's a question, and I'm sure you don't have an answer yet, but as you decorate the ship, perhaps you'd do away with "traditional" titles and shift to new marketing titles, e.g. creative officer, ship's running mate, and parrothead?
Patrick Moran CMO, Mzinga
· 11 months ago
Arrrrrr matey! Yer takin' our biz dev guy away! 'Tis a good opportunity for Captain Browning so I wish him and ye mates the best of luck! Mzinga will miss Colin's swashbuckling here in Burlington but we'll raise a pint to new adventures.
Cheers, Patrick
Blog Expert
· 11 months ago
You just continue to go up in the world. This is a nice snag for you. Hopefully you'll be able to play with the big boys now.
Jim Storer
· 11 months ago
Great photo choice Chris and congrats Colin!
I hope to see the entire NML crew at Mzinga in the spring for some BBQ. Perhaps a guest hosting opportunity or the long-talked about BBQ throwdown!?!?
Jim | @jstorerj
Rick Calvert
· 11 months ago
congrats guys! Looking forward to seeing you all in Vegas for CES.
Enduring Wanderlust
· 11 months ago
Congratulations on the new team. Keep up the great work and informative posts.
~Gennaro
Michael Booker
· 11 months ago
Glad to see you are already taking pro-active steps going into 2009. Its good that you have outlined duties and such already, the last thng any pirate ship needs is two captains. For that almost always leads to a mutiny.
Technology.com.au
· 11 months ago
Colin to Pirate ship, hard to believe. Anyways, congrats to you for uplifted team.
Ken Persel
· 11 months ago
Congratulations on the expansion - sounds like you have a real dream team in place. In the new year, would love to talk to you about all you mentioned - for us and for our clients, most of who are all in or getting into the social media space.
Happy New Year! Ken
Gebadia Smith
· 11 months ago
How do you divy up shares or ownership in a company as you add partners. I am a single person company and will soon be looking for people to partner with when I release the Facebook app I am building and un completely nieve as to what the proper formula is..HELP
Doug Firebaugh
· 11 months ago
Congrats Chris- you have an awesome team there-and wish only the most amazing 2009 for you and New Marketing Labs. I remember when we started our co 10 years ago-exciting times and know what you are going through-and feeling. It is an amazing journey. Happy New Year and may 2009 be the most amazing and most prosperous year for everyone!
Aaron Strout
· 11 months ago
Chris - you didn't actually hire that guy, did you? He's a bigger good off than I am. Oh crap, just forgot that you don't moderate your comments... oops!
Aaron Strout
· 11 months ago
Chris/Colin - wow, don't know what happened there. Someone must have hacked in and used my credentials. Colin is super awesome and will make your team ten times better!
Seriously though, I couldn't be happier for you guys. This us a great fit all around. Good luck with the swashbuckling!
Best, Aaron | @astrout
Monica Kramer
· 11 months ago
Wow! Things are really rockin' and rollin' for you and the crew. I'm working with social advocacy groups and lawyers - trying to get them plugged in and show them how all of this works to create better everythings in their respective worlds -- and they're getting so jazzed about it. Yes, lawyers need social media, too. I know that if someone created an event about social media geared towards the legal profession, it would be a huge hit! [hint hint]. The ABA Journal has already done a few articles about the top 100 blawgs and attorneys using social media -- yet this is still a very unchartered area for most lawyers -- especially anyone over 35. I'm available if you want to toss around some ideas. :-) Many blessings of prosperity and joy to everyone in 2009. It's going to be great.
Nicholas Chase
· 11 months ago
Chris,
Awesome team you have assembled. Sharing the workload will prove beneficial, and I'm looking forward to tracking your team's progress in 2009.
Someday I may be assembling a team of my own!
Happy New Year Chris! You have provided hours of meaningful and thought-provoking content! Thanks!
Hope to see you at #ASW09 in Las Vegas or at a dinner there Jan 10~12?
All Comments
Good job with the additions - both Colin and Justin are solid additions to any team, and to have both on board with you should make for a pretty unstoppable force.
My best wishes to you all for a prosperous, successful and rewarding 2009 and beyond. :)
* actual and Twitter avatar eye patches
* a monthly "walk the plank" list for failed social media attempts
* doubloon-based rating systems
* "ask the social media parrot" feature on the site
See, the possibilities are endless... Cheers!
Matt
Doesn't really seem fair to the rest of us, you guys ganging up like that! ;)
Unstoppable force comes to mind...
Here's a question, and I'm sure you don't have an answer yet, but as you decorate the ship, perhaps you'd do away with "traditional" titles and shift to new marketing titles, e.g. creative officer, ship's running mate, and parrothead?
Cheers,
Patrick
I hope to see the entire NML crew at Mzinga in the spring for some BBQ. Perhaps a guest hosting opportunity or the long-talked about BBQ throwdown!?!?
Jim | @jstorerj
~Gennaro
Happy New Year!
Ken
Seriously though, I couldn't be happier for you guys. This us a great fit all around. Good luck with the swashbuckling!
Best,
Aaron | @astrout
Awesome team you have assembled. Sharing the workload will prove beneficial, and I'm looking forward to tracking your team's progress in 2009.
Someday I may be assembling a team of my own!
Happy New Year Chris! You have provided hours of meaningful and thought-provoking content! Thanks!
Hope to see you at #ASW09 in Las Vegas or at a dinner there Jan 10~12?
Respectfully,
Nicholas Chase
www.twitter.com/nachase
Best Wishes
Derek