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Entries from February 2009

Dawley Day 2009

February 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

On Friday, Bronto celebrated its second annual Dawley Day — a celebration of the life and times of Ed Dawley. Ed Dawley was a software developer who left the company last year (on the first Dawley Day) after four years of service in Bronto’s more formative years.
In Bronto’s sometimes strange and quirky nature, we decided [...]

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Hits not Home Runs

February 17th, 2009 · No Comments

Hits not Home Runs …. that’s a common phrase spoken around the halls of Bronto. It speaks to our focus on day-to-day execution versus sky-in-pie schemes to serve our customers and grow the company. Plus it’s catchy.
I was recently interviewed by Alice Bumgarner about this principle and how it applies to innovation. The interview was [...]

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Tags: Bronto · Entrepreneurship

Bronto Won Stevie Award for Best Customer Service Department

February 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment

On Monday night, Chaz and I had the pleasure of accepting the Stevie Award for Best Customer Service Department for IT / Telecom on behalf of Bronto.
Here is a short exerpt about the event from MSNBC:
Stevie Award winners were announced during a banquet at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Nominated customer service and sales [...]

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3 Reasons Why OMS Is A Good Conference

February 11th, 2009 · No Comments

Last week I had the pleasure of participating in the Online Marketing Summit (OMS) in San Diego. The event went well. Aaron Kahlow and his crew continue to do a great job at putting on the conference. There are three things that I think make OMS a strong show:

Unlike most conferences, OMS is very marketer [...]

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Tags: Bronto · Email Marketing

Winter 2009 Release Is Here

February 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

The Winter 2009 Release went live early yesterday morning for all customers. All you need to do is login and you’ll be able to enjoy the new features and enhancements in all their splendor.
You can get more details about the release from the Bronto Blog. You can also find many online videos and detailed notes [...]

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The Peanut Butter and Jelly of Email Marketing and Social Marketing

February 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Social marketing is hot. It is hard not to stumble upon a marketing article these days that doesn’t discuss how some aspiring business is connecting to others through Twitter or finding new niches through Facebook. It is easy to see why. Facebook has become one of the most trafficked sites, second only to Google. And, [...]

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Tags: Email Marketing