TRAVEL
Japan and the Eroding Social Contract
Japan still has the social contract the US used to have and Mexico has never had. We watched it work for two weeks. We also watched it cr...
San Diego · Ensenada · Anywhere with WiFi
Marketer.
Builder.
Hard to pin down.
I run a digital marketing agency, speak about AI for small business, write essays from wherever I am that week, and cook things I'll send you the recipe for.
Speaking
Keynotes and workshops on AI that small businesses can deploy this quarter and how to build a referral practice that compounds.
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Essays on running a business from anywhere, AI you can actually use, and the occasional thing that won't fit anywhere else.
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Recipes worth keeping. Mexican staples, weeknight basics, and the occasional ambitious thing.
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PERSONAL
The Saddest Bar in the World, and We're Still Missing It
A meme in a 90s nostalgia group mourned the loss of $1 McChickens and 24-hour Walmarts. I read it. I nodded. Then I caught myself. That's...
TECH & AI
How to Survive the Shift to AI: The Skills Your Team Needs Now (Or Get Left Behind)
Twenty-five minutes to do a three-minute task. That's when it clicked. The gap between digital-native and AI-native is real, it's widenin...
Essay series
Falling In, Falling Out
A chunk of my life when I fell hard for a place and a person at the same time, then had to figure out which parts were real once the dust settled.
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I speak to BNI chapters, business associations, and conferences about AI for small business, marketing that actually works for service companies in the $500K to $10M range, and how to build a referral practice that compounds instead of just networking and hoping.
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The businesses I built and the platforms I'm shipping.
MRB Media
Big agency results for small business budgets.
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Agency Execute
Done-for-you marketing systems for agency owners.
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AI Guy Mike
AI consulting and CRM automation for small business.
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Soar Portal
A marketing platform that just works.
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Search Soar
Local SEO for businesses that want to show up when it counts.
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