It has been said that patience is a virtue. For the entrepreneur, patience is more than a virtue – it is a requirement. To be an entrepreneur you must have patience, without it you will not succeed. Good things take time, and will come to those who wait. An example may be found in “The [...]

Wow – really hard to believe. This is our 100th article. Back in November 2008 Amy and I started Cape Cod Branding to satisfy the final project requirements for successful completion of business school. One month later in December we decided to start the blog in order to drive traffic to the primary Cape Cod [...]

In “Social Media Takes Off” I had described a social media site called Propeller. As a follow up I am going to create an account for Cape Cod Branding and document the process for those who are interesting in establishing a web presence on Propeller. Creating an account is free, fast, and easy – I [...]

I had recently just finished the Band Of Brothers series on DVD. For those unfamiliar with the series it is basically a portrayal of the Army airborne paratroopers during World War II – specifically “Easy” Company of 101st Airborne. The series is based on the exploits of Easy Company during World War II – from [...]

While maintaining this blog I monitor traffic fairly closely to include web traffic sources. The other day I noticed a new site which I had not previously encountered that had provided us with a few new visitors. The website is Twine and I will provide an overview of Twine in this article. Twine – Tying [...]

Recently when traveling to Greece my Facebook account defaulted to the Greek language. My assumption was that when I returned to the United States Facebook would automatically update and return to English. This was not the case – after some effort I was finally able to change the language, but it was a bit difficult [...]

Inspiration strikes at the most unlikely of times. While reading “The Complete Guide To Boston’s Freedom Trail” by Charles Bahne, I came across an interesting fact – check it out: “Many years after the American Revolution, Levi Preston, a member of the Danvers militia, was asked why  he had marched to fight on the day [...]

So Amy and I just returned from dropping off my Saab to get repaired and decided to make a stop at Starbucks afterward. After receiving our coffee, someone had stopped us to request a minute of our time to answer a few questions. The Starbucks we were at was actually in the Dennis, MA Stop [...]

Everyone familiar with blogging has likely heard this statement at one time or another. Content is king. Develop great content and web visitors will flock to your blog and/or website. Although there are other aspects that contribute to a successful blog, by and large this statement holds true and is the foundation of great work [...]

In Synchronicity 101 I had described the concept of Synchronicity and the work of Carl Jung. This was just a top-level overview of the topic and was meant to satisfy my curiosity on the subject as I noticed it was something that I felt may have occurred since I made the shift to creative work. [...]