Why Smirk?

I often get asked about why Smirk New Media is called Smirk New Media. Here’s a quick origin story: After trying a bunch of very stiff and “business-y” names on for size, my wife and I looked at each other and said it was time to just get real with...

5 business tips for my jean-shorted, 21-year-old self

Becoming an entrepreneur late in my career – after 15 years in print journalism – I had a dearth of business knowledge that I had to catch up on really quickly. So there”s lots of advice to offer my 21-year-old, jean-shorted, English major self. 1....

There is No Viral Button

How does a South Korean pop star hit a billion views? How does Sweet Brown become a sensation? How does a social media content, intentionally or not, spread into thousands, millions or billions of views? How does it go from intention to invention to infection? The...