Capacity Counts: The 5 Lies You Buy Into That Cause You To Bite Off More Than You Can Chew

by Nicholas McGill | Jan 9, 2019 | Business, Business Development, Communication, Management, Management Strategy, Marketing, Operations, Productivity, Strategic Planning, Strategic Thinking, Strategy

Look back on your past year. How many initiatives and projects did you tell yourself, your spouse and your team that you were going to accomplish? How much actually got done? Don’t worry, those horrible stats are what most establish owners struggle with and it all...

Addicted to Zeroing Out Your Inbox? Here’s Why You Need To Stop

by Nicholas McGill | Oct 23, 2018 | Business, Communication, Featured, Management, Productivity

When you sit at your computer, if the first screen you pop open is your email inbox, it’s probably your goto workspace throughout your day. The inbox is a great place to be responsive to business needs and customers, but it’s overrun with distractions, that help you...

The Heroik Hour Podcast 018 – 7 Deadly Symptoms of Life without a CAPE

by Nicholas McGill | Jan 4, 2017 | Brand, Business, Communication, Featured, Podcast, Work Culture

Welcome to the Heroik Hour, the podcast where we get you mission ready for life by giving you a little clarity, alignment, purpose, and energy or as we refer to it a CAPE. I’m your host, Nicholas McGill, Chief Experience Officer for Heroik Media. Thank you so much for...

Episode 14: The 10 Perils of Platforms and 11 Survival Tips to Overcome Them

by Nicholas McGill | Oct 31, 2016 | Business, Communication, Design, Featured, Management, Marketing, Networking, Podcast, Strategy, Work Culture

Welcome to the Heroik Hour, the podcast where we discuss and bring together Technology Leadership and Culture to help you fired up and mission ready for life. I’m your host, Nicholas McGill, Chief Experience Officer for Heroik Media. Thank you so much for joining us...

I Want to Believe But…Why Quantifying Social Capital is So Completely Full of It

by Nicholas McGill | Oct 30, 2016 | Business, Communication, Featured, Networking, Social Media, Strategy, Technology

TL:DR –  Digital metrics of Social Capital like (followers, likes, connections) fail to fulfill their  primary function – to accurately measure and account for the influence and reach of relationships between brands, platforms, and audience. The systems...

The 4 Secret Methods The Top Social Media Marketers Use to Work Around Pay to Play Platforms Like Facebook

by Nicholas McGill | Oct 10, 2016 | Brand, Business, Communication, Marketing, Social Media

Want more bang for your buck on social media? I’m sick of people getting robbed on it, and then called wrong or negative when they get frustrated. It’s not you. It’s them. Here are 3 sneaky methods the top marketers are using to work-around the BS of Facebook and...