Farewell To Zocalo Group...Hello Get Talked About

As many of you already know, in the beginning of January 2009, I resigned from Zocalo Group, a Ketchum owned partnership and Omnicom's (NYSE: OMC) only Word of Mouth Marketing Agency. Zocalo Group has been a great experience and I was able help them establish their presence in Online Community, Industry Influencer tracking and Digital Influence. I am very grateful for the opportunity to have helped them launch the company in 2007 and wish every person there the best of luck. Over the past 2 years I have been fortunate to work with some amazing brands such as Frito-Lay, The Cheesecake Factory, 3G's, Kodak, Michael Angelo's, De Paul University, Schawk, Cricket Wireless, Orbitz, PAM, and many others. Along with my colleague Ryan Rassmusen, we were awarded Ketchum's first Innovation Idol Award for 2008.

Many of you don't know, I am launching a new company with my partner Andy Angelos, called Get Talked About. Get Talked About (GTA) will be focused on the current realities of Marketing that requires in depth knowledge of the living, breathing and very social web. This is a work/concept in progress, but it is painfully obvious when you talk with us, that we know what we are talking about.

Stimulus Package, Perception and Reality...We attract what we believe

There is much to do about the economy in the US...the World...and the so called stimulus package passed and signed in to law by our elected US leaders. As some one who has been very up...and very down...economically in life, I can tell you....so you believe...so is your reality. Every time I thought I was down...I was...every time I thought things were looking up...they were. Guess what... the economy and the government  intervention of it have nothing to do with your life. The government is and always will be intruders to your stability, success and well-being. They will destroy your way of life and the environment with constant bickering and poor choices. True capitalism is the way out. Only low taxes, less government, and true capitalism (value, innovation and fair exchange for goods and services)  can guarantee our future. Study economics, finance and history and you will understand that our government and thier current beliefs and ideas are wrong. Real hope and change come by self-evalutaion, personal responsibilty and your ability to apdapt and overcome challenging situations.

Would love to know if anyone can make sense of this...or if this is even the pacakge that was signed by President Obama. So much for transparency....how about here is the legislation I signed today in a PDF format on www.recovery.gov

Stimulus Package