by Ted Rubin | Oct 31, 2026 | Featured, Marketing, Miscellaneous, Social Media/Marketing, Uncategorized
My friend and colleague Denise Holt recently shared her frustration with Facebook. After years of posting about innovation, technology, startups, and funding, and building a network of people interested in those subjects, she described watching her engagement...
by Ted Rubin | Oct 15, 2026 | Featured, Marketing, Miscellaneous, Social Media/Marketing, Uncategorized
I’ve been talking about RETURN ON RELATIONSHIP, or RonR, for many years, and something I’ve come to realize is that the very phrase can sometimes lead people to misunderstand what I mean. When we hear the word “return,” especially in business,...
by Ted Rubin | Sep 25, 2026 | Featured, Marketing, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
I’ve been thinking about why I admire Mayor Zohran Mamdani, especially because admiration in politics too often gets confused with agreement. So let me start there. It isn’t because I expect to agree with every policy he proposes. I don’t believe we should expect that...
by Ted Rubin | Sep 6, 2026 | Featured, Marketing, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
Doug Zarkin recently posed a great question on LinkedIn… “What’s the best job that isn’t on your résumé?” My answer isn’t one job… it’s most of what I did before my post-college career even began. Looking back, those jobs probably taught me more about work...
by Ted Rubin | Aug 28, 2026 | Divorced Dad, Featured, Marketing, Miscellaneous, Social Media/Marketing, Uncategorized
“One of the great casualties of tribalism is curiosity. And when we are no longer curious, when we don’t try to imagine or understand what another person is thinking or feeling or where her pain comes from, our hearts begin to narrow. We become less compassionate and...
by Ted Rubin | Aug 22, 2026 | Featured, Marketing, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
Back in November, my friend Carson Hornsby shared a LinkedIn post about corporate talent strategy that got me thinking. The conversation started with Gen Z, retention, and the increasingly short amount of time many younger employees are staying in jobs. But Carson...
