Paul Conley

Paul Conley

Feb
09

Penton goes under

Penton is bankrupt. The B2B publishing giant announced today that it is filing Chapter 11. And as near as I
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Jan
26

Beware of geeks bearing gifts

Don't expect the geeks in your office to get much work done tomorrow. Because Wednesday, Jan. 27, will
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Jan
10

Predictions old and new

(Editor's note: As many of you who follow me on Twitter or Facebook already know, my mother passed
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Dec
22

Happy Birthday, dear blog. Happy birthday to you

God how time flies. It was five years ago today that I launched this blog. Much has changed since then
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Dec
17

Looking ahead at content marketing

It's prediction time.  Everyone in media is publishing their lists of insights and wild guesses for the upcoming
Nov
30

Rest in Peace, old buddy

Last night, sitting in an airport and reading the news on my iPhone, I learned that a friend and former
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Nov
05

A tale of two audiences

I visited the campus of Northwestern University a few weeks ago to do some recruiting for a client. Things worked
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Sep
21

Is the revolution over?

I've written a few times this summer about my growing sense of Web 2.0 ennui -- this
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Sep
16

A little bit about writing very little

I've been so busy lately that this blog has gone without an update for weeks at a time.
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Aug
03

People, Prophets and Publishing

Twice last week I learned about developments that sent me into frantic, obsessive pondering about the future of B2B media.
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