I’ve known Aaron Goldman since 2006 and he stands out as someone who has made himself accessible and friendly in the search engine community. Every few months we share a conversations about what we are both up to and aspire to, it is always fun. Aaron has encouraged me to continue evangelizing my message about [...]
Everything I Know About Marketing I Learned From Google : Aaron Goldman Book Blog Tour
by David Dalka on August 30, 2010 in Chicago, Entrepreneurship, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Social Media
Barney Harford Now Orbitz CEO – Welcome to Chicago
by David Dalka on January 12, 2009 in Change Management, Chicago, Customer Experience, Metrics, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Social Media
For the past few years, I thought that there might be a new entrant to Chicago’s Internet scene. It was exciting to me because Chicago could certainly use some geographic diversity in it’s leadership. For a long time, it looked like that person would be Mark Cuban, but it now appears that he will not [...]
Chicago Cubs Pitcher Carlos Zambrano Throws Cubs First No Hitter Since 1972!!!
by David Dalka on September 14, 2008 in Chicago
Wow!!! Go Cubs!!! Magic number is now 7!!!
TECH cocktail CONFERENCE Chicago – Creating Change For The Future
by David Dalka on May 31, 2008 in Blogging, Branding/Buzz/Viral, Change Management, Chicago, Customer Experience, Entrepreneurship, Interactive Ads, Social Media, Venture Capital
Wow! That was tiring, I stepped on the L at 7:30AM and didn’t get home until 1:30AM the next morning! 18 hours of pure madness! Most people noticed the great speeches by Gary Vee from Wine Library TV and Dick Costolo (aka ask the wizard) and others. But what I really appreciated was the other [...]
TC08 Chicago – Ask The Wizard Live – Dick Costolo Talks Entrepreneurship
by David Dalka on May 29, 2008 in Chicago, Customer Experience, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital
Dick Costolo gave a really raw, heartfelt talk about Feedburner, venture capital fund raising and venture capital. I won’t dwell on it here, but even though I’ve never worked directly on anything with Dick, we’ve had an amazing exchange of ideas and conversation over the years. Someday I hope I can take that relationship to [...]
TC08 Chicago – Designing With Users In Mind
by David Dalka on May 29, 2008 in Chicago, Customer Experience, Entrepreneurship
The following is a brief summary of the session that Former Feedburner folks Matt Shobe and John Zeratsky (I need to spend some time with that guy sometime) put on at TECH cocktail Conference 08. Without further delay, here’s their tips on designing with users in mind! Be Yourself – informal, fun Be Fast – the [...]
TC08 Chicago – Looking at Technology For Your Business In New Ways
by David Dalka on May 29, 2008 in Chicago, Customer Experience, Entrepreneurship
TECH cocktail CONFERENCE 08 in Chicago got started with Mike Domek, after which the guys from Threadless gave a simple and fun session with some practical insight… Problems Scaling…printers, vendors, etc Inventory is hard…. The Internet is Serious Business Dealing with problems that we are not prepared to deal with… (can be an advantage too) Advantages [...]
Best of Show: Chicago Global Food and Style Expo 2008
by David Dalka on May 11, 2008 in Chicago, Customer Experience, Entrepreneurship
This year the Global Food and Style Expo did not have the FMI show co-located along with the All Things Organic, Fancy Food Show and the U.S. Food Export Showcase so it was a slightly smaller show with less foot traffic. But it was filled with innovative products and amazing entrepreneurial stories! it’s a shame [...]
Who is David Dalka - Twitter: @dalka
David Dalka is a digital business strategy professional experienced in realigning organizations to capture customer demand while improving margins. David is a business keynote speaker providing customized business strategy services and corporate executive retreats. David has been cited in the following business publications