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Mark O'Brien

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I’m a business owner. My company — O’Brien Communications Group (OCG) — is a B2B brand-management and marketing-communication firm that helps companies position their brands effectively and persuasively in industries as diverse as: Insurance, Financial Services, Senior Living, Manufacturing, Construction, and Nonprofit. We do our work so well that seven of the companies (brands) we’ve represented have been acquired by other companies. OCG is different because our business model is different. We don’t bill by the hour or the project. We don’t bill by time or materials. We don’t mark anything up. We don’t take media commissions. We pass through every expense incurred on behalf of our clients at net. We scope the work, price the work, put beginning and end dates on our engagements, and charge flat, consistent fees every month for the terms of the engagements. I’m also a writer by calling and an Irish storyteller by nature. In addition to writing posts for my company’s blog, I’m a frequent publisher on LinkedIn and Medium. And I’ve published three books for children, numerous short stories, and other works, all of which are available on Amazon under my full name, Mark Nelson O’Brien.

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We Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet

"The older I get, the more I believe people who don’t believe God has a sense of humor were never born. If they were born, they’re just not paying attention." ...

What’s In a Name?

"We are the sum of our experiences. But we don’t have to bring our traumas with us. Yes. We bear our scars. We can acknowledge them as milestones, but their weight is borne by the lessons they taught us." ...

A Silly People

"Please don't confuse my point of view with cynicism; the real cynics are the ones who tell you everything's gonna be all right. (George Carlin)" ...

Digital Marketing

"If you want to make a distinction between digital marketing and anything other than print, good luck finding an agency that employs cave art, smoke signals, drumbeats, carrier pigeons, or — if you want to go back even farther than that — fax machines." ...

Six Strings

"In a figurative sense, every outbound, intentional attempt at connection can be considered a string — a card, a note, a gift (however that might be defined), a gesture of thoughtfulness." ...

Take Me To Your Leader

"If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea." ...