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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Hook, Line, and Sunk
In case you hadn’t noticed (I try to make it obvious), I don’t like...
The Business Lessons of Literature
For man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond...
The Brawl for It All
If you don’t live in the formerly united United States, if you don’t have...
The Devil’s in the Details
Early last week, I participated in a Salon 360˚ call, the topic of which...
The Search
On Tuesday, September 22, 2020, I found the piece of music that accompanies —...
A Ghost Story
My friend, fellow BIZCATALYST 360˚ scribe, and one of my favorite storytellers, Tom Dietzler,...
Playing to My Strength
The other day I was idly musing, since it’s what I do best. In...
The Uncle of Our Country
When we were kids, on many occasions on which we might tell my father...
Sweet Surrender
Last week, my wonderful friend, Petra Kersten Lober, published this poem on LinkedIn. The...