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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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The Irish Pub and Grill

"People who think Irish pubs and grills are a dime a dozen are most likely correct. But they probably don’t know why there are so many or why they’re called pubs and grills." ...

It Couldn’t Happen Here

"Speaking of truth, I have no idea why I’m getting so worked up. These things are all just figments of my imagination and my paranoia." ...

Call Me

"While I’m working out the details, if you see something that seems to have better than even odds of going sideways, call me before you go for it." ...

A Modest Proposal

"What if there’s no evidence to prove zodiac signs actually correlate with personality because we haven’t perceived — thought or sought to perceive — that correlation yet?" ...

Rotten With Perfection

"We create new things, new people, and new ways to hate with every generation, across all nationalities and geographies. The evidence piles up, right along with the bodies." ...

Giving Without Season

"I am deeply and forever grateful for what they've given, and for their having reached me on one, cold winter afternoon, while I, as always, was deep in self-absorption." ...

Ain’t I Pretty?

"Depending on the source you choose, there are between five (WebMD) and 21 symptoms (Mayo) Clinic) of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD because where would we be without abbreviations?)." ...

A Higher Calling

"As we create ever more electronic connections, so we abandon our human ones. As we separate, so we fail to share. As we worship the physical, so withers the spirit. As we defy rites of passage, so we fight our inevitable passing. As we create more fears to fight, so we forsake joy. That price is too high. And we have a higher calling." ...