“The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.” – Vincent Van Gogh What a whirlwind week. My wife and I leave on Monday for a little trip. In a sense, we’re saying “ta ta” to OUR independence…as our many […]
“Good things happen when you pay attention.” – John F Smith I’m writing this to you from Toledo, OH where my wife’s parents live. Her pops is struggling with brain cancer treatment, and we’ve come out here every month or so for a week to help them through the process. Yes, it ain’t easy…but the
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“Eighty percent of success is just showing up.” –Woody Allen If you’ve been running your own business for any length of time, you know this certain truth: You’ve gotta keep going…and going…and going to build the business you’ve dreamed about. You may remember the NY Times bestseller by Tim Ferris: The Four-Hour Work Week, and
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“Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn’t work; and second, the failure gives you the opportunity to try a new approach.”– Roger Von Oech If you stay plugged into current events, whichever side of the political aisle you frequent, it’s very difficult not to give in to
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It’s a pretty clear contrast. I spoke about this some last week in one of my video briefings from Chicago, and I’m referring to the sad tendency for businesses in this environment to *cut* their marketing. You can see another example of what I spoke about in this article: http://adage.com/article?article_id=136552. There’s plenty to discuss about
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Two crucially important–and potentially business-saving strategies–which can make a big difference for your bottom line this offseason. Quick implementation stuff here.
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One of the things I love about Dan Kennedy, is how blunt he can be. At times, viciously so. I don’t know about you, but I prefer when people shoot me straight. And that’s what I do in this next installment from the videos I created in Chicago. Dan shared a story about how a
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So, this one kinda surprised me. Here I expected to not really like Yvanka Trump. After all–silver spoon, flaunts her looks and her image, went to Wharton (not that this is a necessarily a bad thing; but it’s classic corporate indoctrination camp. Some of my good friends teach at Darden, the #9 national biz school
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I just got back from Dan Kennedy’s Marketing SuperConference, and wow…was it ever “action packed”. Was great to run into a couple clients (who are doing VERY well in their tax businesses), as well as hear from Dan, Bill Glazer, Yvanka Trump, Peter Shea (owner of Entrepreneur Magazine) and select other internet and direct response
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We’ve got…Deadly Pig Flu (sorry–“H1N1” flu). Poisoned Food. Massive Government Takeover of Industries. Iran & North Korea with nukes. PIRATES! …what, me worry? Seriously, the never-ending diet of media-driven chaos can be overwhelming for the business owner. [Oh yes, and the recession.] But you don’t have to accept this kind of chaos for your business.
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