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From the monthly archives:

October 2008

Bruce Springsteen Marketing Lesson

31 October 2008

It’s Halloween.  I’m going as James Bond tonight with the family.  It’s going to be fun.
My marketing lesson for today came from Bruce Springsteen.  He released a Halloween themed video and a free download of the audio.  What great marketing.  Tying a a free gift with a holiday.  It is getting a massive amount of [...]

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Creative entrepreneurs can survive the crisis

30 October 2008

Big companies that are not creative will hurt and many go out of business.  Nimble small companies that are creative will florish.  Be creative.  Now is the time for using your brain first and then money second.  Brains always wins.
The best product never goes bankrupt.  Be the best.
“It’s not the creative entrepreneurs but it’s the [...]

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The fall of MBAs

29 October 2008

We are in a time of creativity.  More than ever.  I heard recently that MFA (Masters of Fine Arts) is going to be the new MBA (Master of Business Administration).  Being creative in business is the key now because the MBA stuff can be outsourced.
It’s just a matter of figuring out your business plan to [...]

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My Prosperity Laptop

28 October 2008

Since most of my work is done on my laptop I have tricked it out as they would say.  But I also decorate it.  I put on what I want.
I bought two cards decks at a couple of bookstores and then picked out the ones that most fit what I wanted.

Focus on opportunities
Solve problems for [...]

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Internet Get Rich Quick targeted

27 October 2008

Internet get rich quick people are being targeted by the Feds.  The hype is so great and the amount of just awful schemes that it was just a matter of time.
A US national morning show is creating a story on it right now for air very soon.
Who is going to be in trouble?  Well, anyone [...]

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Publicity Record Breakers

24 October 2008

A really cool way to get publicity and have fun is to do something never done before.  Richard Branson and his kids are sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in an attempt to break the world record on the fastest Atlantic Ocean crossing.
Of course you have to be able to accept failure.  Richard Branson has done [...]

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You get what you pay for

23 October 2008

I recently had a client who’s website went offline for a few days.  I did my best to make sure this didn’t happen but when the people that make mistakes are the only people that can fix it I can’t do much.
My client originally got her domain names from a company that runs two page [...]

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