Archives for May, 2010

Thinking Different About the Same Ol’ Things…

I walked into the classroom. On the board was the assignment for the day. It read simply: “I was a hero…” What I was looking at was my writing prompt for the day in Senior English class. Each day when we came into the room, we would spend the first 10 minutes or so writing…

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A Sign of Things To Come?

As a financial copywriter for one of the largest financial newsletters on the planet, I am always reading about what’s going on in the markets.

Today this story caught my attention:

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Un-Marketing: The lazy things we all do to kill our marketing efforts…

My wife was looking at an advertisement last night in one of those “Pizza Fliers”. You know, the ones that come every Wednesday with ads from every pizza and automotive repair place in your part of town.Well…

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Happy “Respect for Chickens Day”… plus how in the world I knew that…

Ever looking for a topic or tie-in for your marketing? Maybe a new lead for an article idea or blog post? (kinda like this one) Well have no fear… I’ve got you covered. I’m about to let you in on a little idea goldmine. From now on, you’ll never need a fake sale again. You’ll…

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Un-Marketing: How to sabotage a multi-million dollar marketing campaign

I was the third person in line with about 6 other customers behind me. One other register was open with about the same line. Each person had at least 3-4 items. So much for the recession… at least in my corner of the world (Knoxville, TN) Anyway, my wife and I were doing a little…

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