New Year Reflections and Revelations. And You Can Help.

Our 2011 Blessing, El Keetador Russell Brand

Another year has passed away, and a new year bursting forth.  This could mean nothing less than time for reflections, reevaluations, and cliches about “another year gone, and a fresh new year here”. Except, this time, I decided maybe Marc and I should approach our resolutions differently this year. All the years before (when I have coerced Marc into formulating some sort of trite list), we accumulate a half-hour’s worth of ideas onto a...

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Marketing Is Lemonade. With a Kick. Four MORE Tips!

Marketing Is Lemonade. With a Kick. Four MORE Tips!

After explaining a few major reminders of what not to do when you are a marketer by trade, I would love to share a few reminders of what to do. 1.  Know how to make lemonade. A positive twist is important.  In every thing you do, a positive attitude is frankly the only attitude...

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When Marketing is Who You Are… Four Reminders

When Marketing is Who You Are… Four Reminders

One of my first jobs was as a sales associate for Kirkland’s (Briar Patch, back then) back in high school.  Tart burners were a new trend in home decor, and I became personally obsessed with them. Our store sold very basic, get-along-with-nearly-any-decor tart burners for $3.99 each.  Yankee Candle tarts, which are the only...

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Haters Gonna Hate: Of Cowards and Writers.

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The fictional Carrie Bradshaw questioned her relationships for all of NYC to read.  Real life Christian music artist Carlos Whitaker writes the most inspiring and honest articles that question his very Faith and everything we think we know about the Church. Like many other authors, I put thoughts into the world that might offend. ...

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I Will Not Be Cynical or Subscribe to Your Sarcasm.

I Will Not Be Cynical or Subscribe to Your Sarcasm.

I couldn’t say it better myself.  And this was exactly what I needed to see a friend was also thinking. @TheRab is always awesome and full of wow moments for me.  This is his second post on Facebook, for instance, that I felt perfectly capture my exact feeling in this exact moment. Thank you!...

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Internet Privacy? Just Get Off the Computer. Permanently.

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Beyond the a 2007 presentation I did and the constant influx of articles I see on internet privacy (ie. how Google and Facebook are demolishing it), I have no idea how dangerous facts about me – leaked into the cyber-sphere – really are. Last month, Time magazine had a great cover article by Joel...

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Booming Voice of God: “You Cannot Save the Stingray!”

Booming Voice of God: “You Cannot Save the Stingray!”

In 2009, I embarked into new quests to figure out who I was and what I need from life.  Having the luxury to do so, part of my journey landed me on a solitary camping trip.  At the beach – the Outer Banks, specifically. Honestly, after a year of increasingly seeing that I felt...

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