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I Wonder What’s His Angle…? Part I

As this is being typed, I am watching the 1954 classic, White Christmas; I love that movie. You may remember that toward the beginning, the characters played by Bing Crosby…
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Can We Talk…? Part I

OMG... was I fired up...! The year was 1986. I was twenty-five, on the rise in my corporate job... and right outside my office door was a gal to prove…
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Is Bigger Always Better…? Part III

You can get very big by staying small. In a previous post, I talked about turning around a company with my desire to stay local. Here's how we did it:…
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Is Bigger Always Better…? Part II

I know that for some people, bigger everything is always better... "Mr. Buelow, for an extra 29 cents... I can give you the 128 ounce Huge Gulp Mega Gut 'diet'…
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Is Bigger Always Better…? Part I

In 1987, shortly after opening my first business with several partners, I called a meeting... a vision meeting.  You see... we were failing.  In debt up to our ears... significantly…
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So, What Do You Do For A Living…? Part II

Yesterday I wrote how seventeen year old boys and girls are deciding the eventual fates of many adult career paths. You can either scroll down 'till you get there, or…
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So, What Do You Do For A Living…? Part I

Okay, so what would you think if you were suddenly told that from this point forward, you had to allow a seventeen year old to choose your career path? Good…
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Extraordinary And Awesome Times…

There is no doubt that we live in extraordinary times... awesome, really. Yes, I know... there's trouble in high places... and some low places as well. There's concern over prices…
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Engage Ideal Customers In TheirSpace…

Yesterday I wrote that in regard to the potential applications for small business marketing, I was not initially impressed with social media in general, or social networking in particular. In…
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Powerful Connections…

Three or four years ago, after hearing so much about social networking and it's potential impact on small business marketing, I needed to find out what the buzz was all about.…
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