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How to waste money on advertising

What can I say? I saw a good sized print ad in the local paper. It was totally wrong headed. It was fluffy. Its voluminous size dwarfed by its sheer misunderstanding of how to make advertising work.
How could I not make fun of it?
Read More »How to Create a $10 Million Company

Start with a $45 million dollar company and make a lot of bad decisions. Ba-ding! I’ll be here all week. Try the veal!
Read More »Ideas are a Dime a Dozen. It’s Execution that Counts.

I have an idea that will change the world. But I’m not telling anyone about it. But you should still buy it.
Read More »Get out of the bubble. Look outside the company to set an effective marketing plan.

The frog sitting in the well sees only the well while the frog sitting on top of the well sees the entire world.
Read More »It’s Not the Plan. It’s the Journey.

Forget about those binders full of data. Focus on the journey to get the real value of planning. In this video I talk about the real reason you need a marketing execution plan. This week’s Moment of Clarity is a humdinger if I do say so myself.
Read More »I Love it When a Plan Comes Together

I received a very interesting call last week from a friend and client I worked with almost two decades ago. You’ll love this story of success and I’m super proud to be a small part of his success.
Read More »Shaping Prospect Behavior and The Art of the Reward

In this Moment of Clarity I compare the parallels of training service dogs and marketing. In both disciplines, consistency and the use of incentives or “rewards” drives results.
Read More »Your Business is a System

In this week’s Moment of Clarity I share my thoughts on how seeing your business as a system can help you improve and grow your business.
About ten years ago I completely disassembled an old Corvette I bought in a fit of bad judgment at a swap meet. Every bolt. Every washer. Every piece of wire.
Read More »Meet Jon. The Brain’s Gatekeeper.

In this week’s moment of Clarity I share some brain science and elaborate on how to get people’s attention with your marketing efforts.
I also make fun of hipsters. Win/win.
Brutal Transparency

What happens when my client’s customers tell me my client is a dick? Find out in this week’s Moment of Clarity.
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