Archive for November, 2005


Been There

Most of the people I consider my “e-colleagues” — in other words, the guys who have the Web wired, and are making major bucks with their online efforts — are too young to have ever experienced a real recession.
Or a genuine economic panic.
I’m not bragging. At the last big seminar I spoke at, I […]

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Thank You

I know a lot of people get pissy during the holidays. The crowds are unruly and rude, the roads are clogged, the pressure is on and stress goes through the roof.
I really lucked out, though — I thoroughly enjoyed my family while growing up (my twin cousins and I are still best friends) (and […]

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Telling The Truth

I’m going through another maze of medical “opinions”… this time trying to find a vet who’ll give me some straight talk about the condition of my dog’s health.
I’ve sat down with dozens of vets over the years. Interesting breed of professional — they are, typically, the most educated and least paid in the medical […]

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The Silly Basics

The Big Seminar was a huge success, of course. One of those seminal events that will be talked about for some time to come, and used as a reference when talking about how other events compare.
Armand Morin deserves congratulations. I had fun, and I did business there, as planned. It was a […]

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So How’s That Working Out For You?

I tell rookies to never, ever assume anything about anything. Ever.
Especially about your target audience. One of the biggest mistakes marketers make is to assume your prospect knows as much as youdo about whatever it is you’re selling.
And it’s almost never true. You’re dealing with your product day in and day out, […]

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Overlooked Corollary To Operation MoneySuck

You ever feel like life is speeding by?
Like, summer’s gone and you feel robbed because you had so many vague plans that never got addressed. And now fall is almost over, and where the hell did the rest of 2005 go, anyway?
Shrinks will tell you that too much routine chews up your sense of […]

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