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Fail Forward

I have failed. When I wrote my book, It's Not About You, It's About Bacon, I thought I would finally find fantastic success. I had dreams of speaking worldwide, pontificating about the virtues of Relationship Marketing. In short, I thought I was going to be rich and famous. The rich did not happen. I sold…

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It's the Most Thankful Time of the Year

It's that time of the year when business starts to wind down, and people are looking forward to the holidays. Not in the marketing business. This is the busiest part of the year, prepping our clients for new business in 2024. We're tweaking our brands and checking it twice, revamping websites, and optimizing systems with…

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Looking Into the Future… By LISTENING the Past

Over the last weekend, we watched a little TV. When you speak, teach, and pontificate for a living, it's nice to have a little downtime and just LISTEN! Sometimes we choose sports, sitcoms, or gameshows, but this time we chose a documentary and a news magazine. The first story we watched was about the Webb…

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Is it Time to Get New Business Cards?

It's hard to believe that close to three and a half years ago almost all business came to a screeching halt. In-person work, meetings, and business were severely affected. No matter how you feel about viruses, masks, and the shutdowns, it was a time of uncertainty, panic, and disruption. One part of building and maintaining…

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Who is More Useful to Your Business? A CMO or a CRO?

I think I can safely say that you don't go into business to lose money… unless you intentionally do so for a tax write-off. Yet making money is not as easy as it's often characterized. It takes a great idea mixed with execution. It takes hard work mixed with luck. And, it takes money mixed…

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