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How Can A Junk Drawer Help You Build A Healthy Business?

We all have one. Some of us have multiple. You may even have one in every room of your house. It's the junk drawer. True Story: I was looking for a piece of wood in my garage to prop up my desk for a project. It was not until I took and posted the image…

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Fad, Fame, Or Fortune… It's About Business (and Time)

Test of Time Back in 2015, I talked about my concept of the Marketing Trifecta. I will explain what that is in a bit, but there has been a lot of buzz over the last 8 years about new tools that will revolutionize marketing. I have seen so many of them try and fail, come…

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Elevating Your Content – Topic, Title… Then Tool!

Do you own a lathe? If you do, chances are woodworking is your hobby or business. Do you own a 3D printer? If you do, chances are you are in the manufacturing or design fields. I don't own either, but owning a 3D printer would be cool and give me status. But, I don't know…

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Engagement… to The Power of 3

Have you ever been in an endless loop or Mobius strip conversation with a toddler? You know… the endless circle of WHY? When a toddler keeps asking “WHY?” in response to everything they hear or see, it's called the “why stage” or “why phase”. As children grow and develop, they become more aware of their…

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What's Your Marketing Mousetrap? – Part 3

In the final parts of the series, I wanted to show how and why following traditional marketing thinking can hamper your success in B2b marketing. B2b marketing differs from consumer marketing because it's more relational than transactional, and it often takes longer to go from awareness to trust. That means that there are more steps,…

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What's Your Marketing Mousetrap? – Part 2

In part 1 of this series, I hinted that in this post I was going to outline a system we are working on that helps capture data from visitors in a way that traditional methods are either missing or lacking. I decided that before I devolve the system, I should add a little context as…

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