Monday, February 8th, 2010

From The Blog

Editors and Suits

Professional writers get edited and as much as we like freedom of expression and like getting our words and guts out there on paper; we sometimes need a little help. Lucky artists find a friendly voice, someone who says, “I... 

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99 Designs and Pop Culture…

Have you seen the website 99 Designs? My friend Jeff Civillico told me about this on line community the other day and I can’t decide if it is a really cool place to get design work done or another sign that all business... 

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Financial Independence and Irregular Incomes

Like many people who own their own businesses, creative people are faced with the issue of having an irregular income. How can you plan to save for the future when you aren’t sure what you’ll next check will be or... 

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True Customer Service Story (Mostly)

Know this friends: When you sit in a hot tub with your perfectly good cell phone in your bathing suit pocket, it won’t work so well when you get out. Like most of the lessons I’ve learned in life; I learned this one... 

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A Love Without End, Amen

I’m sitting in the sun reading a book, pretending to be involved in something other than my son’s golf tournament. He’s warming up on the practice tee and I don’t want to be one of “those” Dads,... 

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10 Things to Know Before Investing in 2010

I’ve just finished a report for my clients and some friends outlining my guidelines for investing in 2010. If you’d like a free copy, just click on the comments box to the right and I’ll send it to you. I promise... 

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Old Media’s Last Stand?

Here’s the problem: You used to control information and get paid to dole it out. You were fat, dumb and happy until technology caught up to you and people began to expect to get your stuff for free. Free, you soon realize,... 

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We’ve Been Googled

Sometimes revolutions are loud and recognized, sometimes they just happen, running quietly in the background while everyone worries about other things. In the last 10 years a quiet movement has changed the way the world does business... 

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Accents and Biases…

A little something different today, I’ve been traveling again and noticing something about the way we communicate with each other. I’ve been fortunate enough to live and travel throughout the country and I am a big... 

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Don’t Be Evil

I’m reading a wonderful book by Ken Auletta called “Googled, The End of the World as We Know It”, a history of the tech giant Google. The message from Google is pretty simple, so I’ll be brief: The company’s... 

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