Today marks the one year anniversary of my mom’s passing. This is an excerpt from the memorial service held June 3, 2008. It’s my daughter singing “Fragile Heart” by Yolanda Adams. Took me a year to watch it. It was 18 months between the time I saw my mom last and when she died. As [...]
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Archive | May, 2009
Skip Cohen's Summer School – Don't Miss It
May 27, 2009
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A couple of months ago I was surprised to get an email from friend and mentor Skip Cohen, then president and CEO of RangeFinder Publishing/WPPI. He was leaving. What! After one of the most successful WPPI’s ever. Wow! Well, once the news broke publicly, he was flooded with people from all over the industry willing [...]
Read moreYour Marketing Sucks! by Mark Stevens
May 21, 2009
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A few years ago my wife and I were browsing through Barnes and Noble when this title hit us like a ton of bricks. Who the heck did this Mark Stevens think he was telling us that our marketing sucked. He didn’t even know me. I had to pick up the book and see what [...]
Read moreDon't Let the Messenger Over-power the Message
May 18, 2009
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Today I had lunch with a friend and colleague, and after we talked shop over a grande mocha frap with light whip (me), and a raspberry ice tea lemonade thingy (him). We got to talking about the power of social media (shocker!) and the vital role that video plays in an online social media marketing [...]
Read moreAre You Embracing Your "Gifts"
May 14, 2009
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As the father of a four-year-old, I often find myself snuggling up with my little boy on the sofa, watching one of his favorite DVDs. He goes through stages where he finds a new movie he likes, watches it, oh, about 3,000 times over the next two weeks, then loses all interest. We’ve had to [...]
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