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Making it work...
Thoughts on putting social media into practice; a free excerpt from Speak Human. (Possibly a good read for some of your clients.)
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How to “Rock” Your Next Talk
Everything I've learned about giving presentations, in one (rather long) blog post.
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Your Bank Balance is at Zero
We're all drawing from the same pool, which means you can't actually own anything.
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Lost in Translation?
From English to Portuguese and back again: a talk about sustainability and other things.
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Screw professional... we just need to "get real" with one another
The social setting is a way for us to break down barriers... if we don't act like a bunch of douchebags.
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To Self-Publish or Not to Self-Publish
A number of folks have asked me about my experience with self-publishing. Here's what I've learned and why traditional isn't dead.
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Visual Sissies
It’s not like it’s a silhouette of Mother Teresa performing fellatio on the devil or anything.
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Rethinking Stuff
A long piece, contemplating how we look at things, and if there might be better ways.
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It doesn't matter if you don't want to...
You probably don't want to do "sales" for your studio, but that's largely because you misunderstand it.
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Vomit serves up virus at buffet (and other stories)...
Although it contains a few examples, I've always found the "vomit" story rather entertaining.
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Don't Do Another Three-Way
On the topic of how many concepts we should really provide to our clients.
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Use Donuts?
We've all grown sick of phony ads and gimmicks. Perhaps a little "flirting" (with donuts) is in order?
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Contemplating an Artisan Economy
Is competing on price at the root of many of our problems?
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Steve Jobs and the Star-On Machine
Anyone else think they have a few iPhone 4s stacked up in the warehouse?
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The perils of "Musical Chairs" marketing
While many are desperate to do something "out of the box," perhaps we'd be better off to examine what we really remember.
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Laziness, greed, and stupidity
We should be very, very angry. We should be rising up, grabbing our chairs, and lobbing them at these groups...
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Do They Love You?
It's easy to use words like "relationship" when it comes to our companies, but it's largely bullshit.
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Apple Pie isn't American
Our ideas surrounding authenticity are curious ones that need to be considered carefully as we grow our brands.
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Telling Stories
There are plenty of companies ready to brag, but rather few who are as ready to tell a really good story. They talk about...
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Why pizza failed at McDonalds
A look at how focus and differentiation can help brands succeed.. alongside a few success stories and blunders.