Month: October 2007
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Do “Long Headlines” Work on TV?
With the Internet and all the online marketing talk going around, it seems that the fun has been taken out of writing short, punchy headlines. There was a time, once, when writing silly headlines was the “in” thing. Then there were those surreal headlines that left everyone scratching their heads and consulting their oracles. Then…
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Entrepreneur Tip – Online Phone Cards Sales!
This is really interesting. Just a few months ago, I was speaking with a friend about how lucrative it was selling phone cards. Then, here is this site offering a phone card business all ready to go! Believe it or not, this is surely the coincidence of a lifetime. Or maybe, it’s a message for…
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The Modern Leader?
I heard something interesting today, and would like to “muse” about the modern leader. It seems that current corporate leadership thinking is moving right along with the concept of heroes in terms of its treatment of leaders. Remember the definition of a “hero”? The strong, silent type; riding into town, killing the bad guys and…
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Update – Shopping Cart Solution
Some time ago, I reviewed a shopping cart solution that was pretty comprehensive and professional. I liked the fact that it had a free trial where you could actually use the shopping cart for 10 days, which should be enough time for you to figure out if this is a solution for you. But more…
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Off Topic – Birth Control Pills for Children?
This is way off topic for me. But I just had to point everyone to read Angela’s post on “Offering Birth Control Pills to our CHILDREN?“. This is really too much. Have our education system become so ineffective that we have to throw in the towel and admit that we don’t know how to teach…
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Entrepreneur Tip – Get a Business Card Reader!
Here is a really simple, yet often overlooked tip for business owners – collect as many business cards as you can! OK, for those who are asking “why?” I would then say, because… – you need to know more people who might become your potential customers – you need to know more people who might…
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Building Trust
Actually, if you pare it right down, what is marketing other than building trust? In the end, what we are trying to do is to make people believe what we say about our products, its capabilities and that it is the best possible price. So people buy. Yvonne wrote a nice little piece on Building…
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Your garage could be the start of your future!
Besides parking your car, what else do you put in your garage? What is it good for? For some, its just another space to clean. For others, it was the start of a multi-million dollar corporation! This could be you! If you can just upgrade your garage into an office and have a proper garage…