Introducing Podcast Transcriptions

August 21, 2023

I have been asked many many times to transcribe my podcast and post it on my blog.  I hear you and away we go. This week I am going to post last week’s episode.  Going forward, on weeks that I do not have a podcast, I will post transcriptions of two episodes: on Tuesday will […]

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Understanding Both Sides

December 8, 2021

As I have mentioned several times on the blog, Elizabeth Warren was my law professor while I was at the University Of Pennsylvania.  She taught me contracts and bankruptcy law.  She is remarkable and beyond the best teacher I have ever experienced.  Professor Warren, to this day, is one of the country’s foremost experts on […]

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Meaning

November 30, 2021

Marketing or meaning?  Emotion. Storytelling. Design. Luxury. Beautiful. Tasteful. Elegant. Sophisticated. None of these words really mean anything without context.  It is up to you to make them valuable or banal, rich or colloquial, layered or trite. Throughout my career I have seen creative businesses take the easy way out.  Rather than own the idiosyncrasy […]

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Shop My Porch

November 10, 2021

I am back after a self-imposed hiatus just to let the proverbial batteries recharge. I firmly believe that the future of all things is in the power of community.  1,000 true fans as Seth Godin would say.  I have had in/consulted with several businesses that seek to build community and serve that community, JazzWire and […]

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Beanie Babies And The Pet Rock

September 22, 2021

The absurdity of what resonates with our culture is never lost on me.  I wanted to have a little bit of fun today to illustrate the point that the difference between legacy and a whimsical moment is often nothing more than a conviction to the absurd. In 1975, Gary Dahl, an advertising copywriter, was at […]

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Cash Flow And Certainty Matters

September 15, 2021

Way back when in pre-COVID days, it used to be that you could get away with just about any business model.  Charge by the hour, get a percentage, take a flat fee, it really did not matter as you would likely get what you needed at the end of the day.  Yes, there was A […]

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What Do You Need?

September 8, 2021

On April 14,1975, Karen Ann Quinlan went out as someone in their early twenties did and does.  She went too far though and passed out at the bar after drinking too much and taking too many tranquilizers.  Her brain stopped functioning after she stopped breathing for at least two fifteen minute periods.  All of the […]

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The Value Of An Idea

August 25, 2021

What is the value of an idea?  Simultaneously infinite and worthless.  No single idea has value.  The value of the idea is its influence on the next idea. The series of ideas creates action, action creates movement to manifestation, manifestation transforms during its process and finally in its result. In our TikTok, Instaeverything world we […]

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Frustration

July 21, 2021

Everything in life is uncertain and a choice.  Regardless of what your position is on the COVID  vaccine (though I sincerely hope it is pro), the dichotomy of how those who are unwilling to take the vaccine versus marketing of dangerous products is amazing to me.  For those who say marketing and storytelling do not […]

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Trust And Betrayal Of Trust

July 7, 2021

Thirty three years ago today, my brother, 10 months younger than I, died. He was 20, my very best friend, full of life and dreams, a free spirit to my intensely narrow, driven nature. He fell from a roof. Gone in an instant. The end of his life shaped mine forever more. I became more […]

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