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A Musician’s Opinion on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)

January 18, 2012
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Stop SOPA and PIPA

I am a musician. I write, record, and play songs. I spend months pouring my deepest feelings into a dozen or so 3 minute tunes. In the good ol’ days, I could’ve signed a deal with some huge record label, borrowed a ridiculous amount of money from them to record those songs, and end...

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Top 5 Reasons I Hate Marketers

January 4, 2012
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First, let me be clear: I’m talking about what you do, not about you as a human. Second, I’m a marketer, so I’m just as guilty as you from time to time. Speaking of which, you should listen to some of my music or even...

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3 Predictions About the Future of “Social”

December 14, 2011
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3 Predictions About the Future of “Social”

In the US, there are  tens of millions of searches every month for things related to social marketing, social media marketing, and the like. But, if you look at Google Trends, it also looks like that search traffic may have peaked (for now, anyway)....

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Failure Sucks

October 24, 2011
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Failure Sucks

We can learn from our successes just as much as we can from our failures. So, I'd like to see a switch from Failure Chic to Learning Chic.

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Process, People, and Sacred Cows

October 13, 2011
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Process, People, and Sacred Cows

“I’m sorry. I can’t do that. It’s not part of our process.” “I’m sorry we billed you three times for the same thing. Our process had some hiccups.” “Sorry, but our process requires to make the changes you’ve requested.” Sound familiar?...

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