The Way To Earn My Business

The Way To Earn My Business

So let me preface this by saying I was asking for a favor…sort of.  I had asked a supplier if they had any specials on a specific pen they sell.  I had a client interested in re-ordering, but was balking a bit at the price. Yes or no was a...

What Can You Do

As a parent or spouse or entrepreneur (or person of earth), you sometimes will be less than pleased with the way a situation turns out.  You might not be angry.  But maybe your response is more like “Well I saw that going another way.”  Or...
The Thing About Trolls

The Thing About Trolls

One of the challenges (or fears if we are honest) about putting yourself out there (or creating), is the reaction of the trolls.  The trolls of the internet (and life) seemingly just look for a reason to tear everything down.  Nothing is ever good...
Want To Influence?  Choose Yourself

Want To Influence? Choose Yourself

Recently, Dale Denham put out his annual list of the top 18online influencers in the Promotional Products industry.  He clearly spent a great deal of time on the list and did a terrific job of explaining his choices.  I was sincerely honored to be on the...

Delivering Marketing Joy with Ted Rubin

Each week over the past 22 weeks, I have had the great opportunity to talk to really interesting business leaders and entrepreneurs.  I started the Delivering Marketing Joy show because I wanted to create great content.  But I have fallen into a...
Bringing the Funk

Bringing the Funk

I try to start each day by feeding my brain with some sort of positive “message.”  That message might be a book, a blog by Seth Godin, or an article on Inc.com.  But either way, I think it’s important to start the day by input-ing some...