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Rule #1 of Marketing: Simplicity

March 1, 2010
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Marketing success comes down to one thing: knowing the rules of the game. Think about that for a minute. Let it swirl around in your brain. Seems like common sense, right? You can’t win a game if you don’t know the rules. Over the last couple of decades of creating successful marketing initiatives, I’ve discovered [...]

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I hate the color blue.

February 5, 2010
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Eliminating Personal Preferences in the communications development process.
By Pete Monfre
Evaluating creative work is one of the most difficult processes anyone faces when executing a marketing or communications strategy. The pressure comes from the fact that these decisions can make the difference between the success and failure of an entire effort. It’s not that we [...]

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A life without risk is a life without growth.

November 9, 2009
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Looking back over the years I can see that my path has been what one might call “the road less traveled”. For me, risk and reward are inexorably linked and I have never worried about the possible consequences of zigging where most people zag. Of course this is the mindset of an invincible young man. [...]

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Nasty Networker – "Vomitous from the mouth"

February 9, 2009

This is a great article by a friend of mine -
Recently I asked my network through LinkedIn: “What are the visible attributes of a ‘Nasty Networker?’” I’ve boiled the answers down into some common categories ranked by the frequency of their appearance
Signs of a Nasty Networker

Selfish. Not interested in helping others.
Doesn’t ask questions. Talks too [...]

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