Entries by Chris

One Recession Combat Strategy You Can’t Be Without

In this new economy, consumers are much wiser and are educating themselves much more. The consumer makes more educated buying decisions. What does this mean? This simply means that they need more than generic information to help pry their money from their hands and give it to you vs. your competition. Learn how to leave your competition in the dust and take home the prize money with this One Recession Combat Strategy You Can’t Be Without….

The Swagger Wagon

Sit back. Turn your speakers up. Enjoy the ride…. :) Yeah, there’s a marketing lesson in there. This is a brilliant lesson for changing perception and getting reach via viral video marketing. Instead of talking much about that now, just simply enjoy it! Chris.

What They Didn’t Tell You About Following Your Passions…

You have heard this before: “Do what you are passionate about and the money will follow” It’s very smooth and soothing and has inspired many to go after the things they love. Who wouldn’t want to pursue a passion as opposed to grinding your life away sitting behind a desk doing something you really don’t […]

Give A Full Life

Give a full life… For those of you that have been hanging around here for a while, you will see that today’s topic is a little different… or is it? You know that I’m am against “bright shiny objects”. The things that everyone in marketing makes you believe that you “absolutely have to have this […]

David vs. Goliath – Dave Carroll vs. United Airlines

David vs. Goliath – Dave Carroll with his band Sons of Maxwell take on the Mighty United Airlines Ahhhhhh, if you like David vs. Goliath tales, you will love this… In the spring of 2008, Sons of Maxwell were traveling to Nebraska for a one-week tour and my Taylor guitar was witnessed being thrown by […]

Are You Losing Clients By Providing A Poor Customer Experience?

As you may know, I am an Engineer, sales professional and advertising executive… I know, it’s a rare and possibly dysfunctional combination eh?! … as an engineer, I like real answers, data and no hype or B.S. … as a sales professional, I like helping people make decisions best for them and profit in a […]

Notable Olympic Gold Medal Performances

Ok, the Winter Olympics in Vancouver are over. And what an exhilarating Olympics it was!! Being from Canada, I gotta say there were 3 big highlights for me… Canada getting their very first ever Gold Medal on home soil – It took 3 Olympics before we finally did it… Montreal Summer Games in 1976, Calgary […]

Here’s What is Sorely Missed In Business Today

Holy Smokes eh!! We are at the halfway point of the first month of the year. That means we are 1/24th of the way through the year. Quick quiz: Do you have clear, written goals for what you want to accomplish this year? Do you have a clear plan on how to get there? Have […]