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A few things I don’t get about online marketers (part 1)
I’ve been in this online marketing thing for a few years now, and I have to say there are a few things about this business that I just don’t get. This isn’t to say that I think these things are useless, because many people I know and even work for have figured how to use…
Read MoreWhy I fired our podcast host last month
I’ve intentionally waited a good while to share this story so that I could have as much emotion removed from its telling as possible. Also because I don’t want to unduly influence people’s perception of a legit and by all accounts honorable business providing a valuable service to the marketplace. It’s purely personal, as you’ll…
Read MoreA boy and his kitty is a beautiful sight
About a year ago, my son Gabriel informed me he wanted a cat. Not a dog, not a ferret, not a guinea pig, not even a mongoose. A cat, or nothing at all. I was open to it, and truth be told I’ve always been partial to dogs, but to each his own right? Well,…
Read MoreI dun gone Newc-Lear
A couple years ago, I wised up to social media and took steps to severely curtail my activity on it. I was at one point a legit Facebook addict. I would make a comment somewhere, then “get into it” with complete strangers, thinking I was somehow adding to the value of the global economy by…
Read MoreWhat would this show be without the characters?
Imagine Batman without the Joker, or the Penguin, or any of the other villains in the comics and movies. Or Superman without Lex Luthor, or those three individuals with equal powers to Superman but who broke bad in their spirit and wished harm and destruction upon Planet Earth? How utterly boring would that be? It…
Read MoreDidn’t think I’d be saying goodbye when I opened Facebook yesterday
“Google Big Big Train. Your life will become better for it.” I heard my friend Tom Woods say this on his podcast probably 7 years ago. I swear by just about everything old Tom Woods says so I checked it out, and he was right. I was introduced to the world of progressive rock music,…
Read More15 minutes a day keeps the Quit Monster at bay
I remember when I was a young lad learning the craft of trumpet playing, I came across a quote from someone who isn’t well-known today but I guess had some sort of influence in his era, i.e. the 1960’s. I don’t remember the quote verbatim, but essentially it said, “Missing a day of practice is…
Read MoreTopys happen
One of the biggest adjustments for me personally when I began writing in a blogging, or conversational style was to quit stressing out over everything being perfect with spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc. The vast majority of my writing until about 2015 was in an academic setting. So everything had to be dress right dress; conform…
Read MoreI’ve decommitted from committed
If you’ve followed my emails for awhile, you may recall me talking about naming my business Committed Media. It’s got a good back story. I was inspired to do it while at the Wyndham Garden Maximum Security Facility in Hanoi, Vietnam this past January. My wife Sana and I had just finished putting together the…
Read MoreThe case for putting out bad content
Recently a client and dear friend reached out and said her episode for her show would be a little bit late on the recording. No problem, I replied. It happens. And it’s better to be a day late than miss a week entirely. So she got it done and sent a message to let me…
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