My friends Becky and Marc turned me on to a new podcast called Smartless starring Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett. I’ve listened to five episodes so far. It’s a great break from all my Bitcoin podcasts. The premise is interesting. Each week either Jason, Sean or Will bring on a surprise guest that […]
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It doesn’t matter what industry entrepreneurs are in, what country they live in, or how many people are involved in the business. One thing is for sure: they almost always lack an exit strategy. Maybe you think you don’t need one. Perhaps you want to leave the business to your kids when you pass. Perhaps
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It’s been exactly a year since my friend and mentor Don Schultz passed away. He was 86. If you don’t know about Don, you should look him up. He’s known as the father of integrated marketing, writing multiple books on the topic and teaching at Northwestern for decades. Note: the picture above was taken in
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I’m writing this on Wednesday morning, the 19th of May. In three hours, I have a virtual presentation with a local chamber of commerce about my entrepreneurial journey. I don’t give presentations like this often. Almost all my speeches are about content marketing or Content Inc. But it’s a good change of pace. The presentation
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When thinking about today’s Random newsletter topic, I was going to write about something entirely different. But then I thought – hey, these are my people. This is the group I need to work these thoughts through with. So, I’m venting here in the hopes that a) you’ll find it somewhat interesting and b) you’ll
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In this week’s news, Neutrogena and Old Spice release the details on the creation of their internal brand studios. Is this Marriott all over again or something different? The answer is in promotion and audience building. More acquisitions are in the works, as friend of #ThisOldMarketing Jay Acunzo sells his podcast. Are more to
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Is the biggest part of a paid advertising budget with influencers now? The boys think not. Science seems to think that the web can survive without advertising. If so, there are huge opportunities for ungated media sites. And…it really doesn’t matter what browser you advertise on. In social audio news, Discord launches their own
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