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“Collapse of Distinction”

Roger Clemens indictment…and the lessons for YOU and your business!

View Comments August 30, 2010
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Is Apple losing it?

View Comments August 15, 2010

I’m an Apple fanboy. But, I’m starting to get worried. One of the big points I made in “Collapse of Distinction” and “What Customers REALLY Want” is that we hate it when new customers are treated better than loyal ones. Yet, it is starting to seem as though Apple really doesn’t care how many products [...]

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Why “Why Your Customers Don’t Want to Talk to You” is absolutely wrong…

View Comments August 5, 2010

As a writer, I’ve been there. You sit at your laptop and try to come up with a catchy title that will sell books, spike hits to your blog, or get re-Tweeted a bunch of times. The problem, however, is sometimes you may actually come up with a concept so provocative, your title works extraordinarily [...]

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Asian Trip Almost Complete!

July 12, 2010

The Asian trip is rapidly winding down…here’s the latest from Malaysia…and GREAT news for my long-time friend and colleague, Scott Friedman!

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Too much time…

View Comments June 14, 2010

Did you see the New York Times article where — believe it or not — there was a memo circulating around GM HQ instructing their employees to “communicate our brand as Chevrolet”? In other words…NOT as “Chevy.” Good grief. How would your organization like to have a nickname…a BRAND, for goodness sakes…as universally known as [...]

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Just for speakers…and YOU!

View Comments May 26, 2010

On Twitter, Peter Dunn (@PeteThePlanner), asked me a great question — one I could not answer in the allotted 140 characters: “Any tips on increasing my speaking fees? I feel stuck at certain level.” For all speakers — regardless of fee level — it’s easy to get slotted in the marketplace as a “$5000 speaker” [...]

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Business wisdom from blue corduroy…

View Comments May 14, 2010

If you know much about me on a personal basis, you’re probably aware that just about every positive thing I have ever accomplished in my life can be traced back to my membership and involvement as a youth in the FFA. Formerly known as the Future Farmers of America, I was fortunate to be a [...]

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Why does it take the extreme?

View Comments April 21, 2010

So…I’m watching “24″ on Monday night, and during a commercial break, a spot for Toyota comes on. During the commercial, in which Toyota basically does a mea culpa, they state, “The safety of our cars has recently come under question.” Uh, no…that’s not the way we’ve been hearing it. The general public believes the safety [...]

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One more on gurus…

View Comments March 9, 2010

After my post on “Intellectual Dishonesty” attacking the mentality of gurus was posted — and has received an amazing number of hits and comments — there is one more related point I have to vent. …and please excuse the very personal aspect of this story. My late wife, Sheri, was a true leader in the [...]

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Intellectual dishonesty…

View Comments March 6, 2010

I’m tired of it…bored…and mad as hell. Strange as it sounds, I’m jaded by all of the talk about disruption. I am angry…because I have come to the conclusion those who focus upon it have become intellectually dishonest, and – frankly – simply lazy and passé. Just a few days ago, a major blogger wrote [...]

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