3 Marketing Musts to Break Away from the Pack

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Marketing messages whiz by us everyday – billboards, ads in the sidebars of websites, radio commercials, even the brand names emblazoned on the clothes of the people we encounter… The majority of these messages are met with about the same amount of enthusiasm as going to the dentist. The problems are: oversaturation, ...

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What a 6-Year-Old Can Teach Us About Becoming Rich

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Many people paid $0.50 for their cup of lemonade, and remarked on how cute my kids and their friends were for selling lemonade during Babson College’s “Lemonade Day Boston” last Sunday. But for my son, this was serious business. After all, he put his hard earned money on the line. Seriously. You see, last year ...

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What Warren Buffett Can Teach You About Survival

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For the years leading up to 1998, all I ever heard was how easy it was to make money… But during the summer of 1998, Warren Buffett looked me in the eyes and said the world was about to awaken to a harsh reality – when people replace time-tested business building strategies for “speed and ...

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How a Company Culture of “Wow!” Translates to Powerful Marketing

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Consumers today are more connected than ever before. We all know this… It’s as clear as day – people are constantly tweeting about their experiences with various brands, Instagramming pictures of their meals, connecting with company pages on Facebook, writing reviews on Google… Every smartphone holds the power to ...

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Why I Oddly Enjoy Paying Taxes…

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Today is “tax day” – and in a minute, you’ll see why I happily wrote a large check to the IRS today (the reason is not what you would expect). You see, in 2001 – I found myself millions of dollars in debt. The interest rates I was paying on that debt were in the ...

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Are You Making This Social Media Mistake?

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I hear this all the time: If you can’t pitch people to buy your product through social media, what’s the point? First, we have to remember that purchasing a product is only one part of the big picture – to make the largest impact on your customers, you need to offer an experience that extends ...

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