Month: April 2011

  • Taking The Vow of Super Heroism

    I , (insert name here), also known as (insert Super hero Name here) promise to always use my SuperHero powers for good. I promise I will use the items I’ve purchased here today safely and in the name of Justice.  I promise to remain ever vigilant, ever true. -Required Oath before any purchase at The

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  • Crisis and Motivation

    I’m pleased and honored to guest post over here at Awaken Your Superhero. Chris and I have worked together for years on the Marketing Over Coffee podcast, which has allowed us to hang out with cool kids like Chris Brogan, Mitch Joel, Seth Godin, and David Meerman Scott, as well as the thousands of members

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  • The suitcase is packed again

    The suitcase is packed again and it’s off to distant lands, this time for well over a week. I’m headed out on a vacation to someplace that’s almost-new, that I’ve almost never been to before – Seoul, South Korea. I say almost because once upon a time, long ago, I was born there, in a

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  • This too shall pass

    There’s a cliche that’s arguably over a hundred years old in the United States, to stop and smell the roses, an admonition against hurrying through life so fast that you miss all of the delights of life. Variants of this phrase and ideal stretch back as far as recorded human history goes. For example, Judaism

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  • When is the best time to tweet?

    When is the best time to tweet? … is the wrong question. At least as it’s currently being asked in social media, it’s not only the wrong question, it’s an overly simplified question that provides an answer that’s not likely to help you meet your goals. It’s a question that is presented to people who

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  • More marketing rocks ready to roll

    In classical physics, there are two very basic forms of energy (discounting those nutty folks in the quantum mechanics department): potential and kinetic energy. Potential energy is energy that hasn’t been used yet. Push a rock to the top of a hill and it has tremendous potential energy, but it’s not energy being exerted because

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  • Beyond Recipes

    Chris Brogan posted an interesting commentary on offering recipes to your buyers, on the premise that people would be happier to buy from you if you offered serving suggestions rather than just a pile of ingredients. Go read it. It’s a good start, but imagine this was the menu being served for dinner: Strawberry shortcake

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  • How do you know when to say no?

    As life gets busier, there’s no shortage of things that can take up your time, energy, and resources. There’s also no shortage of people telling you to say no, from how to say no effectively to dozens of different ways of saying no. Few, however, address how to answer this fundamental question: How do you

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  • Happy April Fool’s Day

    I’m not blogging today. There’s a very good chance I wouldn’t even believe what I have to say. In the meantime, go check out Blue Sky Factory’s proprietary new technology, U-Blue-View, to learn how infomercials will be hitting your inbox soon.

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