Well, I’ve been out of commission for a while now, so to speak. I got married which quite frankly threw me off schedule in the blogging world. Well, while I’ve been away and letting the weeds grow on my blog, I’ve been learning a few important lessons about starting an entrepreneurial venture such as hosting [...]
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Why we buy what the market tells us to buy
Posted in Marketing, Other on August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Random Thought #002: What’s in a name “Organic”?
Posted in branding, business, Food obsessions, Other, tagged brand premiums, branding story on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Between a bottle of Heinz Ketchup and Safeway Ketchup of the same volume, the only difference is the price. The number of ingredients are the same. Between a bottle of Safeway Ketchup and Safeway Organics Ketchup, the difference is in the number of ingredients. Safeway Organics Ketchup only contains Tomato Concentrate, Sugar, Salt, Onion Powder [...]
Random Thought #001
Posted in Marketing, Personal Branding, Professional Development, tagged random thoughts on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I decided to start numbering these. There is a lot of talk about self-branding, but I have to say that anyone who makes a career out of being a self-marketer should get an ego check. That includes Guy Kawasaki for making this very typically cryptic, eccentric comment recorded at the Wall Street Journal in regards [...]
Marketers Love the Impulse Buying Consumer
Posted in business, Marketing, Other, tagged business ethics, philosophy on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some very strange things have been bubbling up in my mind since re-reading Jostein Gaardner’s Sophie’s World and listening to NPR on the weekend. If you don’t know Sophie’s World, it’s a book that tells a story about philosophy and questins whether humans really exist or if we just are cheating ourselves into thinking that [...]
Are Netbooks the New Mobile?
Posted in business, Gadgets & Apps, technology, tagged HP, Intel, netbooks, Palm on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As fate would have it, while I’ve been hoping to do more investigative on this subject, I have to just put it out there. Netbooks, are they going to take over the mobile market? I’ve been rooting for Palm for quite a while and now that the Palm Pre is coming out in the future, [...]