A new version of WordPress came out recently and I decided to upgrade only to discover that the data base that is running on this site was a bit old. I had to figure out how to update the data base and something went not quite right with the result that a few of my [...]

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A couple of weeks ago I was in Boulder Co for the annual Duct Tape Marketing coaches gathering and we had a few really good speakers. Lesa Snider, who I have met before, is a really good presenter. She is an evangelist for iStockPhoto.com and is the author of Photoshop CS4: The [...]

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I came across a very interesting blog entry from Guy Kawasaki about:

how he uses Twitter
his favorite Twitter tools
techniques and
the use of ghost writters – yes ghost writters.

What was most interesting however, was his approach is to using Twitter as a live broadcast medium. He uses a team of 4 ghost writers as [...]

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We are supposed to have part two of the Sales and Marketing Rehab at the moment but it looks like the teleconference provider is down. I can’t get through and neither it seems can anyone else.
Many apologies to those who are trying to dial in. At this point I think all we can do is [...]

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Wow, it seems the news is bad every day. Yesterday I read about all the problems with Europe’s financial system. It shouldn’t be a surprise to me but the degree to which the world economies are linked is amazing. The word bailout has become quite an emotional one for people on both sides of the [...]

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I just read an interesting blog about eZineArticles.com by Maria Langer. Maria is the co-author of WordPress 2 which I like a lot although it is becoming slightly out of date now. Here is the link on Amazon — it doesn’t get great reviews but I think they are a little harsh. It helped me [...]

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In the Wall Street Journal today was a great article about Capt. Denny Flanagan, a United airlines pilot, who goes more than the extra mile for his passengers. This guy,

Calls parents of unaccompanied minors to let them know their kids have arrived
Takes cellphone pictures of pets in the hold to show their owners that they [...]

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I received a call today on the answering machine saying that I had some suspicious activity on my credit card. It left a 1-800 number for me to call the credit card company’s fraud department. I had just experienced a rejected transaction earlier in the day so I naturally assumed the worst and called straight away.
The number was answered by [...]

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