2:44pm Thursday
Saint Paul
Yesterday I wrote about the muffled radio I could hear at midnight…
which was no where to be found.
I was telling my kids about it. My wife chimed in:
“Oh, I heard it too!”
(more…)2:44pm Thursday
Saint Paul
Yesterday I wrote about the muffled radio I could hear at midnight…
which was no where to be found.
I was telling my kids about it. My wife chimed in:
“Oh, I heard it too!”
(more…)3:!7pm
Saint Paul
I slept in today.
Just a little, like 15 minutes past my usual.
Because I was up late, hearing voices and music in my house like a muffled radio somewhere.
It wasn’t coming from the basement bathroom radio.
It wasn’t coming from the living room hi-fi.
It wasn’t coming from outside.
In fact, I couldn’t find it anywhere.
(more…)2:05pm
Saint Paul
In a Newsweek article from 1995, computer engineer Clifford Stoll predicted the Internet would be dead within a year.
Boy was he wrong!
Stoll couldn’t foresee the tech advancements that have since transformed… well, everything.
But Stoll did get this part right:
(more…)10:19am
Hastings Minn
Golf!
I’m out to hit the links in about an hour.
First time this season, which is a shame—the weather’s been perfect and I’ve missed a lot of great opportunities.
No worries. I’m not a good golfer anyway.
Hey are you familiar with John Carlton’s headline:
“The Secret of the One Legged Golfer”
(more…)3:23pm
Saint Paul
Tonight’s the school carnival.
You’ll find me working at the Can Crush booth along Game Row.
My goal for tonight?
I chose three cards from my Hypnotic Language card deck. Tonight I’ll be using these phrases as often as I can, if only to see how I can squeeze them into the conversation with elementary school kids:
(more…)3:37pm
Saint Paul
Our ancient Kenmore clothes drier is no longer moaning in agony.
Now it’s got a full-on death squeal.
(more…)Monday 1:06pm
Saint Paul, Minn
Hey *|FNAME|* if you had an additional $150k to spend on your business…
How would you invest it?
Develop new products? Go after a new market segment? Completely shift your offering? Invest in AI and become a software vendor? Train the staff? Buy out a competitor?
That’s the hypothetical question my client’s board of directors is asking themselves right now.
I gave my client a number of ideas for them to bounce around, not all of which are good or feasible.
That’s OK. BAD ideas are often the seeds for GOOD ideas.
And of course—some businesses don’t want to grow.
Those smaller businesses are often chugging along, putting in the work and creating happy clients.
(Even if it means they’re working looong days to do it!)
From my point of view, business growth comes from three levers:
• Great products that solve real problems for real people
• Great customer service to make doing business a pleasure, and
• Great marketing to bring in new money (from new and existing customers)
Of course, to a hammer everything is a nail…
Anyways.
Reply and tell me please: how would YOU invest $150,000 to upgrade your business?
3:17pm Friday
Saint Paul
I’ve spent the better part of today on LinkedIn… and watching business videos from Ben Settle… and generally ignoring the work I had planned for today.
Basically: not writing.
Eew it doesn’t feel good.
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