Goldmine Marketing

Tag: dog

  • Unwelcome Guest

    7:40am
    Saint Paul

    Bang bang bang!

    Bark bark bark!

    “What kind of dog is that?” the rooftop solar salesman asked through the door.

    Bark bark bark!

    Sigh.

    “Hi, good evening,” I said. “We’ve discussed solar panels. We’re not interested.” (Bark bark bark!) “Can’t talk, I’m in the middle of my kids’ bedtime…”

    Bark bark bark!

    “What kind of dog is that?”

    Bark bark bark!

    Sigh…

    Dan Kennedy–marketer extraordinaire–has this story of him working, head down, getting things done…

    When there’s a loud banging on his door that just won’t quit.

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  • This Dog Ate My Brain

    2:34pm
    Saint Paul

    When I was 12 the neighbor’s dog bit my brother.

    We never had a dog of our own.

    Goldfish, yes. A cat. A parakeet. A skink. A snake. Even a “grow a frog” that escaped its water tank… and a week later, hopped across the kitchen floor.

    So I was never much of a dog person.

    In fact I told myself I was afraid of them. The dog bite and all, you understand.

    And any time I saw a dog, this fear consumed my brain.

    But years ago I decided that was silly.

    So I simply reprogrammed my brain.

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