I may not have captivated everyone with that subject line…I am well aware that many members of my online family aren’t aware of too much that happened before the Internet…and this reference goes back even further to the 1970’s. But please stick with me. Annie Hall is the movie that won the Academy Award ...

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This subject line seems like a setup to talk about some political conspiracy…but it’s not. It’s actually my way of sharing some important “lessons from Mom” we all have tucked away somewhere…since last Sunday was Mother’s Day and I first shared this story on Mother’s Day three years ago. I think the only people ...

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I recently asked a doctor who is not a true believer in taking nutritional supplements this question: Is there ONE vitamin or supplement that you could recommend to your patients that you feel has no downside but also has clear upside for most people? He replied, like many others have (including skeptics), that the ...

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I’ve been thinking about “original source” a lot this week with the release of the “Titans Marketing edition” of Breakthrough Advertising by Gene Schwartz. Gene was one of many “originals” who paved the way for everything we do today in marketing, copywriting and the study of human behavior. And as mentioned above, Gene is ...

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I will make the assumption that if you are part of my online family you are “one of us”…a serial direct marketer…and marketing terms like “branding,” “public relations,” and “publicity” give us the creeps, right? Our favorite question: “How are you going to measure THAT?” I recall a case of those “creeps” turning into ...

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