Archive | September, 2009

The Best Brands Are Not “Brands”

24. September 2009

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The Best Brands Are Not “Brands”

New media has the world in a frenzy about “humanizing” businesses, making companies raw again, and remembering the customer.  I can’t say I disagree with this trend.  It’s the lifeline a business.  Connect or die, I suppose.
I was thinking of my favorite brands – not that it’s about me, but as a test. [...]

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New-Age Dilemma

11. September 2009

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New-Age Dilemma

I miss the good old days.
I had a land line and an email address.  I’d get calls to my house and if I missed them, people would leave a message on my answering machine.  When I got home, I’d listen to the messages and call people back.  (Let me interject that I would return communication [...]

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8 Creative Ways To Learn A New Language

10. September 2009

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8 Creative Ways To Learn A New Language

I know a bit of Spanish.  But not nearly enough to be proficient for when I move to Argentina in March.  I’ve been ramping up my exposure to Spanish (even trying to hone in on Argentinian Spanish).  It’s unbelievable the amount of ways to learn – reading, writing, auditory, and visually.  Here’s a few of [...]

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Sarah’s Weekly Top 7 – Buzzing Grapes – Episode 001

3. September 2009

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Writing Anxiety Is Annoying

1. September 2009

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Writing Anxiety Is Annoying

Seth Simonds put me on a week-long task.  Every day for a week, I must write 300 words.  That’s not too hard.  I talk 50 times as much during the course of the day, have thoughts up the wazoo, and take furious notes whenever something sparks me.  So why then, does it take so much [...]

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