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Somehow one of my e-mail addresses ended up on a spam list for AMAZING MONEY MAKING OPPORTUNITIES. Now almost daily I’m told that Generating CASH Should Be This Easy!!! The other day I accidentally opened one and I finally figured out what these offers are really about. Prostitution! Let’s break it down. Get Paid Instantly [...]

I spent almost fifteen years in marketing and business communications. I even enjoyed several years of it. Watching this video of design by committee reminds me why I’m glad I’m out.

Several years ago I heard author David Wolfe speak at a marketing convention about how people in different stages of their lives have different "hot buttons" with regard to marketing. Furthermore, he postulated that the "hot button" values of the majority are subconsciously inherited by the minority. He talked about the maturation of humans throughout [...]

Welcome to yet another episode of Flametoad’s “Seen on the Net”. Today we (that’s the imperial “we”, for those of you watching at home) bring you a pair of videos from Clip a Day. First, a clever Adidas marketing stunt pays off. Two athletes (at least, you hope they’re athletes) are suspended from a billboard [...]

My interview on The Writing Show was released today. I just finished listening to it, so here are my first impressions. Man I sound like a dork. Wow! I don’t remember saying that. I’m smarter than I thought. That was “in a nutshell”? Just shut the heck up already! God… I talk like William Shatner! [...]