The World Famous Fives

It’s 1:20am, and that means it’s prime time for a blog entry before I go home. Not wanting to think too much at this time of the morning, I’m opting for an installment of the World Famous Fives. A Top 5 with myself, that is: Top 5 movies and/or TV shows that are randomly connected
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Successful Client Relations – Managing Expectations

“I’m disappointed in you” were words my dad could use in a calm and direct way that was more powerful than any physical punishment or tongue-lashing I can imagine. In fact, I’m pretty sure my dad only had to use these words on me once, because the first time was enough. Well, there was the
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You Don’t Know What Bad Design Is

I had something of an epiphany the other day. For years I’ve assumed that most non-designers, clients included, don’t know what good design is. But now I’m looking at things in an entirely different way. I think the problem might be that most clients don’t know what bad design is.

Common Youth Marketing and Advertising Mistakes

I often wonder how it is that adults can so easily forget what it was like to be a teenager. I think about this frequently, because I frequently see marketing and advertising campaigns, designed to target the 13-20 year-old demographic, that are so completely out of touch as to be damaging to the brand, product,
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Givers and Takers

I just read a post by Alex Lawrence called Win-Win Is Not A Tired Buzzword – It Is An Important Business Concept . Almost a year ago I posted to this blog my top ten list of things I had learned by being an entrepreneur, and Alex’s comments reminded of what I had written down
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Bad-Mouthing, Gossip, Hating, and Winning

I’ve been running my own business for over five years now. That’s enough time to have a few lessons pounded into my head. When I see people making mistakes with their businesses or having bad luck, I don’t laugh at them and say “What an idiot” I think “Ha, I used to be there, I
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CEOs Who Blog

Just saw a link to a page of CEO bloggers on Paul Allen’s blog.

Owen Cherrington, A Personal Tribute

I just received an email newsletter from the Rollins Center for eBusiness at BYU containing this article – http://ebusiness.byu.edu/newsletter/news.cfm?newsletterid=59&id=186. Out of all the professors I had at BYU I don’t believe I had more one on one talks with any of them more than with Owen. The last time I talked with Owen was a
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Do Business Networking Groups Really Work?

I don’t feel like I’m boasting when I say that I am a master networker. At least I was. I have spent countless hours over the past six years networking around Utah. I’ve joined every networking group I could find. I’ve donated my time and have been in the leadership of some of them. Out
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