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Christmas Come Early

… well not really, but it does feel damn good to see this before diving into a culinary orgy. Traffic volume and quality is up. Mobile usage has doubled, and bounce rate went from 88%

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Enjoy the Little Things

The True Meaning of 1,000 and where the mysterious Rule #32 comes in. So I hit 1,000 followers on Twitter today. Hold on a sec, and let me try that again.   I HIT 1,000

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What Page of Google Am I On?

WhatPageOfSearchAmIOn is one of my favorite tools of marketing geekery.  I stumbled across  it earlier this year when recording a client’s starting search ranking for an Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Campaign. Hitting the #1 spot

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Selling, Guilt-Free

Know yourself If you’re confident with who you are and know that your intentions are in the right place (that being….for your customers, not just

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Strategic Retreat

Unconventional B2B Strategy #11 In 1934, Mao Zedong’s Red Army faced annihilation. Encircled by Nationalist forces, they were outnumbered and outgunned. Instead of fighting a losing battle, Mao led his army on a grueling 6,000-mile

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Lose to Win

Unconventional B2B Strategy #12 333 B.C. A young king from Greece had just crushed Persia’s forces in Turkey – his first major battle. A shocked Darius III scrambled east towards the safety of his capital

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Weaponize Anxiety

Unconventional B2B Strategy #10 In 1220, the world’s wealthiest trading city stood defiant. Located on the Silk Road in modern-day Uzbekistan, Samarkand, the crown jewel of the Khwarazmian Empire, boasted massive double walls, 110,000 soldiers,

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Arrogance Kills

Unconventional B2B Strategy #9 Northern China. 316 B.C. The Wei army, 100,000 strong, invaded the state of Qi. Wei’s generals believed the conquest would be swift. Sun Pin, Qi’s crippled but brilliant strategist, spotted an

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Leveraging Limitations

Unconventional B2B Strategy #8 In 1588, Philip II of Spain felt righteously invincible. Fueled by fanatical faith, he launched the Spanish Armada—a fleet of 130 massive warships—to crush Elizabeth I and reclaim England for Catholicism.

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Selling, Guilt-Free

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