Microsoft Store in Mission Viejo

November 16, 2009
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Last night on our way to a birthday party at the Derby Deli & Dueling Piano Bar – Lisa and I stopped in at The Shops at Mission Viejo mall to kill some time. Traffic from San Diego was a little hectic so I figured that some time spend doing some retail therapy [...]

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Top Online Marketing Resources and Websites

November 1, 2009

A quick list of some of my favorite marketing resources,
Marketingsherpa.com – One of the top research firms that track with is and is not working in all aspects of marketing. Well known for their charts of the week and whitepapers, their work is often cited by other top marketers.
marketingpilgrim.com – Stay current with the [...]

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Initial Meeting Confirmation Email

November 1, 2009

Whenever we set an appointment with our client over the phone, it is a good idea to follow up your conversation with an email outlining your objectives. The folks at The Whetstone Group, sales training San Diego have created this template to ensure that the message is clear and your goals and [...]

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Google Voice Now For Cell Phones

October 28, 2009
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My favorite Google Voice feature is the ability to have all of my voice-mails transcribed and emailed to me. Most of the time there is about an  eighty percent accuracy, or when it stumbles I can listen to the audio directly.  For me it is a huge time saver when I am on the road [...]

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Asking a Client for a Positive Online Review of your Business

October 6, 2009

Here is a quick template that I put together for business owners to ask their clients for a review using one or more of the common online services.
The Internet has come full circle, where once you could find anything you wanted in any part of the world, now the major search engines have placed a [...]

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Why I use a local bank vs. a MEGA bank

October 2, 2009
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The Background Story:
About a year ago I opened an additional business account at Regents Bank in La Jolla after checking with the bigger national banks in town.  I spent about two weeks talking to a number of reps at the big box banks and they all had amazing features, online everything, account access anywhere, free [...]

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Facebook FML

September 17, 2009
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I just had my first Facebook FML – I guess it had to happen sooner or later. I went to high school with Rachel.

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Dan Kennedy Information Marketing

September 17, 2009
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Just got off of conference call with Dan Kennedy where he discussed his A to Z marketing strategy and his info summit.  Just like most info marketers he gave some real information, held back some of the finer points and then introduced his product.
For those of you who missed the call here is the Dan [...]

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Why is there a perfect picture of Joe Wilson shouting?

September 11, 2009
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I read a really interesting article that did make me say – Huh! Why is that.
I like most Americans watched the Obama speech and the outburst was anything other than expected.  Its something that has never happened in the hundreds of years of the Congress so why was there a “perfect photograph” of the [...]

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The Tough Enonomy is Invading the Schools

September 9, 2009
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Lisa gave me the most amazing birthday present ever she enrolled me in  Machine Shop Basics for some personal development.  I have always wanted to learn how to run a lathe and a mill, I love the feel of metal, the clean lines and the glimmer of stainless steel.
SO I get there today and [...]

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Dan Ariely – Are we in control of our decisions?

August 27, 2009

A amazing video on decision and how context and the default changes the results.

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UtterGUYS.com Utterly Stupid

July 18, 2009

So I just got off the phone with Jason over at the UtterGuys.com – Its about 1pm on Saturday in Florida. I placed an order with them on 7/9 – 9 days ago for a Shop Fox D2058 base for my new router. I have the confirmation email but no item. So [...]

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