Business Advice from American Idol: Pick...

Tweet Adam has some great business advice–Lambert, not Smith, that is. When given the choice, do you look for the “long shot” or the “sure bet?” This guy’s voice gets on my nerves, and I am generally not a fan. However, he consistently picks the sure bet. Within every genre, he has selected the song that turns the judges into bobble heads. Sure, he has a good voice, but out of the 50,000 contestants these finalists all have good voices.  Plus, they practice 8 hours a day,...

New Rules in the Sales in the Age of Con...

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Do it...

Tweet Seth wrote: The only thing worse than starting something and failing… is not starting something. Reminds me of a GK Chesterton quote: Anything worth doing is worth doing badly. What aren’t you doing that you should be? What are you scared to mess...

Launching a Money Saving Site for Knoxvi...

Tweet Spokes Marketing has launched Coupon Katie–a site devoted to sharing money-saving tips–in Knoxville. There are a number of “coupon” sites on the web, but this site is dedicated to hyperlocal stories about saving some money. As I like to say, “Saving Green is the new Black.” As Katie says: The goal of this website is to simply inform you of the best deals here in the Knoxville, TN area and to help you develop your own Coupon Strategy.  Although I am here in Knoxville,...

Great Idea! 30 of Them...

Tweet Check out these great ideas. For anyone, such as myself, starving for a new biz-idea check out this list and play eeny-meeny-miny-moe. #30 is more my speed. How about...

I still haven’t found what I’...

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Sketches: Foundations of Art and Busines...

Tweet Yesterday, the daughter and I sat down to paint with some acrylic paints.  The daughter was painting the newly crafted napkin holder and I sat staring blankly at the white canvas.  A forest, I thought, would be a good subject, so I set out to paint a cedar tree.  Shortly thereafter, I added a nameless hardwood, and then an evergreen.  I wanted a water feature, so I slid a bank in front of the trees.  I was left with a funky looking forest lacking perspective and dimension. Today, I thought about...