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Entries from November 2008

Stay at Home Dads and Goulash

November 30th, 2008 · 7 Comments · The Joy of Fatherhood

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, a friend showed me a video on YouTube by Jon LaJoie called Stay at Home Dad. I thought it was quite funny, and I want to see if I can figure out how to embed a video in a blog post, so I’ve decided to use it as a test to see if I […]

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Happy Thanksgiving

November 27th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Random Stuff

It’s Thanksgiving here in the US, so I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. In addition to eating too much, I think it’s important to remember what we have and appreciate it. I already mentioned in an earlier post what a great post Rudy wrote about being thankful. Because he did a much better job than I […]

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Five Keys to Marketing Success

November 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments · General Marketing

While there are many factors or “keys” to sales and marketing success, as well as success in life and in general, five keys stand out and are worthy of review. As an aside, I was inspired to write this post because of my recent post Please help Will. Will employed the second key, and because of […]

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Unused Gift Cards and Stores Going Out of Business

November 20th, 2008 · 25 Comments · Random Stuff

I’m not a fan of gift cards, but I understand why businesses like to sell them. They get the money when the card is sold, but then don’t have to provide the product or service until the card is used. I’m going to guess that a significant portion of gift cards are never used, or […]

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Please help Will

November 17th, 2008 · 13 Comments · Random Stuff

Please take the time to read this post (I’ll try to keep it short) and see if you can help Will. You’ll get good karma if you do. One of the blogs I follow is Will Taft’s Healthy Living. Will, like several other bloggers I am grateful to, is helping me learn about blogging. Anyway, in a reply to […]

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Spiderman War

November 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment · The Joy of Fatherhood

What is “Spiderman War” you may be wondering? Well, I’ll get to that in a minute. And while you’re puzzling about that, you can also wonder why I wanted to lose. Yes, I wanted to lose! Welcome to the first post in my Joy of Fatherhood series. Last Saturday night, we went to a big 75th […]

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Joy of Fatherhood

November 12th, 2008 · 11 Comments · The Joy of Fatherhood

I’m adding another category to my blog, The Joy of Fatherhood. In it I’ll write about when my two kids (I have a six year old daughter and a four year old son) do something that reminds me how awesome it is to be a father. That seems to happen every day for me (which […]

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Trade Show Zen

November 9th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Trade Show Marketing

What is trade show zen? Is it the trade show marketing enlightenment that one gets from reading the wisdom of the trade show guru? Not exactly, but reading the Trade Show Guru blog probably helps. Is it designing and setting up your trade show booth space to incorporate the essential design elements of trade show […]

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Run, Fatboy, Run

November 6th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Movies

Ok, I figure since I said I’d review Run Fatboy Run (2007) a few weeks ago as my first movie review, I’d better get it done before I write another post about trade show marketing or see any more movies. I saw Iron Man a few days ago, and during the first half of the […]

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Don’t Vote

November 3rd, 2008 · 9 Comments · Random Stuff

This is a public service announcement from the Trade Show Guru. Tomorrow, November 4, is election day in the United States, and Americans will have the opportunity to vote for the next leader of the free world, plus other federal politicians, state politicians, and (at least in California) a slew of state proposititions, plus local […]

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