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A Job That Comes With A Target On Your Back

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Jeff

As part of their plan to roll out a retail store initiative, Microsoft is hiring away Apple Store employees to run the new Microsoft Stores. These ever loyal Apple employees are apparently jumping at the chance to make a little … Continue reading →

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Ready To Make Your Own Glow Tape

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Jeff

The idea that the products we sell might someday  be generated organically and thus solve the disposable problems that selling expendables cause is exciting.  I have written about this in the past. A recent article in  the Telegraph highlights the … Continue reading →

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My Phone Needs Another Button

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Jeff

 The ability to make a free (or almost free) phone call by using a computer with a broadband connection is a great innovation. It opens up lots of opportunities for new telcom services and helps keep the big phone companies … Continue reading →

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This Drummer Is Hot!

Posted on May 18, 2009 by Jeff

So, I’m watching a Metacafe video of the drummer for The Dave Matthews Band (Carter Beauford) while the site serves ads for “printer drums”, drum heaters” and “ear drum” protection. I realize that keyword driven advertising has a long way … Continue reading →

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Nobody Likes To Get Old

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Jeff

As part of our new marketing strategy built around goodideaguys.com, I am trying to work on a new social media presence for our business. I have resisted using sites like Facebook and Twitter to date, partly because they can be … Continue reading →

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This Will Make One Heck Of A Tape Ball

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Jeff

I keep my Google News Alerts set for stories about the manufacturers products we sell.  Today I got this one about Shurtape, a tape manufacturer in Hickory, NC. Sun Kwak, a Korean artist, is using over three miles of black … Continue reading →

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Intelligently Searching For Intelligent Search

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Jeff

I subscribe to a news alert service provided by Forbes Magazine and find that about once a day I will click on a link to one of their business-oriented stories.  They are useful and well written. This morning they sent … Continue reading →

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I Don’t Play Cello But I Could Have Done This

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Jeff

One of the highlights of this week’s inauguration ceremony was the performance of a John Williams piece by a well known classical quartet made up of Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Itzhak Perlman (violin), Gabriela Montero (piano) and Anthony McGill (clarinet).  It … Continue reading →

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Circuit City Closing Leads To Customer “Short Circuit”

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Jeff

It’s  a long standing business business practice that the “seller sets the terms“.  While its true that you can bargain with a vendor if you think they will sell at a lower price,  in the end, if you are not … Continue reading →

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Wonder If They Gave Him A Gold Nose Ring?

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Jeff

I wrote a piece  sometime back regarding where new concert sound techs were going to come from.  The pro sound industry continues to “gray” and pursuing jobs in concert production attracts fewer and fewer young people interested in this career. … Continue reading →

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