Living Your Dream

December 12, 2009
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When I was a child everyone approved.
I’ve been thinking a lot about my childhood and how my parents and friends parents seemed to encourage me to keep dreaming and using my imagination.  I suppose it’s “what you do” when you are an adult listening to a kid.  I was always the kid and pre-teen who [...]

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No New Ideas on Jesus and Twitter

December 8, 2009
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I was reading a remarkable blog by Jon Swanson and thinking about his community and role as a pastor and blogger and thought it would be neat to have someone with Jon’s writing skill, love of God, and abilitity to communicate his faith in a modern voice work on a project with me – something [...]

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Marketing Mistake: Pandora 40 Hour Limit Half Baked or Huge Opportunity?

December 6, 2009
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In an earlier blog post I discussed the impact of Pandora being branded as free internet radio and promised to make suggestions for improvement.  So here’s to keeping promises.
According to Wiktionary, Half Baked means “ill-conceived, unsound or badly thought out” and I think that accurately describes how the Pandora 40 Hour Limit service interruption currently [...]

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How To Build Trust and How Leaders Learn

December 1, 2009
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Building relationships online is a matter of trust and authenticity. See what Chris Brogan and Seth Godin illustrate about relationship building.

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Fear or Confidence – Unclutter Your Mind

November 17, 2009
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The mind is the most powerful computer in the world, but it’s vulnerable and hackable. If you are feeling overwhelmed or having problems “shutting off”, change the way you are thinking about things. Try running a personal defrag on your biological hard drive and separate your cluttered mind into black and white sectors – [...]

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Last.fm vs Pandora.com. Which is Better?

November 11, 2009

Taking a look at last.fm and pandora.com to decide which is the better internet radio.

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Seth Godin is a Liar?

November 3, 2009
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Seth Godin, marketing mastermind, respected entrepreneur and author of “Tribes” and “Purple Cow” makes $50,000 in one day – By lying or by selling or both?
So, like Seth did when he was naming his book, “All Marketers are Liars”, I was lying when I named this blog post. Seth isn’t a liar; he’s just [...]

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The Magic of Mentoring

October 18, 2009
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Mentoring requires you to be real, but that’s not a bad thing. Mentoring is pretty easy too. At times, it’s support or a nudge forward. Sometimes it’s a point-of-view or clearing of the air to move things forward. Sometimes it’s a friend or colleague offering insight to a persons blind [...]

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Blogging tips for better writing.

October 4, 2009

A quick (edited) list of things that bloggers are saying about how to write a good blog.

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Your Church Marketing Sucks!

October 4, 2009

When it comes to church marketing, or anything else, be smart and consistent with your marketing message and consider the quality of the message AND the presentation of the message.

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