Monthly Archives for April, 2010

War of Art

War of Art

Quatre Muses: Euterpe, Polihímnia, Clio, Melpòmene, Museu de Cirene Originally uploaded by Sebastià Giralt Euterpe (muse of music and lyric), Polyhymnia or Polymnia (muse of sacred song and rhetoric), Melpomene (muse of tragedy), Museum of Cyrene, Libya. Break through the blocks and win your inner creative battles. Steven Pressfield is a writer, best known for […]

Purple Cow

Purple Cow

Shiny happy purple cow Originally uploaded by heiwa4126 A purple cow?  Now that’s something to remark about. Being a me-too business gives you me-too results.  In “Purple Cow”, Seth Godin gives us many examples of purple cow companies.  The J. Peterman catalogue descriptions were so over the top that the fictional J. Peterman became a […]

Aside – It Doesn’t Always...

Aside – It Doesn’t Always Work

Nobody is perfect.  Nobody has a perfect life.  There are whole minutes, hours, days weeks, months and even years that feel awful.  Do you remember the Queens Annus Horribilis? What do you do when that happens?  Best bet?  Grieve and move on.  Which I know is much easier said than done. Grieve.  Cry. Mourn the […]

Marketing – A Pixelated Worksho...

Marketing – A Pixelated Workshop

April is marketing month. We’re looking at the new theories of marketing.   It used to be about AIDA: getting attention, piquing interest, and sparking desire that leads to action.  Getting attention is becoming much harder today as we are all hit with almost 3000 marketing messages – a day! We have had to become adept […]

Book Review Cash in a Flash

Book Review Cash in a Flash

Mark Victor Hansen and Robert G Allen did it again.  After the success of They followed up with Cash in a Flash.  It follows the same format of the story of Michelle on one side and the how-to part on the other. The take home message is that the only thing stopping us is fear […]