Happy Mother’s Day
Sunday, May 11, 2008 – 10:39 amThanks, Mom. You did a good job. Why mom’s mottoes are relevant for entrepreneurs.
(Wait: they missed “Children are starving in China! Eat your dinner!”) 
Can we please have an adult conversation about the payroll tax?
Saturday, May 10, 2008 – 4:45 pmLarry Kudlow, recently named the stupidest man alive by Brad DeLong, never tires of saying that it’s unreasonable that wealthy people like him should have to pay the same percentage of their income in payroll taxes that working stiffs do. Kudlow marshals a number of inane arguments, among them that blue collar couples frequently make $200K/yr (huh??) — but the most irritating part of this discussion, at least to me, is this bizarre criticism of Obama’s social circle, for heaven’s sakes:
(Incidentally, I don’t think Mr. Obama knows any cops or fireman. How about that? That is the problem. In other words, his economics are bad and his social circle is very limited.)
I think it’s vulgar to cast asparagus at someone’s social circle. If “his economics are bad,” then let’s discuss that, and not who’s in his address book.
And while I’m on the topic, could we please have a rule that members of the global elite are not allowed to complain that other members of the global elite are elitist? It’s just too much for me to take.
e-haggling from fididel.com
Friday, May 9, 2008 – 6:33 ame-Commerce website fididel.com has an interesting spin - it uses real humans in the haggling process instead of completely automating it. We’ll see if this catches on.
Shoemoney says SEO is hooey
Thursday, May 8, 2008 – 6:01 amAffiliate guru shoemoney wrote a blog post saying that SEO is on its way out. Your lips to God’s ears, Jeremy. I have always thought that the vast majority of SEO was snake oil sold to the gullible.
Rita says status meetings considered harmful
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 – 7:32 amProject Management guru Rita Mulcahy argues that only wimpy project managers have status meetings. But is this really true?
In my experience, the primary value of these meetings is not in allowing the PM to save time by having everyone on the team in one room to be pinged, but in having each of the team members hear about the issues that the other team members are experiencing.
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Gitomer re-releases “The Sales Bible”
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 – 7:09 am
A 20 year old classic is brought up to date - The Sales Bible
MMM: Martha Beck’s 4 Day Win
Monday, May 5, 2008 – 6:13 amI’m a big fan of Pamela Slim and her mentor, Martha Beck. Martha has a break-it-down methodology for success that she calls the 4 Day Win. Check it out. I have always believed that the way to achieve a big goal is to break it down to a series of small successes; this post gives you the roadmap to doing that.
Is George Costanza working in Japan?
Sunday, May 4, 2008 – 5:01 pm“Because if that was wrong - I’ve gotta plead ignorance here.”
Seth’s definition of Great Marketing
Sunday, May 4, 2008 – 9:29 amMake big promises; overdeliver.
If you can define great marketing in fewer words than that, you win.
My response: “Underpromise, overdeliver.” I win!!
eFashionSolutions talks about service
Thursday, May 1, 2008 – 8:01 amInteresting interview from technewsworld with Ed Foy of eFashionSolutions. I like how he views “brand advocates” and their increasing importance.
