That's right, little ol' me used to run IRS agents a merry chase for clients all over the US. I even had one client fly me out west to attend an IRS meeting with him. We had the agents chasing their tails, I'll tell you what! I really was able to talk these folks into […]
Category Archives: Marketing
$110 for 2 cheap frames and 8 pictures?!?
Last Thursday, when I came down from my office, Rach said – in her best speed talking voice, “I want to go to Old Town! Robbin and Winburn (Sister and Brother-in-law) and going this weekend for their anniversary and I want to go. We can get one of those old pictures done again. We don't […]
I HATE Running!
A lot of folks don't know I was in the Army. Just out of high school, I joined because it seemed like a good way to go to college. Funny, one of my friends joined the delayed entry program, and he got me to go to all the functions with him. His recruiter, Sgt Macon, […]
I Don’t Bounce Like I Used To…
Every father wants to be the cool Dad! And you know the email's gonna be funny with any opening like that! lol Seriously, we all want to be the cool Dad, so we do things that are, sometimes, a bit questionable…some folks (like the ladies we love) might even call the thing we do down […]
“You Only Hit Where You Aim”
For those of you who don't know, in a past life" before I met my wife and, fell in love and had children, I ran around hustling pool. I didn't play pool, I was the "stake horse" or the guy who put up the money for the hustler, Li'l Donnie Carlin, to play. We were […]
5 Billion years old, and the secret to building wealth!
On Saturday my wife and I and our 4 children, quite a brood, headed out to the Bishop planetarium for a fun, educational, family day. We try and make sure I spend at least one day a week with no work, nothing but time with the family. Of course, I often work from home, so […]
I feel like hammered….
When I get sick I just drop. Yes, I am a first rate sissy when it comes to germs. Thankfully I'm only sick once a year, I don't think I could deal with the ribbing I get from my wife, who's just the opposite. When she gets sick she just pushes through….of course I'm generally […]
Back When I Was Broke…
15, 18 years ago I was living in St. Petersburg off 4th street. I owned the house…bought it from the previous owner because they were getting close to foreclosure. The lady who owned the house, Geri, had been recently widowed and wanted to leave the house. She couldn't afford it anymore and had a bunch […]
But MY Business is Different!
Do you know where the drive thru restaurant came from? It was a revolution in fast food, a business model that defines the industry today, an innovation responsible for hundreds of millions (billions?) of dollars in sales. Today, without a drive thru, no fast food restaurant can survive. But where did the idea come from. […]
The Only 3 Ways to Improve Sales
Several years ago, on a Saturday night, Rach and the babies were at her sisters and I was having a George Thorogood night…that is I was drinking alone! About 2 and half scotches into the night I decided I needed to look at some marketing/business building videos I've had sitting on my shelf for a […]