It was the Tweet heard ’round the world and possibly the best $1,000 spent in the history of marketing. Late one Sunday night in November of 2009, Lady Gaga drove past the Best Buy on West Hollywood Blvd., spotted a throng of fans camping out for her autograph session the next day and tweeted this […]
Before Surgar Ray Leonard became a 6 time world champion professional boxer, before he won the Gold Medal, before he was elected to Boxing Hall of Fame, before he pocketed over $100 Million in purses, and yes, even before Dancing With The Stars, before all that Sugar Ray Leonard was just Ray, a scrawny teenager […]
So I’m walking toward the door and my buddy’s yelling at me from the bar. “T, let me drive you home, dude. You can’t drive. I’ve never seen you this drunk.” I scoff at him, drop my keys, stumble, pick them up and walk out the door. “Don’t worry, bro. I got this.” He turns […]
Judging by my social media feeds this morning, everyone in the free world watched the series finale of Breaking Bad last night. Along with their mothers and their parole agents. Best line: “Dear Dexter, this is how you finish off a series.” There was plenty of gore and violence; Heisenberg went out swinging. But for […]
Tom Petty was wrong. The waiting is not the hardest part. The hardest part is starting. Almost always. Whether it’s getting up out of bed to go for a run, writing a blog post or picking up the phone to cold call on new sales prospect, overcoming inertia and actually taking that first action is […]
I ran across a post the other day on Social Media that promised a surefire way to boost your Klout Score. Klout is an internet service that attempt to measure your social media influence and engagement. There are lots of opinions on the value of Klout, but everyone agrees that if you use social media […]
My first job out of college was at a radio station in Tupelo, MS and the GM of this station played golf, like it was his full time job and when he wasn’t playing golf he was hanging out at the country club for lunch and when he wasn’t hanging out at the club for […]
I used to go out for a typical American lunch most days – Cheeseburger, Fries and a Coke. These days, I mostly spend lunch hour at home, on my deck doing Naked Yoga. Two things you need to know about Naked Yoga: I’m not actually naked and it’s not actually yoga. But Scantily Clad Stretching […]
What would make you happier – Winning a couple of hundred million dollars in the next Powerball drawing or being involved in an accident that resulted in you being confined to a wheelchair for life? Well that’s a silly question, right? I’m sure everyone would agree that winning the lottery would provide us with infinitely […]
Late the other night, home alone, the lights off in the house, I was flipping channels and “accidentally” found myself intensely watching…. a late night TV preacher. Not where you thought I was going, huh? This wasn’t your stereotypical hellfire and brimstone, cheap polyester suit bible thumper. He was a young preacher with blue jeans […]
