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Microsoft playing Santa for Startups
Nothing like a giving away stuff to make friends fast. Works for Santa, and even Oprah, right? My firm was just selected to join the Microsoft BizSpark program as a “Network Partner”. This means if you...
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Yours truly featured in Hall Martin’s blog
Yours truly was featured in an interview today on “Angel Investing in Austin”, a blog by the Director of the Central Texas Angel Network, Hall Martin. Hall’s blog is a great update on what’s going on...
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Give the Gift of Truly Caring About Your Customers
Over the past few weeks I have been seeking something to give my best clients as a token of my appreciation. The holidays come once a year and are a great opportunity to give to, rather than ask from,...
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The Disruptive Online Loss Leader
A slow business environment tends to highlight novel and effective marketing. Among interesting techniques retail outfits are adopting is the co-optation of low-cost, high-margin internet business...
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Austin start-ups: highly efficient or just cheap?
I have lived and worked in this community for 17 years, through recessions and the most incredible boom times. One thing remains constant – we in Austin tend to “cheap-out” when seeking the best...
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Make lemonade while the world chomps on lemons
Those of us on the front lines of marketing and business development have undoubtedly noticed the growing abundance of webinars, blogs, and articles from various pundits on how to develop accounts in a...
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VPs of Marketing and Sales should “have a pint”
People who work to generate revenue for companies understand the long-standing friction between marketing and sales departments. Often the relationship is at best cordial, at worst outright subversive....
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Deal of a lifetime
For Immediate Release Business Editors & Lifestyle Editors, and Genealogy Buffs CONTACT: PR Dept. Gilliam & Gilliam Announce Acquisition Company Pronounces “This is our Last Deal.” AUSTIN, TX–...
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Interview at recent social media event [VIDEO]
Spent a few days at the Social Commerce Summit 2010 in Austin recently. Lots of sharing, thinking and learning about the future of Social Media and its application to business and marketing. The room...
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Keeping it in perspective
My 5-year old is in my home office today, working diligently on her project of the week, a “friendship bracelet” for Daddy. She is spending a lot of effort and time on making sure the threads are...
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