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The Marcommie: When potential customers fear commitment
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Meditations, musings, and mockery from the world of marketing and communications. Sunday, August 05, 2007. When potential customers fear commitment. I discovered the power of limited-risk purchases firsthand this summer, almost accidentally. My wife and I are a little more than a year into our Spanish immersion preschool venture. How can you make your business safe to try? A free consultation (don’t say “initial”—that implies future obligation)? Or giving away your expertise on your own blog?
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The Marcommie: Do you think we're stupid?
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Meditations, musings, and mockery from the world of marketing and communications. Saturday, September 01, 2007. Do you think we're stupid? Maybe it was the fatigue from Sen. Larry Craig's condescending and wildly implausible shuffling. That caused me to take particular offense to similar equivocation arriving in my mailbox today. I receive a letter from their branch manager approximately once a month, which is a bit odd given that I'm not shopping for a home once a month, or even once a year. Subscribe t...
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Citizen Idaho: Legislature Fails to Protect Kids
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Saturday, March 28, 2009. Legislature Fails to Protect Kids. Senate Bill 1112, aka the Daycare Licensing bill, was held in House Health and Welfare Committee. I testified at the Committee hearing on Thursday, offering the voice of a business owner who would be subject to such regulations. Of course, because our school. Opponents of the bill argue that it represents excessive government regulation and could hurt businesses owners. Nonsense, I say. If I owned a restaurant, I wouldn't want to have to compet...