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Idiom: Assumption
Don't ever ask a woman when she is due. Don't assume she's expecting, even if you're at "Babies-R-Us" and she's wearing a baggy t-shirt printed with a big arrow pointing to her bellybutton that says "BABY." You know what they say about people who "assume," don't you?...
Crazy Little Ideas
Hello, Music City! Last weekend, we had the pleasure of attending the Boom Your Business seminar in Nashville hosted by Wizards of Ads partners. While the edges were a little rough in places because it was the first-time ever, Amy and I came home with two notebooks...
Do you know this man?
Who says the furniture business isn't jam packed with creative talent? Here is Billy Spurlock and his soon to be four-year old singing a worlwide VH1 video hit. Are we looking at the next American Idol? Could they win the grand prize on America's Got Talent? Or, is...
Nickels & Dimes:
Keep yoour family business fresh. Ideas are readily available. Strategy and execution will let you take on the big boys and win!
Retail Idioms: Charity
Charity begins at home. Specifically, in your customer's home. She gives her time, her talent and millions of her dollars to worthwhile causes at home and throughout the world. She cried, then sent cash to help the victims of September 11. She made cookies for a bake...
Furniture Fairy can’t protect your family
The Las Vegas furniture market is filled with great product introductions and a record number of retailers looking to fend off the summer blues. I was nicely surprised to NOT hear people complaining about how difficult business is. While it is clear things are tough,...
Business Unusual:
This evening seems simply surreal. I'm in Las Vegas preparing to speak to a number of independent furniture store owners at World Market Center. Generational transfer is the topic of the presentation. While reviewing notes it was striking to re-read the results of the...
Boy scarred by tragedy becomes a symbol of hope to everyone.
Dreams and myths are constellations of archetypal images. What then is an archetype? Jung said we have a"preconscious psychic disposition that enables a (man) to react in a human manner." Archetypes may emerge into consciousness in piles of variations. There are a...
Sticks and stones will NOT break bones, but words CAN really hurt you
Words really do matter in advertising. Advertising written well will cause the reader or listener to take abrupt and unexpected changes in direction. Advertising should align with what really touches the customer, moving them and their hearts with meaning. Advertising...