Frankly Friday

The place where we answer your real life marketing questions so you can eliminate waste in advertising, grow your business, and achieve the big dream

The Permission To Persuade

“Do you need me to listen, or do you want help solving a problem?” I’m convinced this…

If Your Employees are Wasting Your Time

“People just don’t want to work anymore!” “They’re all leaving for $1 raise…” “I’d be growing like…

The Cheapest Kind of Marketing

“The cheapest thing you can give somebody is a smile.” If I heard it once, I heard…

Fill Her Tank

When she is at her best, laughing and encouraging you, fill her tank. When she‘s on an…

My Mom Made Me a Marketer

“How do you think that makes them feel? “Kill them with kindness.” “If they don’t like you,…

13 Lessons From Marriage and Marketing

I have been a copywriter for as long as I’ve been Valerie’s boyfriend. Thirteen years ago this…

Happy 2023.5

You are today exactly where your decisions have taken you. Regardless of what has happened, you decided…

You Won the Lottery

Have you ever wanted more for the world you live in? Have you ever witnessed something that…

Speed Dating vs. Courtship

Speed dating says, “Swipe through your options until you see something you like.” Courtship says, “Can I…

Don’t Screw It Up

I will forever owe my joy and understanding of music to the irreplaceable Marilyn White Lowe. She…

“We believe that marketers who can't teach you why are just a fancy lie.”