Rule #1 in advertising – “Never make make competition look better than you in your ads”. Microsoft’s new TV ad does that and more… It features a real person – Lauren (who also is a member of the screen actors guild), who is given $1000 to go buy a laptop. She says “I want a [...]

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Spring is here…  finally.  Fall back…  Spring ahead…  I know this, except two weeks ago I sent my clock back an hour and showed up 2 hours late for rehearsal at church.  Compound that with I had just gotten back from my Arizona trip so I had literally no rehearsal time with the band. With the doors opening in 10 [...]

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Last night at 6 pm, my business line rings. It’s not uncommon since I have clients on both coasts.  I pick up the phone and hear  ”Yellow… my name is Sam and I am here to whelp ju dith you free yellow pwajsads.” Now, I am normally patient with telemarketers, especially in this economy.  Especially [...]

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Anyone want to buy a gently used IMac 17″ $300 or best offer!  Comes with all the fixin’s.  Great 2nd computer for the kids! Why, do you ask, start a blog with an eBay ad?  Well two reasons…  after dedicating 14 years of her life with AmFam, the new regime of leadership in Madison that were focused on reinvention [...]

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Greetings from Arizona…  I am on the second leg of the ‘People Who Used to Live in Illinois’ tour.  I am working on a project for a client down here and we were suppose to meet this weekend.  Unfortunately she was unavailable and the tickets were bought so I had to subject myself to this torture. [...]

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