Cut The Grass. And The BS.

by | Aug 6, 2012 | Uncategorized

A comedian on late-night television did a funny bit about a guy who hoisted his lawn mower up to trim his shrubs. After the blade hit a hidden branch in the hedge and flipped over, the lawn mower chopped off one of his arms. That wasn’t the funny part. Once the...

How To Become A Celebrity

by | Sep 13, 2011 | Uncategorized

What does Kim Kardashian have that you and I ain’t got? Before you hit me with a snide, “go look in the mirror, Brucie boy,” I’ll sweeten the pot. What’s Donny Deutsch got? How about Thomas Friedman? Piers Morgan? Paris Hilton? What do they have that...

Interesting is a Euphemism.

by | Feb 6, 2011 | Uncategorized

The power of euphemisms is something that most people don’t think about at all but we marketers obsess over. I was in a board meeting and discussing new ideas when the guy at the head of the table commented on the concepts. He started with, “You know, it’s...

Better Living Through Sound Bytes.

by | Sep 13, 2010 | Uncategorized

We were just finishing up our run the other day and my friend, educational consultant David Altshuler, was talking about his son Ellory’s cross-country team. David said he likes cross-country because it’s a sport where you can really prove what...
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