Differentiating and communicating your product’s unique value to your slice of the global marketplace is becoming more difficult and expensive every day. And with the rising costs of R - Read more

In this second of a three part series we’re going to go over how GPS receivers actually measure distance. A lot of math and science goes into this stuff so sit back and get ready to strain your brain. - Read more

Podcasting can take many formats, just like a television show or radio program. In fact, since podcasting is so new and people are willing to experiment with different kinds of formats, you are likely to get away with formats that will not be considered acceptable in a television or radio program. - Read more

Depending on the language you want to learn there may be thousands of books, CD’s or tools out there (if you’re lucky) to help you learn the language. Don’t run out and buy anything just yet. - Read more

As I look back now, a long time seems to span itself behind me, opening up a trench of thoughts that I carry on my back. There is yet another spanning time, a future, actually it is a degree of time where the past is firmer and unmoving, anticipant even. - Read more

There is a long tradition in the art of tattooing for good luck. Many of the most popular tattoos that people get are symbols of good luck. This dates back to the tattooing tradition of sailors. They often lived a life of uncertainty at sea and need all of the good luck possible to come back home alive. Thus sailor often got tattoos like a sparrow for good luck and safe return. - Read more

First of all, we all know handbags are big business. The leading designers like Prada, Gucci, Coach, Burberry, Dooney and Bourke all command huge investments when you purchase one of their purses, often in the thousands of dollars. So, it is no big surprise then that replica handbags, often called “knock-offs,” are just as big a business. - Read more

Do you know what everyone’s favorite word is when it comes to buying things online? It’s discount! No one likes paying full price for anything. Let’s say that you are pricing an item for your home, not with the intention to buy yet, just shopping, and weighing all options. - Read more

QUESTION: The new Sony e-book reader is getting a lot of publicity, and I’m concerned that it may kill the market for selling used books online. It can hold thousands of book-sized files like an Ipod. - Read more

First off let me put this out there, I am a closet metalhead. Although I was raised in the trenches of punk rock and came of age to the freaky-deaky Dead meets punk sounds of groups like The Meat Puppets, I’ve always had a secret jones for the metal. - Read more

The Hero’s Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact, ALL of the Hollywood movies we have deconstructed are based on this template. - Read more

Uncomfortable as we may be with the inadvertence, we have entered the age of The American Empire. - Read more

Setting priorities in your business? Your first job is to sell. Selling is - writing the orders; receiving the cash; feeding the beast. If you don’t sell; the beast, (your business), dies. The impact of selling is immediate. You may love it, but it is a beast. You need to feed it and control it. - Read more