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Big Ideas In The Empath Economy #5: You Can’t Spin A $16 Ballpark Beer…

Over the last week, the Washington Nationals have been catching a lot of news over their craft beer prices for this season, both bad and really bad. The pricing of this product is alarming at the start of the season, but it is part of a trend that has been taking hold for many […]

10 Key Concepts Your Marketing Needs To Address

For many people, the concept of marketing is really still couched in too much jargon and mystery. I’ve found that as I have been going around talking with arts and entertainment professionals, professional services firms, and sports executives, that they all have a different estimation of what marketing can or should do. Here’s the simple […]

Grateful Dead and the power of stories…

The Grateful Dead weren’t exactly the hottest selling commercial act, even at the height of their popularity. In the over 50 years that they have had music out, the band has sold about 35 million albums. Which isn’t anything to be laughed at, but in terms of top selling acts…it isn’t that great. To put […]