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Tesla keeps Discounting and Profits Keep Falling…”The Doom Loop of Discounts”!

Hey! I’ve been inactive here, I’m sorry. I’ve been going through the process of thinking about how to market and sell myself and my work. That has required a lot of time to do the difficult work of thinking. As I’m working through how to offer up more ideas to generate more ideas with a […]

Beyonce’s Team Sold Shows With Logistical Issues?! C’mon Man!

Hey! The 2023 holiday continues. I found a key lime pie vending machine in downtown Miami. Thanks for reading Talking Tickets! ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Subscribed The pricing session is going to be rescheduled for August 15th at 1 PM eastern. To the Tickets! I. Beyonce cancels a […]

10 Questions To Guide Your Strategy…

I’ve been doing some strategy thinking and reading a book that consolidates Peter Drucker’s ideas into a simple format… That got me thinking about strategy and how you can help people set their strategy with more ease. Let’s play with some of these this morning: Remember, your strength as a marketer and in business begins […]

Face Value Ticket Prices are “Antiquated”?!

Hey from poolside in Miami! (The view looks the same every year because I’m almost always at the same spot. I’m a sucker.) Thanks for reading Talking Tickets! ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Subscribed You’ll get a short newsletter today with some stuff that has caught my eyes. […]

7 Things to Consider When You Set Your Strategy…

Hey! I was reading a book analyzing Peter Drucker’s approach to teaching and at the end there was a section on things to consider. That got me thinking about sharing a few ideas about what we should all be considering when we think about strategy. I’ve been drawing some diagrams and grids lately. Here’s one […]

Baseball is Moving to Vegas?! What Do Y’all Think?

Hi- Start of my summer retreat this week…so a little less newsletter. I’m off to Miami next week, but not before I try to score some tickets to see: All before I leave town! I did get to see LCD Soundsystem on Sunday and they were great! Fun! 10/10. July 15th at 1 PM Eastern, […]

Brand Purpose is BS if it doesn’t cost you money…

In my #brandmanagement class I teach that brand purpose is BS unless it costs you money. The Guardian puts that notion on display with their global ban on taking advertising from gambling companies. Y’all might not think this matters much because people should be able to gamble if they want to. (I totally like playing poker so I’m […]