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Happy Birthday to ‘The Business of Fun’ podcast. It turns 5!

Hi folks! Do you like the graphics? Let me know. You wanted more pictures. I’m looking at doing some seasons in the podcast covering specific topics. Would that be interesting to y’all? What or whom would you like to hear from? Planning out my summer trips right now, but here are a few stops along […]

10 Ways I Improve My Client’s Businesses

I’ve been doing some planning and thinking about outcomes so that I can create some new experiences for folks to work with. That brought me around to an exercise where I wrote down ways that I help my partners improve their businesses. These 10 ways are all focused on producing more business for you.

What do you need to know about “price framing”?

Hi! I read this piece in the NY Times today about comparison shopping for college students. That made me think about price framing and how people don’t use it nearly enough. So this morning, I wanted to lay out some of the things y’all need to know to effectively use price framing in your business. Let’s […]

5 Reasons Your Sales Team Always Wants to Discount

This week, WARC published my latest thinking on pricing power. This filled my inbox with a few questions about why sales teams always want to discount. I put down a few ideas that might be helpful. Incentives: One big reason your sales team wants to discount is incentives. Does the sales team get rewarded on […]

7 Ways To Grow Your Profits!

I’ve been doing some thinking lately about my business and my expertise in strategy. The question that guides me: “What does success look like?” In thinking through strategy, the outcome of a successful strategy is generating more profit. How do you go about that? There is more than one way. I’ve put together 7 to […]

NASCAR’S Loyalty Program: Behavior Matters Most!

Hello! I’ve begun the long delayed updates to my shop this week with the launch of a new service called: “Pick My Brain” with Dave: Book in with me TODAY! To the Tickets! I. The Guardian looks at the business of concerts: This is comprehensive. The Big Idea: You have to do long/short. There are lots of […]

Competition in Tickets Will Lead to Innovation!

Hi! I’m back from Hollywood, FL where I got to take Eric Fuller and his daughter to one of my favorite restaurants and the most famous bar in Ft Lauderdale. Eric said he didn’t realize that Ft Lauderdale was as big of a city as it is. There we are. To the Tickets! I. Notes […]