Thoughts

US Health Advisors

I met with a representative from US Health Advisors.  They're pretty anti-Affordable Care Act and base their marketing on that.  That, however, is beside the point. The guy I met with said "they got into business because of Obamacare"; that people were being taken for...

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World Ventures: in depth

I caught a lot of flak from my last blog post among my networking groups.  There are a bunch of World Ventures representatives in almost every group that I meet with.  Heck, they're so saturated that, often times, there are upwards of three representatives at a time....

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Network marketing: the new pyramid scheme

"Network" seems to be the big buzzword these days for business people and the use of the word separates the amateurs from the pros. The amateurs use "network" as their sole method of talking to people.  They act as if they've found this brand new way of talking to...

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The close of 2013

2013.  What a year. I left a job, started new ventures, learned more than I could have imagined, and traveled to some wondrous places with my amazing wife. Career wise: I left MarketStar, although they're trying to get me back, and went to Farmers where I operated my...

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Hobby Lobby

So Hobby Lobby decided to give "my people" the "you people" treatment. Someone asked Hobby Lobby why they didn't stock Chanukah items and the employee responded "We don't cater to you people". You people, huh? Fine.  You're on my troll list. I mean, you're not really...

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Venting

An open letter to Nick Menke, CEO/Owner of Spa Niva, Tucson.Nick,Please excuse my calling you by your first name.  I assume anyone who's fucked me over as much as you have is on a first name basis with me.Yes, I heard what you said to me today while I was working.  I...

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