We check our mail and toss out half of it without even a glimpse.  We fast forward through commercials and play Pandora on our phones instead of listening to the car radio.   And even then, we are inundated with marketing messages.

It is extremely difficult in today’s world of non-stop media to make a sale with marketing.  In the past, you could buy an advertisement, mail brochures, ...

Marketing is a process.

And within that process, your efforts should center on creating a connection between you and your audience in a variety of different ways.  This means that having and delivering a brochure is not marketing. Advertising is not marketing.  A website – not Marketing, and networking is not marketing.  If you think of these kinds of activities as stand alone entities – you will be frustrated. ...

Most of us will not see this number in our lifetime. In the blink of an eye we become “grass upon the hills”. We all know life is short so I won’t belittle the point by droning on here. Instead, I’d like to share some resources as we begin a New Year that might help you question, learn, live, and act. Feel free to share some ...

“Do not try and bend the spoon. That’s impossible. Instead… only try to realize the truth. There is no spoon. Then you’ll see, that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself.” – From the movie, The Matrix

The process of giving life to an idea, of finding freedom and forging new paths, is so incredibly fragile that the slightest shift causes that potentiality to retreat ...

Charleston, SC is a community teaming with people who are making a difference. My wife, Nicole, and I are always amazed at the efforts people make each and every day by giving of themselves. As a result, we felt it was about time we stopped marveling at the actions of others and started actively participating in the process!

The result is a new endeavour of ours named Continue Reading →

When I was very young I would wake up in the middle of the night from a particular dream that I could not escape.  It would begin innocently enough with the arrival of a soft drum beat.  The drumming would grow louder and louder until I found myself in a forest standing at a distance behind an odd looking old man sitting on a rock by a river.  ...