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2012 Entries
✦ March

Don't miss the concept

I love to concept. It is one of my favorite things to do professionally. You know, taking an idea and
08 Mar
2012 Entries
✦ March

Two things that will always win and keep customers

It sure is easy to complicate things. I do it all the time. Two simple things you can do to
02 Mar
2012 Entries
✦ February

Three things everyday

There are three things I do everyday for my business, regardless of what else is happening. These things are in
22 Feb
2012 Entries
✦ February

Put down the shiny object

> Don’t do it! Everything will be ok. Please put down the shiny object. I’ve been working with
16 Feb
2012 Entries
✦ February

How watching Super Bowl ads will make you a better marketer

Each year I watch the Super Bowl’s advertisements and think about all the time and money invested into 30
08 Feb
2012 Entries
✦ February

How I use Gmail for business

My marketing consultancy and digital agency both run Google Apps and Gmail. I love it’s flexibility and ease of
02 Feb
2012 Entries
✦ January

Movie Lessons: 500 Days Of Summer

Not only does 500 days of summer have a killer soundtrack, it also teaches us a pretty good lesson about
19 Jan
2012 Entries
✦ January

Your best year ever

Make this year count. There is a lot of talk this time of year about goals, resolutions, and change [https:
09 Jan
2011 Entries
✦ December

Entrepreneurs's Breakfast: Business Wisdom From Successful Bootstrappers

Success is a planned event. Recently, I ventured over to Raleigh to learn from a few of NC’s successful
15 Dec
2011 Entries
✦ December

Social media is s magnifying glass

> Social Media doesn’t cause problems or make something great. It simple magnifies what is already there. Sometimes I
08 Dec
2011 Entries
✦ November

How to get unstuck

> If you’re stuck in a rut, give yourself a 30 day challenge. Sometimes we get stuck. This happens
30 Nov
2011 Entries
✦ November

On Spin Sucks: Building an incredible brand

Recently, I wrote about how to build an incredible brand [http://spinsucks.com/marketing/three_steps_to_an_incredible_bran/
22 Nov
2011 Entries
✦ November

The secret to never going stale in business and life

> We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading
17 Nov
2011 Entries
✦ November

Seven secrets to great social networking (online and off)

Networking these days is all about who you know and who knows you. The strength of your business is in
08 Nov
2011 Entries
✦ November

A million ways

There are a million different ways to do anything. This goes for marketing, leadership, social media, parenting, managing, etc. Too
03 Nov
2011 Entries
✦ October

Focus intensely

Focus intensely on making the best product (and most useful) you can now [https://davidhorne.me/current-thing-next-thing/
24 Oct
2011 Entries
✦ October

Make your dreams come true

> The world doesn’t need more dreamers. It needs more people willing to make their dreams come true. Last
19 Oct
2011 Entries
✦ October

Movie Lesson: "Pause Press Play" shows us everything has changed

httpv://youtu.be/MterbpYTyjM If you can’t see the video, click [here]. > everything has changed. Today’s movie
12 Oct
2011 Entries
✦ October

What's your weird?

Have you read We Are All Weird by Seth Godin from The Domino Project? If not, you should because: Positioning
06 Oct
2011 Entries
✦ September

Peasants, partners & prima donna's

Recently, I’ve had several conversations about the relationships between an organization or brand, and its marketing firm or ad
27 Sep
2011 Entries
✦ September

ConvergeSouth 2011 Five Questions: Lauren Polinsky

This post is part of ourConvergeSouth Conference [http://convergesouth.com/] series.Today’s five questions are with Lauren Polinsky.If
22 Sep
2011 Entries
✦ September

The three "can nots" of successful content marketing

Sometimes success is knowing what not to do We talk a lot about the keys, pillars, principles, secrets, and lessons
21 Sep
2011 Entries
✦ September

ConvergeSouth 2011 Five Questions: Kristen Daukas

This post is part of ourConvergeSouth Conference [http://convergesouth.com/] series.Today’s five questions are with Kristen Daukus.If
15 Sep
2011 Entries
✦ September

Five ways to make anyone like you (and not just on Facebook)

Every one of us craves to be liked. We also enjoy being around people we like. These are the folks
13 Sep
2011 Entries
✦ September

ConvergeSouth 2011 Five Questions: Phil Buckley

This post is part of our ConvergeSouth Conference [http://convergesouth.com] series.Today’s five questions are with Phil Buckley.
08 Sep
2011 Entries
✦ September

ConvergeSouth 2011 Five Questions: Brandon Burke

This post is part of our ConvergeSouth series.Today’s five questions are with Brandon Burke.If you haven’t
01 Sep
2011 Entries
✦ August

The deadly d's of branding

A few weeks ago we talked about simple branding [https://davidhorne.me/simple-branding-in-three-steps/]. Today our focus
30 Aug
2011 Entries
✦ August

ConvergeSouth 2011 Five Questions: Kate Morris

This post is part of our ConvergeSouth series.Today’s five questions are with Kate Morris.If you haven’t
25 Aug
2011 Entries
✦ August

Five steps to better results in business (and life)

Everybody wants to get better results Who doesn’t want to see more fruit on the tree from the seeds
23 Aug
2011 Entries
✦ August

ConvergeSouth 2011 Five Questions: Jeff SanGeorge

This post is part of our Converge South series. Last week we metSue & Rob [https://davidhorne.me/convergesouth-meet-
18 Aug
2011 Entries
✦ August

Simple branding in three steps

Let’s talk about simple branding. It is easy to make business complex these days. All of the technologies and
16 Aug
2011 Entries
✦ August

ConvergeSouth 2011 Leaders: Five Questions With Sue & Rob

> I have the fortune of serving on the board of directors forConvergeSouth [http://convergesouth.com]. On October 6-7
11 Aug
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