I’ve never done it on this blog, but marketing guru, Andy Beal, of Marketing Pilgrim is giving away f.r.e.e. copies of my book, Step Into The Spotlight!
Head on over there and it could be you!
Tsufit

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The auditions are over. The call-backs are done. Going “against type” for a change, the country has cast the role of the American President. With a million people watching in person (999,999 and Oprah– good thing she got a head start branding herself as “O”) and zillions at home on TV, Obama took the stage, [...]

I’ve got a google alert on my book title, Step Into The Spotlight! and it’s amazing the interesting stuff it catches. Found this cool video on The Sin of Similarity. Check it out.

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So I’m at a Board of Trade event promoting my book when, from across a crowded room, I see a woman holding a copy of a book Beach Money. The cover has a guy with his feet up working (not so much…) at the beach. An hour later, I’m clutching my own copy. I devoured [...]

We all know it’s important to have a tag line or slogan in business. I’m guess one of Emeril’s most valuable properties are his lines, “Bam!” and “Kick it up a notch!” He doesn’t have to trademark them (Joan Rivers actually did trademark “Can We Talk?”) ’cause they immediately conjure up his image. And now [...]

We haven’t seen a sparring like this since the Cola Wars. Although personally, I gotta say “Hey Microsoft, Methinks Thou Dost Protest Too Much.”
After a short series of seriously weird Seinfeld-Gates spots, Microsoft has decided to take Apple head on with a montage of “I’m a PC” declarations–(The first step is admitting it…) [...]

1898: In a bar during the Cuban War of Independence, Cuban troops raise a glass with American soldiers and “Bacardi and Coke” is born. It’s been an enduring alliance as brand guru, Martin Lindstrom, learns from VP of Bacardi Global Brands, Robert Ferniss-Roe. Bacardi and Coke. We’ve seen characters in movies order it. Good for [...]

Not sure what the point is, but perhaps that’s the point. I mean it stars a guy who had a good long run with a show about nothing so why shouldn’t he collaborate on a commercial about nothing. Except that maybe it’s not about nothing. Maybe, it’s about making us think Microsoft is as cool [...]

A hockey mom. A war hero. A devoted dad. And a–what?
All business is show business and politics is no exception. And you can’t step onto the stage without knowing what part you’re gonna play. In showbiz, it’s casting. In business, it’s positioning. The danger of not positioning yourself clearly enough is that [...]

Anyone who’s heard me speak or read Step Into The Spotlight! knows that I love to tease corporate types. About their corporate gobbletygook. About how their words obscure meaning. About how they seem to specialize in taking something simple and making it– well, check this out…
(Thanks to Ad Age for the heads up.)

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