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Last 20 Shows Brain Storm Business Podcast, Obama Marketing and ZipCar Strategies, sponsored by Commercial Creation Center
In today's Brain Storm! Business Podcast, we will discuss (in passing)
Obama's flawless marketing campaign, as well as ZipCar's 7 point strategy to
break out of the old mold and move from $2 million to $100 million in revenues.
As I said, I only mention Obama's campaign in passing, but thought it
deserved mention. A vague but energizing word (Change), celebrity endorsements,
the use of social media, and the targeting of an untapped generation of
typically unmotivated (and uninfor ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Brain Storm Business Podcast: Lessons Learned from Steve Martin, sponsored by Commercial Creation Center In today's Brain Storm!
Business Podcast, we will look at lessons learned from the
autobiography of Steve Martin.
I have a love for biographies, either business or celebrity. I don't go
after current pop-icons, but older entertainers who have been around the block.
Their lives offer lessons anyone can learn from, and I realized last night, that
they offer great business lessons as well.
Entertainers are Entrepreneurs too.
If you think about it, they are in the business of promoti ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Brain Storm Business Podcast, The Persona of Kevin Rose of Digg, Pownce & Revision3, sponsored by Commercial Creation Center
In today's Brain Storm!
Business Podcast, we will talk about the cover story of Inc. magazine -
Kevin Rose of Digg, Pownce & Revision3. He is the media mogul of the
future, or so they say. But what impresses people the most about him is his
persona.
He's accessible. He drinks beer and parties with geeks. He tells dirty
jokes on internet tv. Or does he?
He admits that he has one persona for doing business, and another one for
promoting business. In today's business podcas ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
BrainStorm Business Podcast: Lessons Learned Amid Business Crises, sponsored by Commercial Creation Center Hello Brain Storm
Business Podcast followers - if you are still out there. No, Penny
Haynes is not dead - she has just had to switch hats from entrepreneur to
geeky programmer for the last several months. Today she has been liberated as
the Commercial Creation
Center multimedia production software went public. So now I'm back to doing
the thing I love to do - like podcasting and learning about business ideas and
successes!
Brief review of what has happened over the past 4 month ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Comedy Clip of the Week: Puns, sponsored by Online Community MagazinesIn today's Comedy Clip of the Week, we will enjoy some puns sent to me by Joan!
Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly, it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it, too.
Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? His goal: transcend dental medication.
A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Comedy Clip of the Week: Flight AttendantHow many of you consider the Flight Attendant safety speech a boring but necessary evil part of your air travel?
Well not on this flight! This is supposedly a transcript of a real conversation. Even if it isn't, it's still a blast.
I actually experienced something similar on a trip to Michigan once! The Flight Attendant was a scream... (smile)
I'm looking for some more comedy (video, audio, image, ebook), so send it on in to share with everyone else.The text is in the "Read More" sectio ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Brain Storm! Business Podcast: Getting Real - Simplify Your Business, Sponsored by Online Community MagazinesIn today's Brain Storm! Business Podcast, we will discuss an online book by 37Signals called Getting Real and how to apply some of their concepts to our own businesses.
My Argentinian programmer who is working on the Commercial Creation Center suggested that I read this book. I think he was trying to tell me something. I am always tempted to add more things to my software. This book tells me less is more - as long as it meets the customers' needs.
Simplify and Focus is the first order o ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Comedy Clip of the Week: Things Kids Say!Thanks to listener, Lori, for forwarding this great comedy clip to us!
Clean comedy is rare to find, but we search for it, long for it, and then share it.
Some of the funniest things are the truest things - stuff we couldn't make up...
And that's what today's Comedy Clip of the Week is all about. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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Comedy Clip of the Week: Actual Newspaper Ads, sponsored by Online Community Magazines
ACTUAL NEWSPAPER ADS:
FREE YORKSHIRE TERRIER - 8 years old. Hateful
little dog. Bites.FREE PUPPIES: 1/2 Cocker Spaniel, 1/2
sneaky neighbor's dog.FREE PUPPIES... Part German Shepherd, part
stupid dog.FREE GERMAN SHEPHERD 85 lbs. Neutered. Speaks
German.FOUND - DIRTY WHITE DOG. Looks like a rat . been out
a while... better be a reward.
COWS, CALVES: NEVER BRED. Also 1 gay bull
for sale.NORDIC TRACK, $300, Hardly used. Call
Chubby.GEORGIA PEACHES, California grown - 89
cent ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Brain Storm! Business Podcast: Pricing Strategies for Your Product, Sponsored by Online Community Magazines In today's Brain Storm! Business Podcast, we will discuss different strategies to determine and implement pricing for your products and services.I first explain the problems I have been (and am continuing to) endure with my USB microphone. Ear pieces move, and despite packing tape, still cause clicking and clacking. Just shoot me now. We discuss the different options in pricing and how pricing is a part of your marketing strategy. Determining your target market and competition (or lac ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Brain Storm! Business Podcast: SalesConX Lets You Directly Buy And Sell Contact Introductions, Sponsored by Online Community Magazines
Click here to listen to the podcast. In today's Brain Storm! Business Podcast, we will discuss SalesConX with its CEO, Evan Sohn, and how you can, in a very straight-forward manner, buy and sell introductions to the people you need to contact.I was introduced to SalesConX by the owner of a business opportunity directory. She had signed up for the affiliate program and we were all offered a $25 credit. I figured "Why not try it." So far, I'm glad I did.Ever want to find your pe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Words for the Week: Modern Habakkuk 3:17-18 In today's Words for the Week Christian Podcast, we will look at a modern day example of Habakkuk 3:17-18.The original scripture reads this way:Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no
grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce
no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the
stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my
Savior.
Habakkuk 3:17-18 (Read all of Habakkuk 3)New International VersionBut the version God ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Comedy Clip of the Week: Beware the Ninja in the Closet! sponsored by 1st Podcast PublishingBeware the Ninja in the Closet! This reminds me so much of my son - I could imagine this happening to him!
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Brain Storm! Business Podcast: YouTube and Flash News, sponsored by Online Community Magazines In today's Brain Storm! Business Podcast, we will discuss some of the latest happenings for YouTube, Flash and Mogulus, and how you can make the most of this news.Microsoft is planning to license both pdf and flash for use on mobile platforms. What does this mean for you and me? The ability to see flash based video on our cell phones. What will you do to apply that knowledge to your own business? How about putting flash based audio and video on your website.YouTube is making it easier ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Brain Storm! Business Podcast: Wikinomics and Outsourcing, sponsored by Online Community Magazines
Click here to listen to the podcast. In today's Brain Storm! Business Podcast, we will begin a discussion based on the book Wikinomics, as well as the practical uses of outsourcing as partnering.***as a side note, sorry about the sound quality of the recording. There is intermittent clicking caused by my breaking in of a new USB microphone. It won't happen again, I promise!I'm enjoying Wikinomics. It's not like studying brain surgery, but more like delving into a topic in which you hav ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Brain Storm! Business Podcast: Investing In Your Business, Sponsored by Online Community Magazines In today's Brain Storm Business Podcast (long overdue, I know), I videocast with a webcam and discuss digging deep to invest time and money to better equip and promote your business.Ever have an idea that seemed great, but didn't succeed as you had imagined? What did you do about it? Abandon it or analyze it? I advocate analyzing it before you abandon it, and see if you can find out what is missing and shore up the gaps.With the Online Community Magazines, there was a gap between wanti ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Comedy Clip of the Week: Not Necessarily Accurate Facts about Connecticut - by IMAOPodcast. Sponsored by 1st Podcast Publishing
Click here to listen. Ever want to learn about Connecticut? Well, I'm sorry, but you're not going to learn anything accurate today...(smile).
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Brain Storm! Business Podcast: PlayCafe's Live Internet Game Show Network
Click here to listen to the podcast. In today's Brain Storm Business Podcast, I interview PlayCafe CEO Mark Goldenson.
Mark Goldenson, Chief Executive Officer
Mark Goldenson, CEO, has eight years of experience in launching internet services. Mark was a product manager at PayPal where he managed registration and in-house CRM for 1,300 service agents.
previously co-founded Woosh, and raised $21 million in funding.
co-founded the Stanford Bazaar, a local online marketplace acquired by Sta ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Brain Storm! Business Podcast: Pinkberry and Mint - Paying for an Experience or a Product, sponsored by Online Community Magazines
Click here to listen to the podcast. In today's Brain Storm! Business Podcast, we will discuss the important of providing an experience and not just a product, using Pinkberry and Mint as examples.PLUM CARD! That's the credit card that was advertising that they provide Pinkberry with the credit they need to keep expanding their pseudo-frozen-yogurt franchise. In the podcast, I couldn't remember the name (I only remembered it was some type of reddish color). Great example of cross-mark ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Comedy Clip of the Week: Why Dogs Bite (Funny Video)Click here to view the video. Right-click and Save Target As to download it.Video created for Comedy Clip of the Week from some funny dog pictures.
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