One of the coolest shows I watched growing up was Soul Train and its host the fantastic Don Cornelius. Best theme song ever. Souuuuuulllllll traaaaaaaainnnn…. With the little cartoon train. So funky. But there is another kind of train filled with lost souls that I’ve seen running throughout my entire career. This one is called […]
I’ve been on the road quite a bit more than usual in this very young New Year of 2026. Right out of the gate, I hit the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV and then right after that, The NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA. And all for clients seeking that amazing magic that happens […]
We replaced a $750K/year marketing team with 12 AI Agents. Wow it SOUNDS so good, doesn’t it? It’s quite a headline. Bold, clear and it seems like we’re in the golden age of AI where sugar plum fairies and rainbows replaced all of the bad marketing with happiness. The End. Except, it’s probably BS. And […]
Ok so I live in the desert (Phoenix). It’s a legit desert — boiling hot during the day and really cold at night. We’ve got rattlesnakes, crazy giant lizards, javelinas (think smaller boar-like pumpkin-eating pigs) and coyotes. All we need is a horse with no name to complete the picture. But the world of journalism has its […]
Technology is always cool and always advancing. And for every action in communications there is an equal and opposite reaction in filtering and blocking. Have you noticed that? Let’s take SMS texting. Once the purview of close friends and family, now marketers can (and do) text us and of course, somewhere along the line to […]
At some point in your life, you learned the lesson that if it sounds too good to be true, it is. Maybe you got scammed and some company took your money. Maybe you got suckered in and she broke your heart. Maybe some advertisement promised something some vendor knew it couldn’t deliver. Seth Godin wrote […]