Tag: marketing

I went to a job interview. Well, in any other profession it would be a job interview. They’d want to get to know you. What you’ve done. Your accomplishments. Big wins for other businesses. But when you’re in marketing, sometimes they just want to pick your brain. Get your ideas. It took me a long…

I was a songwriter who made no money, so I was a carpet installer. I was a carpet installer who always wanted to cut his head off, so I was a large scale computer system installer. I was a large scale computer system installer who was abandoned by a company in LAX, with no way…

I had an idea. I thought it was going to be great. I worked on it for days. Hour upon hour. I did a lot of research on businesses. I sent over 200 emails to people. I was sure everyone was going to jump on board and love my plan. It was the greatest idea…

I wrote this guy. He was opening a night club in town. I wanted to be a part of it. I said, “hello, my name is Paul. I’m a heck of a marketing guy. I don’t want any money, I just want to own a piece of the club. I’ll do everything for you”. I…

I’m watching Penn & Teller Fool Us. I don’t watch TV unless it’s NASCAR or football. Sometimes I watch nothing just because. This is one of those nights. This is nothing. But it does elicit some questions. It makes me think, “how honest is even the most honest of honest person?” My hope is to…