What Your Small Business Can Learn About How EA Games Tanked The Multi-Million Dollar SimCity Brand

I’ve long been a power-crazed dictator. It’s why I run my own business – and why I enjoyed spending my free time growing up playing SimCity. I was the Mayor of countless cities. Some were awesome examples of wind and solar power and recycling. Some were thriving educational towns. Some were destroyed by UFOs. Hours upon […]

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How’d Those New Years Resolutions Go For You?

I didn’t make any New Years Resolutions for 2013. In my mind, that is a kind of resolution: don’t make vague promises about the future when simple, focused action will suffice. Do something focused and simple. Change will happen naturally. (That’s it, I’m starting my own fortune cookie company). Resolutions Are Usually Overreaction in Promise Form […]

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Are We There Yet? Nick’s Origin Story – Killing Some Dreams To Save Others

This is a bit of a long story – three times longer than I normally post, but I’ve been hearing a lot lately from struggling freelancers and entrepreneurs. So I think it’s time to share WTF Marketing’s origin story with you. Stick with me, please, especially if you’ve been struggling with your business. Eliminate Hunger […]

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You Can’t Automate Friendship

Chalk one more “1st World Problem” onto the list: As I was commenting on Annie Sisk’s blog on my iPad while hitting mile #7 on a stationary bike at the gym (that’s right – I multitask like a fuckin’ boss), I sighed in frustration about how much of a pain in the ass filling out […]

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