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I’m a “coward” and a “slimeball salesman”

I recently met with a realtor friend of mine here in the Langley area as I’ve been thinking about purchasing an investment property near to where my wife and I currently live. My friend recommended some houses close by built by a company called Castleview Homes. Given that I like to do my research, I [...]

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Is This Good Marketing?

On my way to the airport in Calgary on Sunday, I drove past a billboard for Q9 Networks that said: Our data center client lists reads like a who’s who of Calgary businesses. Are you in it? Marketing like this has always bothered me. It makes me want to flip the bird in their general [...]

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Customers, Clients, Users – Treat Them With Respect

One thing that I love about Seth Godin is his unceasing efforts in trying to make companies see that they need to treat their customers with respect. This is made evident again in a great little piece he wrote about Apple’s $200 iPhone price drop that the mediawenttotown on. He talks about a bunch of [...]

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