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My three year old son has officially graduated to the “Why?” stage.

Most parents - actually, anyone who has spent much time around a three year old - know exactly what I’m talking about. He’s basically asking “Why?” about everything that happens, from the simplest mundane household things to complicated issues like the nature of life.

In other words, there’s a lot of explaining going on around the clock here at the Hamm household.

There’s another piece to this puzzle, though. With our little boy wandering around constantly asking “Why?”, we have become much more careful about our specific … Continue Reading

A little birdie in the wind told me that Consumer Reports is working on an article that involves debt settlement services. This person said they got the impression that the article was going to not be supportive of debt settlement companies, and in many ways, that’s a shame.

Settling your debts for less that you owe can be problematic but those problems do not invalidate the effectiveness of debt settlement when used at the right times to get out of debt.

Well meaning consumer advocates seem to do little more than continue to tear down solutions for consumers to … Continue Reading

Just read this article by Steve Tobak on bnet entitled "What You Need to Know about Branding." Very cool article and worth checking out.  In the article, Steve contends that there are five key points that every manager needs to know about branding, and IMO he is dead on.

As I was reading the final three points, I wanted to take out the word "branding" and replace it with "content marketing." And so I did.  See below.

Content marketing strategy is not a one-off; it’s a component of your overall corporate strategy. … Continue Reading