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People like putting contact forms on their sites. Some people have no way of contacting them except thru the form. It seems to be a way to get visitors to comply and give us the exact data that we want to we can automate the relationship. ONE: Users are seeking a relationship, so the more … Oh Contact Forms, How I Dislike Thees

As a new father on Father’s Day, I’m seeing how insecure I feel about how I’m showing up. This insecurity is more limiting than any of my other limitations. I see that when my dad was feeling insecure he was mean because he wanted control. He wanted to make good happen and he couldn’t wait. … Be a Hype Daddy

We don’t have bandwidth to do everything and sometimes we’re most helped by doing a part of something that has a big effect, but doesn’t finish the job. Here’s a question I posted on facebook and nobody had the answer. What’s the word for doing that big first chunk? In lumber, a flitch is a … Flitching

I’ve been weird. Undependable. In recent years, I’ve realized that I’ve been driven through many things in life by my fear of criticism.  I didn’t think of myself as being worried about criticism because I was weird. I had weird interests, a weird career, weird social behaviors, weird ways of living, weird friends. I didn’t … Fear of Public Failure

A lot of times in entertainment is about selling drinks (that’s why a bar has a show. that’s why the nba has halftime shows). For a seated show like Scot Nery’s Boobietrap, this can be challenging. Here are some ideas to consider. People don’t drink as much during the week. People don’t drink much at … Selling More Drinks

My friend called me and asked what to do with his event. It wasn’t working right. The audience wasn’t happy and the night wasn’t flowing. He wanted to know what to do. Instead we shifted our focus to what we wanted the crowd to do. With performance, art, creating, we are doing something. With entertainment, … Where The Doing Happens

My son is fascinated with basketball, so we paused on our walk at the school nearby to see some kids shooting hoops. They each had a ball and they were terrible. Every single shot was out of their skill level. They were trying to shoot from far away and do tricky dribbling and ball handling … Four Kids Shooting Hoops

Wouldn’t it be great if people had the appropriate budget for things and they just told us how much it was and we told them, “Yes!” Regular readers of my blog may notice that I don’t believe in entertainment budgets for most things. For example, I want to buy shoes to run a marathon. There … Why Budgets Aren’t Real

Like I wrote about yesterday, we often don’t want to build a relationship with a customer or a fan. We want to do that thing that makes fandom automatic. We want to send out one email, release one single, make one video, do one gig that gets us an endless avalanche of money and love. … Magic Pills

When sending out a cold email to someone, we often want a total solution. It would be great to have one complete message that sums everything up and gets the recipient to send us some money and become a fan for life. We can’t avoid trust We need people to trust us / our service. … Cold And Short

I believe if a company can offer a service at a lower price than a competitor, it is in the customer’s best interest that they do. If you can prove that you offer something better for your client than a part-time pro then you will get the gig. If not, wouldn’t you want that customer … Undercutting Prices