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Speaker Matt Brown Endorsed by Charlie Hauser Director of PR and Communiations at PIA of Ohio

Posted by on Oct 1, 2011 in Watch Matt | 0 comments

After serving as a panel speaker for the 2011 PIA of Ohio Agency Management and Profitability Conference, Director of PR and Communications for PIA of Ohio (Charlie Hauser) offered his endorsement for the thoughts and strategies I shared with the audience of fellow agents.

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Think 8XK

Posted by on Sep 15, 2011 in General | 1 comment

A new medium emerges that allows people to connect and share over great distances. Literally, the spreading of ideas and communication was invented. Do you know what I’m referring to? No, not social media. I’m referring to the advent of radio. A man named Frank Conrad, a chief assistant engineer at Westinghouse Electric Company in Pittsburgh,...

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The Secret About Your Brand

Posted by on Sep 15, 2011 in General | 0 comments

Your brand is lame. You don’t stand out. You think you’re different than your competitor but you’re really just like that kid in third grade who always yelled out “me too guys!” Do you remember that kid? Or were YOU that kid? Somebody got the new Jordan’s and then it was an all-out “me too!” battle. But not you. You had to stand...

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7 Extreme Strategies For Getting All Your Work Done Today In Half the Time!!!

Posted by on Sep 15, 2011 in General | 2 comments

What Would You Do If You Could Take A Half-Day On Friday? Golf? Mow the lawn? Head to the lake? I’m serious. I’m not trying to come out of left field on you and tell you there’s more work to be done today. I’m going to share 7 Extreme Strategies you could implement immediately after reading this article that will guarantee you get out of...

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Gun To Your Head

Posted by on Sep 15, 2011 in General | 0 comments

Are you acting on your ideas or would you work better with a gun to your head? The only things that matter, when it’s all over, is what we’ve done and who we’ve loved. That’s it. You have great ideas? Where’s the work? I think you’re working too much. You’re over preparing. Steven Pressfield refers to that as Resistance. Of course...

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Independence (of Self) Day

Posted by on Sep 15, 2011 in General | 0 comments

“Cut you right down the middle.” I never had it explained to me that way. How many “yous” are there? If we’re talking about your role, then yeah, you’ve got several – father, mother, husband, girlfriend, CEO, friend, parishioner, employee…but that’s not YOU. That’s your role. Here’s the thing, I never really distinguished...

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Holy Weiner!!!

Posted by on Sep 15, 2011 in General | 0 comments

Tweeting scandal with 17 year old female. Denial. More women come forward. Pictures surface. And then learning that the world is too small and too connected, you might as well confess. An entire career built and developed over time, whether you would have voted for him or not is irrelevant, because the tragedy is how easily one can throw it all...

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Stop Selling and Start Healing

Posted by on Sep 15, 2011 in General | 0 comments

When someone asks you what you do and you reply, “Oh, I’m in sales,” it automatically conjures up images of polyester, cliché closes, and uncomfortable conversations. When was the last time your sales radar went off? beep…beEP…BEEP! Let’s count the ways that salespeople have conditioned the market to literally hate talking to...

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