The Copy Biz

Zombieland Rules for Copywriters Part 1

Copywriting

My Mother always told me ‘Some Day, you’ll be good at something’…I don’t think she could have guessed that ‘something’ would be… Zombie Killing Copywriting. You can’t beat Copywriting. But often it can feel like you are battling to survive in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. You feel that way too, right? Well, if you pay attention to […]

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Saving Hemingway’s Cuban Home

Blogging

Read a great CNN story here: Be sure to check out my Traveling Well post – Cuba, Hemingway… someday

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A World Without Star Wars

Features

The upcoming release of Star Wars on blu-ray” got me thinking about this wistful feature… The Millennium Falcon sweeps in, piloted by Han Solo. The Death Star explodes with a blinding flash. Millions of fans emerge from the theatres of America forever hooked. When the original Star Wars or as hard-core fans call it “A […]

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Tom Waits Reads Bukowski – The laughing heart

The Copy Biz

You’re a Genius all the time… Waits reading Bukowski not new but great writing advice… This second poem, apply however you want…

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On the Road with Mark Twain

The Copy Biz

Steam engines, newspapers, Lake Tahoe, Seal Rock, the Sierra Nevada’s… it was all there. Great to see Twain’s autobiography on the top of the Amazon.com bestseller list. Plus it ties in nicely with the Reality Tour I did for Traveling Well. This Clemens gem was certainly true of my first escorted tour experience…. “I have […]

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A couple of quotes for today (and one from HST)

The Copy Biz

A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him. ~David Brinkley Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upwardly mobile—and the rest […]

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Video from the Road

The Copy Biz

Here’s a tour recap video of my “Reality Tour” blog series…. Read the entire series here.

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Just Google “Seth”

The Copy Biz

See what happens? Number one. I read Seth Godin’s book Linchpin last year and realized I had been doing much of what he writes about. But of course he clarified all those ideas. Seth will change the way you think about marketing, social media and how you approach your job.

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Adventures in Escorted Touring

Blogging

Airplanes, cockleburs, near death experiences, the Skunk Train, El Capitan, City Lights, Hells Angels, lives on track and off, outlaws, Jehovah, I think I told someone I was a part of the universe, San Fran 10 years later and my life’s even weirder than ever. Someday the whole truth may come out but for now […]

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Words of Wisdom

The Copy Biz

In the 90’s my friend Tom and I would argue about who was the better band, Cracker or Oasis. Now I’ve grow to love Cracker but how can you top Noel Gallagher? oh and it’s a great piece of Content Marketing from adidas.

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