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RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2024.03.18

By Tom Ruwitch

Hay House in the Ozarks, Crawford County, Missouri, March 2024 #allthisusefulbeauty Recommended Events 👻How to be A Ghost Buster: Capture & Convert Prospects to ClientsI’m a Lynn Whitbeck fan! She’s a sales and leadership who teaches how to end sales chaos and amplify profits using a robust strategic sales plan. On Thursday, March 28, 2024…

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Gamification Nation: The Power of Score-keeping

By Tom Ruwitch

I solved this morning’s Wordle puzzle in three guesses… …and my streak lives on. 58 days and counting  Wordle is a game where you get six tries to guess a five-letter word. With each guess, the puzzle gives you feedback. It reveals if a letter you guessed is in the right place, in the word…

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The Wrong and Right Recipes to Cook up Profits…

By Tom Ruwitch

A self-proclaimed “email marketer” posted a diatribe on Reddit recently, accusing a biscuit company of “assaulting his inbox.” He ordered some biscuits online, and then the biscuit company sent him, on average, five emails per week. “Sending five emails per week is not the way to stay top-of-mind,” he declared. He suggested sending “fortnightly” emails…

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Princess Kate Flubbed Photoshop. Off with Her Head!

By Tom Ruwitch

Princess Kate and her pals at the palace are in hot water.In case you’ve missed the relentless news coverage, here’s the story… Last week, the British Royals released this photo of the Princess and her kiddos… A bunch of news agencies ran the photo but then pulled it because they discovered digital alterations The Princess…

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Women and Vegans Welcome Here…

By Tom Ruwitch

When Charlotte was 20 and just getting started as a writer, she sent one of her creations to England’s top poet. Poet Laureate Robert Southey liked Charlotte’s work. But in a letter dated March 12, 1837, he wrote, “Literature cannot be the business of a woman’s life: & it ought not to be. The more…

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RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2024.03.11

By Tom Ruwitch

Typewriter Keys, March 2024 #allthisusefulbeauty #stuffinmyhouse Recommended Service 🎁GiftHopperOne of my smartest business moves over the last couple of years: Implementing GiftHopper. One of my resolutions this year: Expand my use of GiftHopper. I use GiftHopper to deliver thank you gifts to clients, partners, and other key business associates. I simply give them the list…

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He Didn’t Want His Name in THESE Red Lights…

By Tom Ruwitch

Sydney Story didn’t ask to have the red light district named after him (who would ask for that???). It just turned out that way. Here’s Story’s story: He was an alderman in New Orleans who, in 1897, wrote legislation to establish “The District. It was an area north of the French Quarter where prostitution (technically…

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Why I Mourn AND Celebrate

By Tom Ruwitch

Today is my birthday… …which means I’m thinking more than usual about my dad. Dad died on this day in 1990, my 25th birthday. That evening, family and friends gathered at our house to remember Dad and mourn our loss. At some point, Mom interrupted the somber chatter by marching into the living room with…

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Reason #372 to hate GoDaddy…

By Tom Ruwitch

LAST CHANCE to register for today’s masterclass:How to Put Personality In Your Content So You Stand Out, Attract Raving Fans, and Land More/Better Clients. Today (March 6), 2 p.m. ET, 1 p.m. CT. Register here. Now back to our regularly scheduled program… I hate GoDaddy.  Usually, I’m not the hating kind. But when it comes to GoDaddy,…

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Knock, knock…

By Tom Ruwitch

I asked my GPT-powered copywriting robot, “B-9?” to come up with some jokes to help me promote tomorrow’s masterclass… How to Put Personality In Your Content So You Stand Out, Attract Raving Fans, and Land More/Better Clients. Here’s one: Knock, knock. Who’s there? Harry. Harry who? Hurry up and sign up if you want your content…

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