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Another episode of Business Lessons from the Dispensary… In yesterday’s episode, I shared the tale of a dispensary in Baltimore that took product demos to new highs. Read that here. Marketing master (and Story Power email subscriber) Ted Prodromou chimed in on LinkedIn and said my story reminded him of this one… In 2018, a savvy Girl…
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Ripped from the headlines… …another story for the “you can’t make this stuff up” file… Last month, government killjoys in Baltimore shut down a dispensary after a surprise inspection revealed illegal try-before-you-buy activity. Turns out Cookies dispensary fired up free samples – token tokes – for anyone strolling by. According to the shut-down notice, the…
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It’s National 7-Eleven Day (July 11)… …which means you can get a free Slurpee® at your neighborhood convenience store (thank heaven)  , but… Do NOT get one of those microwaveable burritos… …or, if you must, nuke it in the microwave at home or the office. I stopped using 7-Eleven microwaves after hearing this story, ripped straight from…
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Let the cage match begin. In one corner: Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and SpaceX and owner/destroyer(?) of Twitter. In the other corner: Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, Instagram, and the just-launched Twitter-killer(?) Threads. Threads launched earlier this week, and 30 million souls have already boarded the ship. I’m one of them. (Follow me on…
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