Don The Idea Guy

Slogan Generator Step-by-step instructions for brainstorming clever business taglines Most of you regular readers know my business tagline is “Ideas that mean business… and MORE business!” It took YEARS to evolve that puppy into the catchy little ditty it is today. Who knows how much time and energy I could have saved if Marcia Yudkin’s […]

Practice What You Preach Danger: Rant Ahead So… today I get an email message from a company that wants me to advertise to their base of 8 million members who’ve agreed — through a double opt-in program — to receive marketing messages. A typical sales pitch? Only until you understand that I’VE never agreed to […]

GOT GODIN? Seth’s new book is a horse…er, cow… of a different color. “Herd” of Seth Godin’s new book on marketing? It’s all about finding the Purple Cow in your business and sharing it with the world. The core message of the book is that your business needs to be remarkable, or it will remain […]

Chill-Out! This is a really COOL idea! For all of us who search nightly for the ‘cool spot’ on our pillows during the summer months, here’s a great gizmo from SmoothSoft.com — a pillow that’s ALL cool, baby! It’s called the CHILLOW. They’ve even got one for my best friend, Bella!

Birds of a Feather A great NYTIMES article on a very creative guy Today’s link features an outstanding article about a guy named Woody Norris. He’s doing some very interesting things with sound. There’s TONS of info and ideas in this article, along with some insight into how Mr. Norris can turn a weekend at […]

Creating The Future A neat gizmo wish-list for the year 2013 The April edition of WIRED magazine includes a really cool list of products they’d like to see come into reality within the next ten years. Me too!! Read the article.

What Are You Waiting For …an invitation?? I recently learned of this small (tiny would be a better word for it!) business that specializes in handmade invitations. How could “The Idea Guy” resist introducing you to “Paper-Girl?” ha-ha!