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Perfecting the Pitch – Pitch Tips learned from Billy Mays

Long before the news of Billy Mays‘ death, I was planning on writing a Pitchmen post.  It is one of my favorite shows and there are many great lessons to learn from master pitch men Billy Mays and Anthony Sullivan.  Billy Mays was found dead in his home on Sunday June 28th.  An autopsy is currently underway, but a heart attack is the suspected cause

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Michael Jackson – The Day The Music Died

News of Michael Jackson’s death, first confirmed by TMZ on June 25th, 2009, sent a tidal wave across the Internet. The passing of the King of Pop set multiple records across Yahoo!, the front page story “Michael Jackson rushed to hospital” was the highest clicked story in Yahoo history, generating a whopping 800,000 clicks within 10 minutes and news of his death saw 560,000 clicks

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Is Making Concert Plans Easier with Technology?

This weekend I am going fishing… to three Phish concerts that is! Phish is one of my favorite bands and I have been going to their concerts for years.  My how times have changed!  Back in the day (mid 1990′s) I remember going to concerts without a cell phone!  How did we find friends? How did we make plans?  Oh yeah, the old fashioned way! 

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