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Don’t get lost in being busy
"Don't mistake activity with achievement." - John Wooden We, as entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, micropreneurs and so on, run the ever present and extremely dangerous risk of being lost in endless piles of being busy but not ever achieving anything. It is continuing to...
The Future in Print Media: An Online Perspective
A month ago I released my first of what will be a series of articles that explore, interpret and discuss the future of print in our industry and beyond. The first article (which you can read here) detailed my background within the print industry as well as shared the...
Hearing “no”
I started my week off on Monday morning with a pair of pitch ideas to two separate magazines. The response back from the publications; "no." I was then checking on availability from my team members on a project and the response back was; "no." I had contacted payroll...
Deceivers Beware
For those reading, I encourage you to memorize the following expression: caveat venditor. I first discovered the term from Daniel Pink’s latest book To Sell is Human; which if you have not yet picked up – do. In the book, Pink dives into an extremely important shift...
Who are you hiring?
Perhaps you are hiring a waiter or waitress. They take your order, they process it and they deliver the final product or service back to you. Since they take no effort in the creation of it, they have no invested interest in the outcome. Sure; they may take down your...
The Revealing Truth on Showing Skin
A portfolio is the single most important tool in a talent’s pursuit of their modeling goals. Developing a successfully marketable portfolio requires an ongoing discipline of crafting representative images and then getting those images seen by the right people in hopes...
Resourceful Reading List Part 3
Back in 2011 I shared my first resourceful reading list as I often get questioned on which books I pull my business influences from. Being an extremely voracious reader I continued in 2012 with a sequel article. And not slowing down with books I’m devouring here is my...
July 2013 Featured Talent Kiya Knight
Not too long ago I first had the opportunity to meet and photograph Kiya Knight for a cover and spread of Scottsdale Health Magazine. She had such a strong and positive energy on set as well as fantastic and inspiring back story. I've since had the opportunity to work...
The Future in Print Media
Recent news of Robert Kennedy Publishing closing its doors and thus ending (for now) the release of magazines such as Oxygen, Clean Eating and Reps has spread throughout the fitness arena via Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. The rapid fervor of posts has included an...