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Written by Sonia Simone | March 23, 2015 | 0 Comments

On Pink Hair, Marketing, and Business on Your Own Terms

It’s always interesting being in an airport as a person with pink hair — especially when I’m traveling for business.

Pink hair is a little more mainstream these days (curse you, Nicki Minaj), but it still gets attention.

Small children think I’m some kind of live-action muppet, which I enjoy very much.

TSA security officials look at the combination of the pink hair and the business jacket, and give me a puzzled smile. My fellow business travelers give me confused looks … mixed, sometimes, maybe with a tiny bit of jealousy as well.

Anything you do that’s visibly different will get people telling stories in their own heads. Pink hair seems to inspire stories about freedom from arbitrary rules, about navigating the economic changes of the 21st century, about 4-hour workweeks.

The 4-hour workweek part is bogus, but the rest of it has some merit.

Why Copyblogger Media Is Also Betting Big on Pamela Wilson

Last week, Brian Clark explained why Copyblogger Media is betting big on podcasting. Then Monday, he introduced Copyblogger’s new digital marketing podcast network. (And with five shows in the top 30 of all business podcasts on iTunes at the moment I’m typing this, the early returns on that bet have been positive.)

Today, I am going to bookend the week by announcing another big bet Copyblogger is making.

Although, now that I think about it, “bet” seems like the wrong word … because it implies risk; it implies uncertainty. And anyone who has worked with Pamela Wilson knows that risk and uncertainty are not in her professional word cloud.

So yeah, it’s not much of a bet. It would be more accurate to say that Copyblogger Media is banking big on Pamela Wilson, who officially took over the primary leadership role of the Copyblogger blog this week as our VP of Educational Content.

This means that I am stepping aside (more on where I’m going in a second), and I couldn’t have more confidence about leaving you in Pamela’s capable, caring hands.
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Written by Jerod Morris | December 24, 2014 | 0 Comments

How to Face Unafraid the Plans That You’ve Made

Later on, we’ll conspire,
As we dream by the fire
To face unafraid,
The plans that we’ve made,
Walking in a winter wonderland.

Have you caught yourself at any time over the past few days and weeks daydreaming about what you plan to do in 2015?

Maybe you have a new website idea you want to launch, or an old idea you want to complete. Maybe you want to double your number of clients. Maybe you have a new plan for positive personal habits you want to implement.

So you look to the new year.

A Quick Note About the History of Labor Day That You May Not Realize …

The first Monday of September is upon us, which means that it is Labor Day in the United States (and Labour Day in Canada).

Have you ever wondered why North America celebrates Labor Day in September, while many parts of the rest of the world celebrate International Workers’ Day on the first day of May?
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Written by Jerod Morris | August 26, 2014 | 0 Comments

Save $100 on SMX East in New York

Search Marketing Expo is the world’s largest search engine marketing conference, and this fall SMX East will take place in the nation’s most populous city.

And if you’re planning on heading to New York City for SMX East (September 30 – October 2), we’ve got a way for you to save $100.

Just use the code smx100copy at checkout to save $100.