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We were standing in line and I figured why not kick things off by asking Jon why he decided to connect with me. His answer was just about flawless. He first ...

You’re 14 years old. Your mom owns a 72 horse stable, and your dad is a decorated World War II vet with his own auto and tire business. Every morning, you an...

If you’re tired of cliché success quotes, do some groundwork, get out there, and meet someone like Chuck Vollman for coffee. Everything about this man makes ...

There are two types of innovation. The first is the kind where someone identifies a need that has yet to be fulfilled and develops a product or service to fi...

Any venue can put on an event, but if you want to create a sense of community and inspire growth in your city, it starts and ends with your organization and ...

Will it stick? Will it spark engagement? Will it increase conversions? Will it achieve our desired outcomes and produce the results we are looking for? These...

Healthcare is an interesting industry, in that from a consumer standpoint, unless you’re an expecting mother, or have a ritual of grabbing lunch at your loca...

If you’ve ever lived in a town with nothing but a McDonald’s and a gas station, you probably understand the excitement that comes over you when you find out ...

What comes to mind when you think of St. Louis? Cardinal’s baseball should probably be at the top of your list, possibly followed by the St. Louis Blues, but...

Once you come to the realization that the answers are out there, you are left with the challenge of discovering the right questions to ask. I recently met up...

It’s interesting to think that we live in an age where people want to know what you do in 140 characters or less, but as soon as they’ve been hooked, they ex...

If I asked you to tell me what the picture to the bottom right of this paragraph resembled, what would your answer be? If you’ve seen these drawings before, ...

There are far too many elements involved with one’s success to highlight only one as the key, but one of my favorites is networking. I believe the people you...

To be able to say I met her towards the beginning of her soon to be successful career, is priceless. To see where it started, her early motivations, the pass...

Being creative doesn’t always mean creating flashy material. Take credit card sales for example. Mostly driven by direct mail promotions, the mailers that te...

A week or so ago I met with Drew Langenberg, a Senior Marketing Specialist with Mercy Hospital. Our conversation jumped from his responsibilities with Mercy,...