The Small Business Marketing Trap

First Things First: There's an Order to Profitability
Principles of Graphic Design

Radical Inclusiveness - the Competitive Edge

Outstanding Customer Service is a Culture Thing

Power, Politics, Sex, and Religion (yes, this is a business blog)

The Cost of Pricing

The Medium is the Message. Still.

What I Wish Consumers Knew About Buying Designer Jewelry

The Secret to Small Business Success
Happy Fool's Year
Collaborative Management: Consultative vs Consensus
Integrity is A Russian Doll

Tell Better Stories
It's not enough to sell a product or a service any more. You must also be able to tell the story. The Pip Storytelling Deck is a tool we use at the Werx Brands to construct and tell better stories. You can be a master story-teller too!
I Had This Wrong for 20 Years: Profit is Not a Purpose
Outstanding Customer Service is a Culture Thing
Are You Writing Your Own Obituary?
The Knee Bone's Connected to the . . . (or, A Cure for All Manner of Social Problems
Past Time for Change - A Post to the Jewelry Industry
Simple But Not Easy
Compensation Advice for Retailers
Don't Let This Industrial Revolution Pass You By
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Strategy
"The tricky thing about hope is to not confuse it with optimism." Rebecca Solnit
It's surprising how many people are not aware of their reasons for doing things. They think they know, but when asked to reflect upon it, they don't. Why are you in business? Why are you pursuing this role? Why are you frustrated, lonely, anxious, doubting? Why are you making this decision? Why aren't you asking for help? If you ask why before deciding what, who, how, or when, you will come up with a stronger answer every time. In business, why is the essence of strategy. In life, why is the essence of progress.
At the end of the day, we all have to fight our demons alone. And I think that's the source of loneliness. If you spend your whole life insisting there are no demons to fight or hiding your demons or determined to fight them in private, you end up existentially alone.
Maybe the reason its so hard to remain in quarantine is that it's hard to outrun sadness when you're forced to be still.
Taking a knee ... Long the choice of peaceful, PRAYERFUL resistance.
I sometimes wonder what our country would be like today if Christians had thrown themselves into eradicating poverty or inequality with the same energy they invested in fighting abortion.









































