My Encounter with Benny Spies
A few weeks ago I thought it would be “fun” to take a road trip to Watertown, SD and meet up with the soon-to-be-very-famous Benny Spies, host of a new series on Sportsman Channel “Gun It! with Benny Spies.” Traveling to South Dakota is fun for me – I love any chance I can get…
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Kickstarter for Outdoor TV Projects?
I was recently reminded of Kickstarter, the self-described “way to fund creative projects,” website via a favorite drinking show of mine hosted by Zane Lamprey. Zane has hosted two shows, “Three Sheets” and “Drinking Made Easy” over four or five cable networks in the last few years. I empathize with Zane as I’m very familiar…
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What’s a Solopreneur? Me
Last Saturday, I attended my first “Solopreneur” conference in downtown Minneapolis at CoCo. (CoCo stands for collaborating and coworking). Besides being an energizing and engaging half day session in the old Grain Exchange building, I walked away with a new sense of who I am. I met other solopreneurs, just like me, which was a…
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Having Fun? If Not, You Should Be
I had an interview last week with a sports team in Minneapolis. I realized half-way through the interview how much I was laughing or giggling through the questions and answers. It wasn’t a nervous laughter – this was just a phone screener, but I wanted to have fun on the interview and to see if…
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“On the Edge of Greatness”
About 6-7 years ago, I lunched with a collegue who was familiar with the outdoor industry, but really knew communications – especially media training and crisis comm. He intrigued me with his depth of knowledge and I certainly saw him as somewhat of a mentor. So he stunned me when, during this lunch, he said…
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Give Freely and Give Often
At a social media/marketing conference a few years back, I listened to a guy tell us to “Give Freely and Give Often.” He continued that there are no trade secrets. He wanted us to throw all secrets out the window and to instead, be engaging. And how are you engaging? By connecting and sharing. So…
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