Danny    Thompson,    Freelance    Copywriter


The world sticks to the paved roads. The roads are paths paved by industry. The paths are trails widened by the marketplace. The trails are hacked by the Weird, who leave the paved road for the sake of curiosity and wonderment. Where the Weird go, the world follows.

Archive for August, 2007

The Small Business Association is a federal agency whose sole purpose is to foster the growth of small businesses across the company. This is the third part in a 12-part series on advice from their website. Today’s advice focuses on product development.
Product Development

Create a new service, technique, or product.
Offer a simpler/cheaper/smaller version of your (or […]

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The Small Business Association is a federal agency whose sole purpose is to foster the growth of small businesses across the company. This is the second part in a 12-part series on advice from their website. Today’s advice focuses on some easy ways to target your marketing.
Target Market

Stay alert to trends that might impact your […]

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Marketing at Point Blank Range

Monday, August 27th, 2007

You decide to go hunting. You are after a couple of Turkey. It’s cold out, your breath floating away from you, blending in with the early morning mist. You walk up to the edge of the woods. Peering into the forest from the outside, you listen for the sounds of your prey.
The expert guide…or maybe […]

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Downtime

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

Well, the site was down for about two hours yesterday, and email was down for about six, as anyone who tried to get in touch with me probably noticed. Things are back up and running now, though.
As you might have noticed, I’ve begun a series of posts based on advice from the Small Business Administration. […]

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The Small Business Association is a federal agency whose sole purpose is to foster the growth of small businesses across the company. This is the first part in a 12-part series on advice from their website. Today’s advice is pretty general, but there’s nothing wrong with covering the basics. So here goes (I’ve added my […]

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Something New!

Friday, August 17th, 2007

Okay, so I got so busy I actually had to turn a few people away this month. While I’m thrilled business is booming…I hate sending people away empty handed.
So I’m proud to introduce the Sinister Guide Series, a collection of e-books designed to help you through the marketing process. The first book arrived today: […]

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What is an ad? An ad is a mini-intervention of sorts.
No, there won’t be a roomful of loved ones, and no heavy tension. But you are trying to change a behavior and create a belief. You want to make the reader believe that taking the action you want them to take will change their life […]

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