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I Run My Blog Like I Ran My Brewery

Which makes me a terrible business person I was a terrible business owner. At least from a capitalist viewpoint. My ‘mission statement’ was basically, “I make great beer. If you like great beer, you should try it!”. Seriously. That was it. Yes, we had a facebook page to share business hours and event information, but my business partner did all of that. We spent almost nothing on marketing, advertising, and social media. In the early…

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FLASHBACK! KEW Episode 5: Marketing and Solicitation

How do you feel about advertising? How about solicitation? Marketing? Manipulation? How are these things different – or the same? In the capitalist market goods and services are bought and sold. I suppose there is some minimal necessity to make people aware of these goods and services and this is often referred to as advertising. But at the base level it’s just sharing information to increase awareness. And I think, at one time at least,…

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Flashback to Episode 5: Marketing and Solicitation

I despise aggressive marketing aimed at taking advantage of consumers. But it is necessary to share ideas through some sort of advertising. Here I discuss what I know about these words and how some can be evil. Preview video here: Preview video here: https://business.facebook.com/kpluseiswise/videos/680457336008969/ Full Episodes here: https://chrisburcher.com/2020/05/22/episode-5-marketing-and-solicitation/

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