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Charles L Martin has spent a lifetime experiencing hard won sales and marketing battles in the fashion (7th Avenue), film (Hollywood), food & beverage (Worldwide), and social marketing (SoCal) industries. He enjoyed working as an assistant to Liz Ortenberg (Claiborne), Tommy Hilfiger, and producer Scott Rudin, among others. He has worked for Esprit, D.F. Sanders & Co., more than 25 other A-List actors and producers, Rhino Chaser's Beer, EarthLink, United Tranz Actions, OpenTable and now LivingSocial, which is the coolest gig around.

The concept of Anticipation Marketing is his specialty. He loves marketers and sales hacks. He loves (or dislikes) your company. His rants on hotheadblog.com may inspire you. They may ignite you. Either way, it's all good. Follow Charles on Twitter @vendorcloud

Charles is a 4-time marathoner with a 3:58 PR. He also enjoys loads of time with his awesome family as well as advocating in modernist architecture, fine wine, craft beer, master Japanese gardens, xeriscape, politics, and music. email him at vendorcloud@gmail.com .

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Holiday Present 20-something

Friday, December 12th, 2008

I lost count but I owe you one… I am in early tests with VIDOOP but I think I love it.  The HH is not responsible if a General Motors Executive hacks your vidoop and takes money from your bank account. Vidoop

Fonolo is cool

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

This is a company after the ol’ Hothead’s heart and your next holiday present from me.  Hate crazy corporate phone trees?  Then FONOLO them.

The new economy will bring about death for mediocrity and birth for innovation

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

That’s a good thing.  Something the HH has wished for.  Now, businesses and their half-baked, live on a shoestring and deliver bad service business models — will die. I sort of feel bad for the employees that are working for companies like this, but then I don’t.  As someone that’s worked alongside mediocre business owners, [...]

Adele

Monday, October 27th, 2008

No embed code on this one available but if you don’t buy this new artist’s album, then you’re missing out.  ADELE

Two great new sites

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Yotify — aggregation of your favorite sites — you plug in your search criteria and they do all the work from your favorite sites like Craigslist, LinkedIn, Flickr, and Shopping.com. ILovePhotos — for Mac but great.  All your photos are organized by facial features.  Cool!

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