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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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Saturday, October 9th, 2010

Remember when you were 11 and Christmas came? You opened the new toys and gifts you received with haste and abandon.  Everything smelled new.  It was pristine.  There was no history.  No bad mojo.  You’d go to bed that night and see lots of the previous Christmas’s stuff in your closet and realize that it [...]

You’re an expert

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Some great news is abound right now. There are so many specialists that are unemployed that the experts could fill the Rose Bowl and the parking lot would hold the runoff.  It’s big folks. Take heed that if you are one of the “lucky” laid off, you might find that you can escalate your status [...]

How do you get there?

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

On a run I get the adrenaline high that just blows all other “highs” I’ve experienced away. (not saying that any drugs were involved).  All athletes (and some uber professionals like doctors) get this on some level and it’s one of the big reasons we force ourselves off the sofa and into the streets to do it [...]

Best career book

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

By far, “The Adventures of Johnny Bunko” is one of the greatest career/life guides you’ll ever read and you can read it in 30 minutes or less. Great book.  Get it. Amazon.com Widgets