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Charles L Martin's Blog

Charles L Martin has spent a lifetime experiencing hard won sales and marketing battles in the fashion (7th Avenue), film (Hollywood), beverage (Worldwide), and financial industries (SoCal).

His clients, past and present, include Liz Claiborne, Tommy Hilfiger, Esprit, D.F. Sanders & Co., more than 25 A-List actors and producers in film, Rhino Chaser's Beer, Signature Nannies, among others. By clients, he sometimes means "bosses" and sometimes "clients".

The concept of Anticipation Marketing is his specialty.

He loves marketers and sales hacks. He loves (or dislikes) your company. His rants 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, Stella Artois, and Craft Beers like Craftsman and Dogfish Head, master Japanese gardens, xeriscape, politics, and music.

email charles at vendorcloud@gmail.com

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    Older guys labor more and better

    Monday, September 7th, 2009

    For Labor Day, @jmarc2004 sent this to me.  I agree.  Obviously.
    If you’re over 40, you can still run a great start-up and succeed so says Vivek Wadhwa.

    Gmail as a lifeplan

    Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

    It just dawned on me as my GTD with Gmail post went out.
    If you aren’t using Gmail right now, you’re so missing it out it hurts me to think of it.
    So many of my email connections are Comcast this, EarthLink that.  If you knew that you were able to not be trapped in email hell [...]

    GTD for Gmail

    Monday, July 27th, 2009

    Great suggestion by @eridenour to integrate this into your Gmail.
    Very so awesome Gmail management system in an add-on for Firefox.  (ps- if you’re using Internet Explorer or Safari, you’re decades behind).
    Check 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 and find [...]

    What does your Pandora station list say about you?

    Monday, June 1st, 2009

    Pandora.  The great elixir of radio-dom.  If this thing ever gets on your car radio, Sirius is toast.  Siriusly.
    I’m noticing that my Pandora station list is starting to look like a large Arkansas family with different teeth missing but still the same gene mapping.  I have found that what Pandora purports to do — find [...]

    Great biz-travel tips from Peter

    Monday, May 11th, 2009

    Take the time to read this.  The information is valuable and you might find yourself with a few more minutes for yourself while out there traveling for “the man”.
    This is the 200th hothead post!  I will be celebrating this with a few long posts on the history and impact of the Starbucks gift card, among [...]

    Great help with projectors and macbook pro

    Monday, May 4th, 2009

    Good post if you’re trying to get your mac to work on different projectors.

    Don’t you just love the “small” guy?

    Thursday, April 16th, 2009

    I saw this in a daily report I get on the goings on in the digital world.  Notice that it says AT&T is looking to extend… not the other way around.  Big telco needs a friend.  Isn’t it fuzzy and sad?  I love the fact that Apple probably has EVERY major telco on their door [...]

    The Facebook privacy issue explained

    Monday, February 23rd, 2009

    There’s lots of debate among my posse about this.  It seems your privacy might be safe at Facebook – or it may not be.  Techcrunch explains.  By evidence of the comments, looks like this debate isn’t over.

    Fresh & Easy Reneges on It’s Coupon Program

    Thursday, February 12th, 2009

    Many of you know my love for good companies, good service and an overall new and useful take on something old and tired.
    Grocery stores fit this model. I shop almost daily for this household’s groceries and I can easily tell you how much a certain family staple costs at each store. I scan [...]

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