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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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World Travels

Terranea

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Went to this place right before the 4th. Interesting.  A museum to the go-go “aughts” that we all lived through recently.  Big nice resort slung along the craggy coast of Palos Verdes near what Angelinos call “the south bay”.   Word has it that one of the big guns that left Starwood has the $500M note [...]

Notes for the new year

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Notes for the new year: Change morning routine completely.  Feed the cat backwards.  Delay the first coffee.  Not check my bank balance before 8. Read the daily business digest and reflect on how it works into my future. Choose and complete my fourth marathon. Maybe with Johnny Lassig? Break PR of 3:58 and make it [...]

Vacations notes from afar

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

The vacation came and went and here we are.  We can talk about the great happenings and such but just check my tweet record and you’ll see the great pics of the little gents and nicely wifey. Moreover, it was  a short respite to refresh.  To reset.  Check the oil.  Turn the motor to hum [...]

3 Months Free Clear Membership

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

I love my Clear membership.  I used it in two airports last week that didn’t have Clear and it’s funny to watch the TSA squiggle when they don’t recognize but ultimately have to take my card as ID. The folks at DFW TSA told me that they will be up and running by Fall.  LAX [...]

That’s me breezing through the TSA line

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

I just joined Clear. You should too. If you have kids under 11, they can roll through the line with you.  Any kid over 11 needs their own clear pass. If you live in the LA area, get on it now before Hollywood finds out. There aren’t any clear stations at LAX but there will [...]

Try this idea at your store or business

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

On the walks through fire central I saw a great sign by a church in our town. It read “First Time Visitor Parking”. The two parking spaces were right in front near the door. What if your law firm or dry cleaners had this sign in front of it’s doors or in two or three [...]

UNOY no. 29

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

People often wonder why I have a UNOY license plate.  There’s a reason for it as in I everything I do [mostly :)].  It’s a tongue in cheek nod that means before you ask yourself a stupid question (as to how you got into a certain mess), you might be honest with yourself and say “I [...]