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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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Airport redux please

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

AA Flight whatever – DFW to FLL Seat 25B — using GoGo Airplane wireless for the first time.  Fast. 1.9mps What the heck is wrong with America’s airports?  I’ve been in the swing of this since 4.30AM today and will culminate a 10 hour trip in a few hours.  I’ve been taking notes and there [...]

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 [...]

Gate 14

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Peggy Noonan hits the nail on the head.