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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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Letter from Lorrie Tucker

Monday, March 9th, 2009

For all that donated to Lorrie’s cause, I give you this.  Good work guys.  Please replace my name with yours as you read it.  Now… wasn’t that better than the $5 donut you bought today?  I’m working on a new recipient idea and will put that out soon.  Stay tuned.

The Hothead Pro Bono Challenge

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

As I’ve posted recently, this is a great time to lend your skills to those that could benefit from them the most.  I’m not talking about writing checks.  We all have skills writing checks unfortunately.  I’m talking about paring off 2% of the time you dedicate to your workday, your coffee ritual, or your family [...]

Let’s Help Lorrie Out

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

[UPDATE (2/7-10am)! -- You did good!  We will send a couple hundred to Lorrie early next week.  If I get any responses from her, I'll send them to you.  Keep hitting the donate button throughout the weekend if you can! UPDATE (2/5-10am)! -- Money continues to grace my inbox!  You all will have awesome days and the [...]