The Pit & Pithy, an original Blog
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Marketing mavens, branding people, and creative pros, iImmerse yourself in compelling, personality-driven writing here to soothe your weary bones and revitalize your entrepreneurial energy, so that we all can βkeep on keepinβ onβ being visionaries, changemakers, and free-thinkers. π
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Benjamin Franklin is considered the grandfather of self-study and improvement and ever since the day he left his go-nowhere life in Boston to break out of his rigid social class to become his best self, we dream of reinvention.
And yet, despite that inspiring origin story of the self-made man and...
Meet Anthony’s Cheesecake & Restaurant. Srsly.
They say “never meet your heroes” and I call bullshit. Because anyone who says that has never met Anthony Lauro. From a marketing perspective, that guy is my hero. Why? Because he is a living example of entrepreneurial...
- Owning your own voice isn’t enough; you must also have the courage to use it.
My heart goes out to people who are afraid to really own their own voice. I’ve been there. As a creative copywriter, I’ve made a career out of being the world’s most delightful Gen-X, ...
Why representation matters…. and not in the way you think.
Allow me to set your expectations, dear reader, right off the break. This is not an opinion/advice piece about diversity and inclusion. If you’re here on the Blog, you already know the value of variety in voices for...
Get the work you’re not entitled to.
It’s the audacity for me. There is no one I am rooting for with more fervor than brave souls pitching to people they have no business doing business with. If you’re a David-type, come sit by me. I’d wager that if we put our heads...
Leverage the joy of being an expert at something that turns you on—and the magic that happens when you teach it.
Oh Entrepreneurialism, is there anything you can’t do? I love it. Few things are as rewarding as earning money doing your thing your way on your own terms. Building a...
A great story inspires your prospects and proves the point: Your product-slash-service-slash-company is pretty awesome.
The value of a relatable case study, or “client success story,” cannot be understated. If you can compel someone to see themselves in your story, you have...
How to: Read between the lines.
There aren’t many ways I can craft this piece that don’t sound condescending asf. I can channel my most genuine Ms. Frizzle, but it’s all gonna sound ‘communication-’splainin’ to even the most humble amongst us. And...
"Argh, when will the old guard get it?”
Melina Cordero wants to know. (And, frankly, we all wanna know.) If they don’t change the way they work with other people, she tells us in “In the Hot Seat: Live Coaching Melina.” they’re unconsciously (or even consciously)...
Rebecca Gunter Celebrates #1 Best Seller Status on Amazon as Co-Author of 100 Predictions, Volume 4
New York, NY – January 17, 2024 – Rebecca Gunter, an acclaimed business visionary and co-author of 100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions, Volume 4, is...
The only way around deep fakes and empty promises is to show ‘em what’s real and raw.
In Ross Brand’s 100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions Vol 4, me and 112 other industry people, content creators and small business owners answered the question: What lies ahead for...
A love letter to peer-to-peer stuff.
Week after week on the StreamLeader Report LIVE Panel show, Ross Brand, Claudia Santigo, and Rob Greenlee pontificate on today’s tech headlines…and I try like hell to keep up. After 25+ shows together, the TL;DR, IMHO is that the AI Takeover is...
