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Tame Bear on February 16th, 2014

I read Seth Godin’s essay earlier today on “Are you an elite?,” and it got me wondering about one word that I couldn’t quite splice into the story’s meaning. That word was shipping. Because it puzzled me, I sent out this tweet… One item in Seth Godin’s essay “Are you an elite?” strikes a dissonant […]

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Tame Bear on September 1st, 2012

For the vast majority of Americans, their earning and purchasing power is steadily eroding, and the American Dream that drove our nation’s growth for more than a century is becoming little more than a pipe dream. Why is this happening? Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich has an answer. On this Labor Day weekend, […]

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Tame Bear on July 17th, 2012

So here’s the weird thing. When we all (about a dozen of us) went into the large department store, first thing we did was climb up to a second level high up on the walls, and began inching our way along a narrow ledge walled with cabinets. Someone up ahead was giving us a tour […]

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Tame Bear on July 10th, 2012

We’re now just past the third-year mark since Tame Bear learned of Traffic Exchanges and has made them a part of his life, at varying times and degrees. So it is with great pleasure that I present my actual earnings so far this year (output from Quick Books For Mac) woo hoo. Relatively modest by […]

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Tame Bear on July 3rd, 2011

This post is about the simple process of business startup — spending money to make money. Some say it is possible to make money without spending any money, and frankly I don’t believe that’s possible. You will either spend time or money to get a business going, and most folks will tell you time is […]

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Tame Bear on April 20th, 2011

Email is the cement you use to construct a solid business. To construct a quality business, you need quality tools, and your emailing system is one of the essential tools you’ll use to communicate and grow your business. Therefore, choose, learn, and use the best tools available for emailing. Good emails get forwarded to a […]

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