Numbers are the fuel that runs business. They let you know when you’re on track and when you’re off track. They highlight areas of opportunity – and potential black holes. They can even inspire and motivate.
But numbers can cripple …
Author Archive | Ken McCarthy
Stop the mass media crooks from torpedoing the Internet
By Ken McCarthy in Consumer protection, Human rights and justice, Internet history, Media Industry 9
Disney, NBC, CBS and other corporate slime balls would like to make common, everyday Internet activity – activity they actively enabled and promoted – a felony.
This analyst is loud and brash, but hang on. He’s got the goods on …
A better life starts with what’s in right front of you
A little more than 15 years ago, a young woman named Sabrina Nelson was told by her doctor that she had a fatal illness that had a 40% chance of killing her – painfully – in ten years or less.…
Music video of the year
Is there anything better on earth than driving around in your truck with your dog?
Upstate New York…a little bit of heaven right here on earth.
– Ken McCarthy
P.S. For over 25 years I’ve been sharing the simple but …
The world’s oldest infomercial?
How old is the classic formula for writing infomercials, long form direct response ads, presentations and sales letters?
I used to think the oldest examples could be found in US publications from the late 1800s.
Now I’m not so sure.…
A modest proposal for Thanskgiving
Thanksgiving is, hands down, my favorite holiday.
It doesn’t compel frantic gift giving (like the commercialized version of Christmas).
It doesn’t promote excessive alcohol consumption and forced gaiety (like New Year’s Day).
In fact Thanksgiving is so laid back, it …