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March 28, 2011

Nancy Minimalized

Popcorns or How not to be eaten by Nancy

Nancy isn’t exactly a “guy comic” –but it was part of my growing up. In fact, it was the first comic featured in this blog when I started it.

Those who enjoy Nancy just groove on the gag. Like a good joke, the strip seldom features more than a set-up and a punch line.

The artwork — well, I think I used the words “rubber stamp” last time. The images certainly don’t intrude on the gag. They are basically there to point the way.

If you enjoy Nancy, and want a nostalgia fix, jog on over to Joyville.

Nancy may not be for everybody — But one thing I have to admit — that Aunt Fritzi is one hot dish.

WADE

Tags: gag, Minimalized, nancy nancy, Popcorns, punch, punch line, Rubber, rubber stamp, stamp.

Filed under Vintage Comics by WadeB on Mar 28th, 2011. Comment.

Musicians, Bands, Songriters — You Can Market Like A Dentist!

One of the most valuable marketing techniques I’ve learned in the past few years is something that dentists have been doing for many, many years.

Open your mind and you can see how this applies to you — no matter what business you are in. But it works especially well for promoting your band or your merchandise (like CDs and T-shirts and all that other stuff that people pay money for.)

Whenever somebody goes to the dentist, they are immediately entered into a computer for a follow-up campaign. The most basic is a postcard in the mail (nowadays, probably an email) reminding you to come in for your 6-month check-ups.

But the up-sell is where the real money is.

Tags: amalgam fillings, Bands, check ups, Dentist, elective procedure, email blast, mailing, Musicians, text, valuable marketing.

Filed under Direct Response Marketing by WadeB on Mar 28th, 2011. Comment.

Learning Modes

I’d vaguely heard of musical modes but didn’t know much about them until I decided to take some brush-up piano lessons a few years ago.

My teacher was a retired rocker from the 60s who had modest success and was enjoying his life of relaxation in a California beach resort town where my wife and I were staying.

As I got more educated in modes, I also got more interested in Jazz music. I’d never understood where a lot of it came from or where it was going until I got modal.

If you want to stick your toe in the water, there is a great two-part series at ultimateguitar.com

Take a peek and see if it can help you awaken some creative juices in your playing or songwriting.

WADE

Tags: beach, california beach, creative juices, jazz music, Learning, Music, musical modes, piano, piano lessons, relaxation.

Filed under Guitar by WadeB on Mar 28th, 2011. Comment.

March 27, 2011

Tribute To “Hot Stuff” — Howie Post

Howie Post passed away about a year ago, and his contribution to comics has been acknowledged by numerous tributes.

Our buddies at Joyville have a nice retrospective of his work including some page scans from Hot Stuff, the Little Devil #19 (1960).

Skip on over to Joyville and enjoy the Hot Stuff.

WADE

Tags: buddies, comics, hot stuff the little devil, page, retrospective, Skip, Tribute, tributes, work.

Filed under Vintage Comics by WadeB on Mar 27th, 2011. Comment.

Free Notes On Advanced Copywriting

Shoot holes in all of your prospects objections using what you learn in these notes…

Once again MyNoteTakingNerd comes through — he does all the work and gives us valuable information.

This time, he’s gone straight to the master — Dan S. Kennedy of No B.S. marketing fame. Kennedy is the man behind most of the major campaigns you’ve seen in the past 25 years. He’s the brains behind most of those infomercials you see on TV (especially high profile ones like ProActive acne treatment and Victoria Principal beauty products) as well as putting Joan Rivers into business on QVC.

Nobody in the business disputes Dan’s supremacy.

So our favorite NoteTakingNerd has sat himself down with pencil and paper and taken notes — the thing he does best.

If you want the wisdom of Dan Kennedy without the expense and work of going to his seminars or buying his DVDs, just go check out this terrific blog.

WADE

Tags: acne, acne treatment, Business, information, joan rivers, marketing, pencil and paper, qvc, victoria principal, work.

Filed under Direct Response Marketing by WadeB on Mar 27th, 2011. Comment.

Interview With Award-Winning Songwriter, Andrea Stolpe

hit songwriting tips podcast Samurai Songwriting shares an exclusive interview with Andrea Stolpe, an award-winning songwriter who has penned songs for top artists like Faith Hill.

Andrea shares some of her new and original songwriting techniques from her new book, Popular Lyric Writing: 10 Steps to Effective Storytelling.

Go read the interview, and you’ll find a link to download a free chapter.

WADE

Tags: faith hill, lyric writing, songwriting techniques, Stolpe, storytelling.

Filed under Songwriting by WadeB on Mar 27th, 2011. Comment.

Learning Modes

This lesson will teach about the modes, give you songs to listen to for the modes, and be able to see in notes how the modes work out in theory.
Lessons @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com

Tags: com, Guitar, Learning, Lesson, Modes, theory lessons, Ultimate, ultimate guitar.

Filed under Guitar by WadeB on Mar 27th, 2011. Comment.

March 26, 2011

How Do You Eat an Elephant?

Rebecca gives you seven steps to follow to help you tackle “eating that elephant,” and directs you to some resources on the AWAI website that will help you along the way.
American Writers & Artists Inc.

Tags: American, american writers, Artists, artists inc, AWAI, Eat, Elephant, rebecca, seven steps, Website.

Filed under Direct Response Marketing by WadeB on Mar 26th, 2011. Comment.

Before RSS vs After RSS

Hey there,

Before RSS feeds you had to visit SongWritingFever.com every time you want to check if there is a new forum post or a blog post. Now, this information comes to you!

So this website was lacking RSS feeds for quite some time. As a first step, here’s RSS feed for SongWriting Fever Blog and an aggregated RSS feed for our new songwriting forum: RSS Feeds

Both feeds are available as raw RSS and through feedburner. You can also subscribe to updates by email.