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Kicker Tool Finds An Eager and Receptive Audience
I love it when a plan comes together. I love it even more when that plan involves introducing an innovative product to the marketplace to an eager and receptive audience, willing to throw their support behind it. A little more than 10 days ago, I introduced the DMOS Collective Kickstarter Campaign (which I’ve been working…

Dress and Speak According to Your Audience
The authentic, genuine YOU that you present to an audience—whether that audience is one person or one hundred—NEVER changes (at least it shouldn’t), but the way you communicate and connect with your audience by necessity must change with the context of the situation. From how you speak to the clothes you wear, you have to “know”…

Barrel O’Monkeyz Supports Active Lifestyle Entrepreneurs
The DMOS Collective Kickstarter campaign for their new patent-pending Kicker Tool™ shovelhead has generated lots of support and excitement in its first few days. As all of my Monkeyz fans know, supporting local startups and entrepreneurs involved in active lifestyle and sports marketing is right in the Barrel O’Monkeyz wheelhouse. If, like me, you’re passionate…

DMOS Kicker Tool Kickstarter Has Launched
I’m thrilled to announce that the DMOS Kickstarter campaign for their patent-pending Kicker Tool™ shovelhead is underway! I’ve been hard at work with DMOS for the past year. As all my monkeyz business followers know, I’m passionate about anything outdoors, active . . . and fun. DMOS’s new Kicker Tool covers all those bases and more!…

Amazing New Kicker Tool for Skiers, Snowboarders & Mountain Bikers
I have been hard at work on the first crowd-funding campaign for DMOS Collective’s new Kicker Tool™ for skiers, snowboarders, and mountain bikers, which launches Monday, October 19. This is simply the best portable terrain jump tool ever created! Based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, DMOS is passionate about creating pro-quality, portable terrain jump tools. DMOS grew out…

Oh Come All Ye Faithful Holiday Consumers
Holidays are big business, and none are bigger than the “Winter Holidays” of Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, and others, where in 2014 consumers in the USA (according to the National Retail Federation) spent more than $616 billion! I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, then, that it seems many retailers have jumped…

Lessons Learned from Mom and Dad
It’s funny how some memories just seem to linger, while others fade. Those that “stick” can leave lasting impressions that shape our way forward, influencing how we think or feel or act later in life. Some of my strongest memories center around the family dinner table when I was growing up. I couldn’t have known…