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Blaine Phelps

Blaine Phelps

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Aug 31

Marketing — How Low Can We Go?

For those of you who have known me for the past 40 years, you already know I have a bit of a passion for marketing.

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Jul 17

How to Lose Your Most Loyal Customers

One of the biggest mistakes a business can make is assuming that the customer who has already paid is no longer the priority.

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Jul 11

AI Is Coming, AI Is Coming!!

If you’ve watched the news over the past few years, you’ve undoubtedly heard the same story line over and over again.

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May 27

How to Set Someone Up for Failure

— or How Leadership Communication Can Go Very Wrong

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May 11

Why it was the right thing for Nothing Bundt Cakes to close on Mothers Day

There’s a certain kind of business decision that looks crazy to customers at first glance… right up until you realize it’s actually…

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Mar 25

How to Lose a Lead (While I’m Lying on a Surgery Table)

Tomorrow, I’m going in for another surgery — number 14 in the last decade. At this point, don’t ask. Just assume I’m in a long-term…

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Mar 5

The Brand is YOU

The other day I was out shopping with my wife. Well… technically she was shopping. I was doing what most husbands do in that situation —…

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Jan 30

Why Conversation Is Becoming a Lost Skill

The other night, I found myself at a charity event, seated at a table with people my age — GenXers. As often happens when you put a few…

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Nov 17, 2025

The Great Flattening: How Marketing Lost Its Edge (and How We Get It Back)

For years, people have argued that our attention spans are shrinking. Scroll-based media rewards quick hits, instant stimulation, and…

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Nov 4, 2025

Wiki’s — To do or not to do and how important are they?

(I just have to repost this again — with Grok now doing it.)

Blaine Phelps

Blaine Phelps

Lucky enough to have traveled the world and gained experiences that I like to share - and I do it now, through life coaching, mentoring, and teaching.

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