Today, November 14 marks an anniversary for me. It was exactly 10 years ago on November 14, 2008 that I published my first blog post here on fiveminutemarketing.com. Little did I know as I pressed “publish” that day, that it would lead to 10 years of mostly weekly contributions as a thought leader, which has
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