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Fashion: Evolve or Die.

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Fashion: Evolve or Die.   Whenever I read an interview about Madonna, she talks about reinventing herself.  It may sound clique, but it is true.  As a kid who grew up in the 1980s, I remember Madonna was gyrating on the floor dressed in crazy ripped dresses, gloves, and giant plastic neon hoop earrings. Now at 58, she is still putting on major sold-out shows in concert venues around the globe.  Why? Because she reinvented herself every few years. Madonna c. 1985 In the fashion industry, if you don't evolve, you die out. It seems like once a year, I have to reinvent myself.  What worked 5 years ago does not work today. You either dinosaur out of the industry or reinvent yourself. Digital Marketing has changed the way people shop and the way we do business.  Before the Great Recession, I could sell $10,000 worth of leather handbags a month using Facebook.  Today you cannot sell anything without spending hundreds of dollars on Facebook ads. E...

An Amazing Mentor is Priceless!

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My first REAL corporate job was awesome .  Right after graduation from Washington State University I was living in a basement room with 5 girls in a big house in Seattle.   My dad gave me an old fax machine and at night I would devour the Seattle Times and hook up the fax machine to our land line phone.  The cord for the phone would come from the kitchen down the basement stairs into my bedroom where the fax machine sat on the floor.  The job market was tough and remember sitting on the floor every night faxing my resume out to any potential fit I could find. One day while sitting in my desk at a temp job at an import company the phone rang, the VP of a footwear company called from NYC called and asked me for an interview.  The company, a prominent athletic footwear brand, Champion Footwear was relocating their headquarters from New York to Seattle.   They wanted to know if I could come in to interview for a job as the Executive Assistant to the Preside...

New Joe Belt by Rocco Sauvage

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We now have a new men's leather belt for the everyday guy.  Check out "The Joe" ! This belt is awesome for the everyday Joe.  Fits in all the jean belt loops!  Cool buckle from Italy with a natural looking patina! Leather belt made in USA.  Ships from San Diego, California. All of our products are made to last over a decade, and like you, get better with age!  No pun intended. Available in brown or tan.   www.roccosauvage.com Brown Joe belt Tan Joe belt Ciao!