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My family recently finished watching the first season of Hung. It is about an unlikely pimp (Tanya) and her even more unlikely prostitute (Ray). Tanya decides that to go into business she needs to do a viral marketing campaign.

There is a lot we can learn from Tanya - what not to do! You may not think of yourself as a pimp for your product of business, kind of a raw term, but we are all pimping something (so much that my daughter thought I should change my title from Marketing Consultant to Pimp...)

Instead - here are Five Steps to Pimping your Busines Read More

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