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Chris Farmer

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CHRIS FARMER is an international author. His latest novel, Passing GO, was published in 2024 in Serbia and has sold all around the world.

He was born and brought up in Iowa (US) and has lived in Saudi Arabia, Italy, France, England, Germany, Serbia, and the Philippines. He has also worked in China, Hong Kong, and Nigeria. As well as being a writer, he is also a university professor, brand consultant, and life coach.

He has authored numerous blogs on communications and branding and is the author of five books including a collection of poetry, Water Music, published in 2012 (as TM Tamish).

Today, Chris Farmer has settled in the Philippines where he continues to write, teach, consult, and coach.

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Chris Farmer This summer, Umberto Eco was on my list, but it got pushed back to September. I am about halfway through The Prague Cemetary now and I am loving it.
Chris Farmer The cellar door, only slightly ajar, forging a long atramental, pulsating band, beckoned to him as he stood a few feet back, his left foot quivering a…moreThe cellar door, only slightly ajar, forging a long atramental, pulsating band, beckoned to him as he stood a few feet back, his left foot quivering and seemingly pulling him backward into the relative safety of the kitchen. He could not move, but he knew he would follow…(less)
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How Do Customers Find You?

(And why do we have such a hard time talking about it?)

Today I had wanted both to read about and then share some information and experiences that people have had about how customers discovered a business or a brand.

I found hundreds of “helpful” articles on knowing your customers (i.e., use our agency, please!) and about marketing in general. Knowing your customer is, of course, extremely important

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Roland Barthes
“The art of living has no history: it does not evolve: the pleasure which vanishes vanishes for good, there is no substitute for it. Other pleasures come, which replace nothing. No progress in pleasures, nothing but mutations.”
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“Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see, but it is impossible. Humans hide their secrets too well....”
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“Speak only if it improves upon the silence.”
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“The Strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.”
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