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5 Tips For A Successful Expo Experience To Gain The Red Edge

5 Tips For A Successful Expo Experience To Gain The Red Edge

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Trade shows, expos, home and garden shows, county fairs, community events,  networking, and similar events can be a great way to advertise your products or services if you do them right. I have enjoyed working with and helping promote different events over the years. Here in northern Utah, I helped create and then manage for several years the Cache Valley Home & Garden Show and helped expand and grow the Logan Gift Show. Here are five key principles I’ve learned that…

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Focus on the Core to Gain the Red Edge

Focus on the Core to Gain the Red Edge

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Focusing on the core of your physical body improves and strengthens your entire body. That’s what my friend Chari Hawkins is teaching today. Chari is a world-class heptathlete, former USU Aggie, and currently a grad student at the University of Bath in England. For the next two weeks, Chari is putting “extra focus” on core work. “It’s amazing,” she writes, “what the little things do and how it helps.” Check out Chari making the tough look easy. Crank the volume and…

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Teaching in Business to Gain the Red Edge

Teaching in Business to Gain the Red Edge

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The best education helps us learn a principle then learn how to apply it in our life. Sometimes it may be a formal and structured approach. Other times it could be informal and spontaneous. It was a little bit of both Tuesday morning hanging out at Stevens-Henager College in Logan at the monthly Cache Chamber of Commerce Bizlink Logan networking group. BizLink is an opportunity for local businesses and entrepreneurs to connect and grow their business. It’s also an opportunity to learn…

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Last Night’s Gift that Gained the Red Edge

Last Night’s Gift that Gained the Red Edge

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Last night’s gift was spending a little time in a neighbor’s backyard and garden in Hyde Park. It was a gift of friendship, a gift of brotherhood, a gift of love. It was a gift of being connected and sharing a moment. It was a gift of normal conversation that became much more than normal. It was a gift of the soft and gentle sunset dropping over the horizon while enjoying the sweet aroma of flowering fruit trees. Aly Affleck shared…

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Soaring On Sprouted Wings

Soaring On Sprouted Wings

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It’s an honor to see our children and those we love soar as they chase their dreams. Be they small or of epic portions, it’s an honor to be a part of fostering and nurturing those dreams to help them #GainTheRedEdge. Such thoughts have inspired this little poem. SOARING ON SPROUTED WINGS By Les Patterson A young child rises up Soaring on sprouted wings Fostered by family roots Chasing a nurtured dream. Urged at times prodded on Trying hard, falling…

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Gain the Red Edge: Creating Love

Gain the Red Edge: Creating Love

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Some who may not have the kind of love they wish for may find Valentine’s Day to be a bit overwhelming. Understandably so. But it may not have to be that way. I am inspired by those who choose to Gain the Red Edge by discovering and creating love, whatever their circumstance may be. Creation, I believe, is the keyword. Creating love, I believe, is first seeing and feeling the love which surrounds us. Seeing and feeling can open our heart…

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Gain The Red Edge: Understanding Taxes

Gain The Red Edge: Understanding Taxes

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Understanding how to best navigate the challenging world of finances and taxes is critical to Gaining The Red Edge in business. Our solution at Red Edge Marketing has been professional guidance from Terri Stapley and Connie Roberts at Stapley Accounting. We brought Terri and Connie on board from the start and they have been really good to answer our questions and help us navigate the complex world of business finances. Terri and Connie bring the needed skill level and knowledge base…

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Gain the Red Edge: Interregnum

Gain the Red Edge: Interregnum

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Increasing our vocabulary is a great way to #GainTheRedEdge! Today’s new word: Interregnum (in·ter·reg·num) “a period when normal government is suspended, especially between successive reigns or regimes, an interval or pause.” Today’s word came to me in this Deseret News article referring to the time period between the death of President Monson and the next first presidency is officially in place. During this interim, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is being led by the Quorum of the…

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Gain The Red Edge: How We Choose To Remember

Gain The Red Edge: How We Choose To Remember

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My dad would have turned 78 today. As I think about him, I choose to remember the overall impact he had on my life. There were both difficult moments and beautiful times. Each influenced who I am. Through it all, I’m grateful for his incredible love and example of hard work and never giving up. I believe part of the gift of remembering someone who has passed away on special occasions, like their birthday, holidays, or the anniversary of their…

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Tina Talks Truth About Healing After Suicide Loss

Tina Talks Truth About Healing After Suicide Loss

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Healing after losing my brother Shane to suicide came in the form of a gift and process. Part of that healing process was choosing to share my experience. I believe #TalkingAboutItMatters. And talking about it helps me Gain the Red Edge. I was recently invited to share Shane’s story with a larger audience when I was interviewed by Tina Levene with the Tina Talks Truth radio program. Tina is an author, speaker, radio host and a respected voice in the worldwide…

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