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My daughter is a newly-minted Girl Scout. In fact, her first official troop meeting is tomorrow, after school. She’s excited about Girl Scouts for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is that she’ll get to sell cookies.

That’s right. She’s excited about selling Girl Scout cookies.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

My daughter is a force of nature. She Who Will Not Be Swayed. She focuses like a laser beam on whatever strikes her fancy du jour, and can withstand all efforts to divert her attentions – gale-force winds, a pack of sled dogs, 20 Mule Team Borax, you name it. Having been down this obssesion road once or twice before, I’ve learned that it’s like the tide – no use swimming against it. I’ve also learned that every now and then, I can use this obsession to try and give her a little real-world experience in things within my area of expertise, in this instance, sales and marketing. So let’s talk about marketing cookies. Read the rest of this entry »