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I'm guest-posting today at Drew's Marketing Minute

Hi everyone,

Today Drew's featuring my post "The 3 things you need to stop doing if you want new ideas" on his Marketing Minute blog.  Be sure to check it out!

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Hi readers of Drew's Marketing Minute.  Thanks for taking the time to stop by.

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~ Katie

Even dogs can be creative!

A lot of people worry that they simply don't have the ability to be creative.  Luckily, everyone has a creative bone in their body... even if they don't know if yet.

In fact, even dogs can be creative.  Don't believe me?  Take a look at the video below!

Best of 2007

I hope 2008 is turning out great for everyone.  I just want to thank you all for helping me make a fantastic start to my blog in 2007.

Here are my favorite posts from the last 9 months.

How to take an idea to the next level
This is one of my favorite posts, and everyone else seems to love it too. It's been on Stumbleupon several times, and just keeps hanging in there.  I think it's because everyone can emphasize with having an idea completely put-down by some heartless commentator and loves it that the idea came back and showed it's potential.

Squeeze Out More Ideas
A creativity exercise that will torture you, but will also generate more ideas than you ever thought you could have.  You'll love me for sharing it... after you stop hating me.

The path to failed innovations
Three ideas that may have seemed brilliant to their inventors... that weren't actually that great when they became reality.

Does anyone think they're more creative than you are?
A not-very-nice person commented on Copyblogger that it's impossible for "dullards" to become creative.  My rebuttal... and an astonishing revelation that I too was once a creative dullard.  Oh was I ever!

When you hear hoofbeats...
They say, that when you hear hoofbeats, you shouldn't look for zebras.  But what would you be missing out on if you always assume the obvious?

How would you get out of this situation?
The Japanese are very tolerant of new ideas.  So come see a hilarious one that would probably make the best Halloween costume ever!

Are your laptop's new features good for you?
Two computer features match up... which one actually improves the customer experience?

Have you forgotten to look for alternatives? Some people are blind to new ideas.  Read this article to find out how a new idea is giving more options to people who really are blind.

Thinking backwards can actually be quite brilliant.
Three examples of why thinking backwards can pay off and why we shouldn't assume that an idea is horrid until we see more about it.

Innovation that's far more impressive than the best out of Silicon Valley
About how a young man in an impoverished nation used his own creativity to create a windmill to power the home of his family.