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Thursday! Thursday! Thursday! Bryan Freeborn brings the blitz. One day only! Get the blitz “bestowed” upon ye. Special appearance by Go-Go the Gorilla.

He, Bryan, not Go-Go, is a firehouse of ideas, all good, and this is your chance for some free goodness. He offered to buy an Ideation Blitz shirt for me and I turned him down, to my everlasting regret. And I don’t even wear t-shirts. That thing turned out sweet!

May 13 at The Renaissance in downtown Asheville. Come an’ get it!

My first meeting was with Stephen (fellow cyclist!) who has had a successful promotional products business for several years but more recently moved into the incubator to take advantage of some of the great resources available there. To get into the incubator you don’t have to be a start-up, just a business with plans to grow and create jobs in the area.

I also met with David of Horizons Wealth Management. His company provides fee-only financial advice. I was a long-time employee at The Motley Fool (Fool.com) and we were big advocates of fee-only advisory services. No conflicts!

Everyone I’ve met with recently at the incubator is interested in social media marketing as a way to drive more leads. I plan to put together some videos with actionable steps for various things like Facebook Fan Pages to Twitter to LinkedIn. Stay tuned. Of course, I’ll take requests if there’s a topic you want to know more about. Just let me know in the comments.

Barry of Golden Needle (GoldenNeedleOnline.com) and I discussed everything from social media (Twitter, etc.) to SEO for their sprawling site. They sell acupuncture, herbal and medical supplies.

I also met Steve of Spectralight Images, LLC who offers 3DS Max online training. His company is developing new ways to deliver training for some very sophisticated software.

And Angela has a really interesting business model that I wish could tell you about. Her business is launching soon. More on that one later.