April 22, 2010 – 11:06 am
I sat in on a webinar presented by PRWeb, a huge online news release service. PRWeb thinks news releases are a great way to build web traffic for every business, and they have all kinds of data to prove it. Today, however, I’m just going to impart some of the great ideas PRWeb generously shared about [...]
This morning I dropped in on a marketing communications webinar—you know, an online seminar. I sure do appreciate the technology that makes webinars possible, and the knowledgeable speakers who impart their expertise to an audience that might be taking notes and sipping coffee while wearing slippers and pajamas (penguins, in my case) instead of business [...]
You know how when you have money in your pocket, you can’t find anything to buy? Well, last week, I decided it was time to spend a $50 Sur La Table gift card that had been hanging around in our “stuff to keep” basket for, oh, about two years. I kept putting off the buying [...]
How did you do? Of course, you smiled, looked in their eyes, called them by name, shook their hand firmly, did the “nice to meet you” thing. They were impressed with you and all was right in the universe. Or not. Maybe you met someone today and completely blew them off—not intentionally, for sure, but [...]
One of my favorite restaurants is the Old Town Café. It provides all the usual enticements of a locally-owned, funky, homemade-everything joint: fantastic food, a relaxing atmosphere, live musicians on weekends, and a friendly staff. But what makes OTC the go-to place for my friends and me is something a little more elusive: consistency. I’ve [...]
April 30, 2009 – 12:45 pm
Would you expect a health care company called PeaceHealth, which is run by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, to turn away the sick? Well they did. And the sick was me. See, I used to have a family doctor. But they dropped me as a patient. My crime? I’m too healthy! Seems the [...]
March 11, 2009 – 12:41 pm
Thanks for stopping by! You’ve landed on the launchpad to my blog. One day very soon, you’ll see the first few lines of my tantalizing and informative blog posts, with a link out to the “big blog;” the “real blog;” the robust, active, interlinked and happening blog. I’ll be focusing on marketing and advertising, with [...]
