Marketing
Running The Gap
There’s where you are. And there’s where you want to be. The space in between is called the GAP. Do you look at where you wish you were and keep wishing? “Oh boy, wouldn’t it be nice to be over there?” Or do you look at where you want to be ………. and start RUNNING…
Read MoreBand Shell Play-A-Thon
Monday, August 16 at 10 a.m. Brian Stevens and Leon Kuehner will be playing their musical instruments in front of the now closed Hampton Band Shell to raise money for the Band Shell Renovation Fund. Brian and Leon have issued a challenge to their previous students – Donate to the Band Shell Restoration Fund, and…
Read MoreWhat do you do?
What are you trying to do? Seriously, you have a business. You want people to do business with you. But do you really? What is your message? Does your logo, store sign, letterhead, signature reflect what you are trying to do? Is it consistent? If your company is new, you’ll want to develop a…
Read MoreI went to a garden party
I went to a garden party to reminisce with my old friends A chance to share old memories and play our songs again When I got to the garden party, they all knew my name No one recognized me, I didn’t look the same But it’s all right now, I learned my lesson well. You…
Read MoreFive Lessons Learned about Networking
We kinda thought “hey, let’s get all the first cousins together for a quick reunion.” Saturday my mother’s family is meeting at the Geneva Church — all 84 of them. Some are here from Alaska and Tennessee. Mom is the oldest living relative left at age 81. The old ones tend to live to 100…
Read MoreJust a small tip
Appearance matters. For years I’ve always hoped that I could just “be me”. With the advent of the internet and working from home, that became much easier to do. Then I decided to venture out into my community and become involved. More people were seeing me. A lot of folks know I’m a bit of…
Read MoreThrough a tourist’s eyes
I traveled with my mom this week to Clark, South Dakota. It’s a trip we’ve taken several times as we go visit cousins. This week, I went as a tourist. What if this were my vacation? What would I be looking for? The first thing we did was get off the interstate. We could have…
Read MoreCool Tools
I’ve found some really cool new toys online — tools for every blogger and small business owner. Better Lighting for your computer This is a free download found at http://www.stereopsis.com/flux/ Why be blinded by your monitor when you first turn it on? Or have that monitor headache from the bad lighting? This application adapts to…
Read MoreThings that make me crazy
If you leave me a voicemail, please tell me what you are calling about. I hate those cryptic messages “call me right away, it’s important.” But not important enough to tell me why in the voicemail? You say one thing, and do another. For God’s sake – stick to your word please. In the end,…
Read MoreStep Away from the Computer
Marketing is more than sitting down at your computer and talking to people on twitter and facebook. If you’ve got a small business – be it brick and mortar or a home business – there’s a very real need to present yourself to the community. There’s many ways to accomplish that task – and it’s…
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