Hyvee, Nuval and Better Nutrition
HyVee has it going on! I’ve been working at a HyVee store in Des Moines, Iowa this week. (more on why later in the post) HyVee was founded in 1930 in Iowa and has grown to 220 stores in the Midwest. The store is very clean, the associates are all super nice. There’s a Starbucks…
Social Media Reflections
Build A Relationship Mack Collier called it (again) – you can read it here – this whole social media business is about building relationships – not so much about promoting your product. How many of us are just tweeting away and blogging away – and not thinking so much about creating relationships? And it’s not…
Blame it on Keith
Keith Burtis wrote a great blog about his dream house (www.keithburtis.com) – and I thought it only fitting I write one too! If you look at www.ahouse4dom.com, Dominick has his house described as well. This is not a meme, but if you do decide to write about your dream house, please come back and comment…
Dominick Evans Part Two
This is the second part of my interview with Dominick Evans. I see you are into music. You review, you blog, you write about it. Tell me how music has helped shape your life, please. I’ve been involved in music practically since birth. It’s been a part of my life for as long as…
Getting To Know Dominick Evans
Dominick Evans and I have become friends. Like a lot of relationships founded in social media – you get to know one another. Then you start caring. The next step is you want to help. Dom is a proud man – and it’s hard for him to ask for help. This series of articles is…
Craig Sutton – The Bit Boss
Craig Sutton is the Managing Member of NetworkTask.com of Kennewick, WA and its web marketing division, BrightWeb Marketing. He is also the Conference Chairman and Speaker at Learn About Web. Craig has 25 years of technology experience, with 10 of them in a Management role. He has provided support for Wordperfect products, has been the…
Who Are You Talking To?
Marybeth and Donald are two of my business partners. We all have our own businesses, and work with a green company in the consumer direct marketing industry. Tuesday Marybeth interviewed Don on what it is he is doing to grow his business. Here is a portion of that interview – followed by my comments. …
Jeff Foxworthy on Iowa
My friend (from Iowa, like me) sent me this. If you don’t find it funny – oh well, I’m cracking up! Jeff Foxworthy on Iowa: If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, you might live in Iowa. If someone in a store offers you assistance & they don’t work there,…
Be Your Own Community Manager
Several large companies have started hiring Community Managers. My friend Keith Burtis is a community manager for Best Buy Remix. Keith got me to thinking about how we are all really our own community manager. If you have your own business, you are the owner and responsible for how your experience on the web benefits…
Keith Burtis – Best Buy Remix
Interview with Keith Burtis – Community manager for Best Buy Remix Hi Keith, what is it that you do most often in your job as community manager? We usually handle tasks that are timely and need paying attention to quickly. Most companies are very involved with day to day activities internally and don’t have time to…