Thoughts on Marketing…

Think about that – It just might be. After reading news reports about shopper’s behavior on “Black Friday” I have to think that the retailers who will be most affected are the ones selling “junk.” You know, all that extra stuff that people buy on impulse – the little trinkets that go into a Christmas [...]

“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” — Wayne Dyer: Self-development author and speaker This seems important today, as the media once again lets us know we’re being taken for a ride. It would be way too easy now to focus only on what’s wrong and decide [...]

See over there to the left – that’s a “Quote of the Day.” I was searching for a quote by Mark Twain – and found some good ones, by the way – when I found this site: www.brainyquote.com After finding Mark Twain, I noticed a line at the top saying “Want to put a daily [...]

Today a friend and I went in to Spokane to the closing business sale at Linens n’ Things. The big signs out on the street holler 25% – 50% off! There were even people carrying those signs and waving them at passing cars. But guess what? We didn’t find anything for 50% off. Everything was [...]

If you’re not familiar with Active Rain, it’s a site for Realtors and the people who serve them. But what I found this morning is good for anyone who is using the internet for marketing. The tools listed in this post will let you “spy” on your competitors and find out things like what keywords [...]

This morning’s headlines screamed about the dire things to come as Washington State slashes its budget. The article cited people losing jobs, services being cut, and on and on. The projected revenue shortfall is a whopping $5.1 billion. Then it went on to tell of the budget reductions necessary from the colleges and Spokane County. [...]

My friend Mary sent this tonight, and all I can say is… Wow. And to you Gemini’s – congrats for sharing such an illustrious star sign! Not exactly about marketing, but too good not to share.

Not long ago I was hired to write some articles about credit, so I did some reading, and what I learned convinced me that we should ALL be watching our credit reports. One reason, of course, is to know our scores and work to keep them high. It helps with insurance premiums and gets us [...]

Marketing your services is the first step – you get the customers in the door. But if you don’t deliver what you’ve promised, then what? They won’t come back, that’s what! And that leaves businesses in the position to keep hunting for more and more new customers. Worse yet, they have to look for customers [...]

But of course! This evening I had a mini-argument with someone near and dear to me. He said that thinking good thoughts wasn’t going to get anyone further ahead – you had to get up off the couch and get busy if you want to accomplish anything. Of course, I agreed. Sitting on the couch [...]