Thoughts on Marketing…

Want to do something today – right now – that will help build your business? If you have a pen, a piece of paper, an envelope, and a stamp, you can do just that. You can write a thank you note. In fact, you’ll do even better if you write a dozen thank you notes. [...]

Once again, household adventures lead me to marketing thoughts… A few days ago my oven started acting strange. I have a gas range and sometimes it would come on and sometimes not. I’d have to turn it on and off a few times to get it going. Finally, last night it refused altogether, so today [...]

This week I volunteered to make some calls for my son while he was at work.  One of them was to find out about a mortgage program that he keeps hearing advertised on the radio when he goes back and forth to work. So, I called. What I got was a recording telling me that [...]

Yesterday morning my husband asked me to make a phone call for him. This is normal – he doesn’t like to make phone calls, so the job has always fallen to me. I called, and after giving the message to the gentleman (?) on the other end, he said l “Have your husband call me.” [...]

This morning I read a short article about Chrsyler and their new campaign to sell the new Dodge Ram pickup. Because of the price of fuel, truck sales are down – way down.  But they aren’t giving up. Instead, creative officer David Lubars was quoted as saying “We know the amount of people out there [...]

Just have to share something that looks like a good idea – and it’s an affordable way to maintain top of mind awareness with your most valuable contacts. Here’s the story, straight from an email I got from Christy McDowell: Send out Cards is an Internet Based contact manager that allows you to send real [...]