Thoughts on Marketing…

If you’re in business of any kind, your e-mail signature can be an even better “silent salesman” than your business signage, because it’s not fixed in one spot. You might think it’s only for business correspondence. Many real estate professionals have a signature with their name, the name of the company, a phone number, and [...]

Is your mailbox full of junk? Mine sure is, and some of it is getting really annoying. I can’t count how many e-mail marketers have been telling me things like “Only 2 days left” – “Today’s the last day!” and similar shouting-type messages for at least the past 3 weeks. If it’s the last day, [...]

Here’s hoping everyone had a pleasant Memorial Day week-end. If you or a loved one are a Veteran, thank you / thank them. I hope someone you saw today took the time to thank you for your service – and for preserving our freedom to send our random thoughts out over the airwaves like this. [...]

If you’re like me, your in-box is so filled with information there’s no way to find time to read it all. Right now I see 168 messages that I haven’t even clicked to open, and at least that many that I’ve looked at and plan to go read “later.” Some of them probably have good [...]

There are always a few – but today was like being on Pend Oreille Lake the first morning of the Fall Fishing Derby! But instead of boat-to-boat it was email-to-email. Generally I just delete each of them without looking, but tonight I scrolled down and scanned one of those messages. Those identity thieves are really [...]

My question for the day is a reaction to the ezines in my mailbox. There are some I love, and read clear through. John Forde’s for example. And then others I scan through, trying to see if there’s something good, and delete. The difference for me: Some have a good story or some good advice, [...]

First a note to Suzane – Sure, I would be glad to review your books and post a comment. I can’t promise you how fast I’ll get it done, though! If you want those links posted on the site for all to go review, let me know. I thought perhaps they were for sale, so [...]