Time flies by if you’re not careful and it’s almost a year since I wrote a post. I need to get to this more often. People you meet in real life out from behind the screen of your laptop can do that sort of thing. Take advantage of the situation you may find yourself in so that you can learn something. Some of the great folks I’ve met so far include people like Erika Napoletano, [...]

Winston Churchill is one of my heroes from history. His ability to support a nation during a time of war was a show of strength that not many would have been capable of doing. He was full of wit and intelligence and wasn’t afraid to show it. We’ve all heard many statements and quotes about getting over mistakes and failures many times before. The one shown in the picture is one that has always stuck [...]

How many times have you said “I wish..” without thinking? Just a quick common reply from everyone. How many times have you daydreamed that you’d like to have just three wishes? What would you wish for? Wealth, fame, health? All of the above? Would you wish for more wishes? Would you wish your family great health and long, happy lives? As you probably know by now, central Alabama got hit pretty hard with a run [...]

Water cooler chats happen more and more…but they are not just happening at the water cooler anymore. Now they’re taking place online through social media, especially Twitter. Twitter offers a way for businesses to promote their products and services, resolve problems, handle customer complaints and connect with past, current and future customers. Case in point, have a look at Zappos, Dell, cable companies, airlines and even car manufacturers are hopping aboard. Twitter also allows businesses [...]

The revolution of social media (SM) has it stands today has caused unprecedented growth in individuals becoming one of the following; experts, ninjas, gurus, consultants, pirates, etc.  I’m happy for people who have started businesses based on it and are able to be entrepreneurial. But what a lot of folks don’t stop and consider is that SM has been around longer than they think, it’s the rules that are new. If you’re old enough to [...]

Any person involved in marketing will tell you that you need to do research, you need to know things like what your demographic is, the target area, audience…whatever. Ask yourself these questions about your website’s users: Did they hang around? Did they read the whole page? Did they buy something or contact you in any way? Did they come back or did you give them a reason to bookmark your page so that they will [...]