Category: Personal Musings
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Blast from the past!
When I first started out in advertising, you knew you were in the house even if you were blindfolded. Just use your nose. It’s the “cow gum” silly! Today, you have mounting sprays. Today, you have Macs. In fact, a lot of stuff we used to have in the agency are no longer found. Here’s…
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The Mother of All Online Marketing
When the PC first became a reality, I was dying to have one. Did you know that in “the good old days”, the cost of getting a Personal Computer was actually equal to a deposit on a car!? I never knew this until many years later when my mom accidentally revealed that my dad gave…
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Healthy Living
Here is a shameless plug on behalf of one of my friends. We have all gathered together and decided to promote good health and healthy living by creating a health blog. The first project we thought to do was about sprouts. For those who do not know what sprouts are, they are the first few…
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If you think Marketing is tough, wait till you read this!
Here is an interesting issue that is going on around Lake Michigan and BP’s plan to expand and upgrade its refinery there. Let’s look at some of the facts, then allow me to share my take on it: BP received permission from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to…
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What’s this hang up about 8 things?
Just the other day, a friend Andrew tagged me to write 8 secrets about me. Then now, I get tagged by Gage Master… Wow… how do you say no to a friend and a lady? I really do not have 8 secrets to reveal. Nor are there 8 things to talk about me. This is…
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Interesting Discovery – Word Of Mouth Marketing School!
Wonders never cease. When I was in school, word-of-mouth marketing was just a footnote in our lecture notes. But now, I discover an entire course designed for Word of Mouth Marketing! This is the class blog and is a part of the Northwestern University’s Integrated Marketing Communications program in the Medill School of Journalism. Of…
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Off Topic – 5 Things I Dig About Jesus
I have been tagged. Really. By Angela… http://angela-stevens.com/archives/lets-play-a-game-of-tag/ I checked, most bloggers I know who dig Jesus have been tagged by others… hmmm…. anyway, here’s my 5 things that I dig about Jesus: My Salvation – it is not everyday that some one is willing to die on your behalf and take all the blame.…
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Apologies to everyone!
My sincere apologies to everyone who happened to see that offensive banner ad that appeared yesterday. Thanks, Randa for pointing it out. It was an AdBrite ad and I am removing all their ad codes from my site with immediate effect. I never had this problem with Adsense, looks like I will have to re-instate…