From the monthly archives:

March 2010

Small Business Social Media Can Be A Lot Like This

March 31, 2010

You want to jump into every social media platform you can get your username penciled into … but some are better fits than others and, frankly, you just don’t have the time. No one does. Not even Greg.

Be careful. It could all blow up in your face like Peter’s volcano.
Start small. Start slowly. Breathe and [...]

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Happiness: This Week's Desktop

March 29, 2010
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My First Performance Review (from Kindergarten)

March 25, 2010

I’ve been thinking a lot about the boy lately. It’s Special Education Week, and while we’re spending time giving thanks to his teachers and his therapists, we’re also thinking about the world today and what’s changed and what hasn’t.
Apparently, I haven’t changed much. Like, ever.
Mom found it hidden somewhere, and now I keep this double-sided [...]

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We Gather Together: Comfortpalooza

March 25, 2010

I work with three heating and air conditioning companies. They’re on their way here to Columbia for our first meeting of the minds.
Why not? They all know each other a little, but wouldn’t it be great if they could all know each other a little better and learn from each other, too?
We’re each leading a [...]

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An Alternate Value Statement for Daryl

March 24, 2010

Earlier this morning, I wrote about Daryl’s yard sign. I’ve been thinking about it ever since.
My partner, Roy H. Williams, has often been known to say something akin to:
You don’t define yourself by what you say you stand for. People define themselves to others by what they stand against.
So, Daryl? You want to get my [...]

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BREAKING: Politician for jobs, against crime

March 24, 2010

You basically ignore yard signs, right? I mean, you may notice one after the initial plant, but then they all blend inexorably into the landscape until the sign gremlins come by in the dark of post-election night and take them down.
And then, you see one that aims to do a little more, and you get [...]

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The Time I Fed The Troll

March 23, 2010

The other day, I shared a piece of hate mail a client received through his website about our advertising.
A friend remarked, “You should totally turn that into an ad!”

Well, one time, we did. Every few weeks we get a nasty email about our advertising. This doesn’t bother us as we understand that ads constructed to [...]

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Weird: This Week's Desktop

March 22, 2010
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You Should Probably Not Hire Me

March 19, 2010

According to Keith, who just sent in a Contact Us form to a client in Portland.

Hi. I’m Tim. I’m the moron who writes the ads for Roof Life of Oregon.
Now, Keith, here’s what’s interesting: The same day you were kind enough to write, Roof Life had more than a dozen other contact us forms wanting [...]

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My Aquatech Keynote Review in Four Words

March 15, 2010

No one threw fruit.
Which is saying a lot in Florida. There’s a lot of fruit down here.
For my mom, here are the first couple minutes. (Yes, my sister came to visit. It was awesome having her there.)

We’re flying home in the morning after ten days mostly off the grid. Thanks everyone for your patience.
Looks like [...]

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