I recently visited the Renaissance Festival in Tampa; it was my 1st time attending. I love the time period and reading fiction set in that era. I was surprised there to come up with a few ideas to help with my speaking. I was watching the “Magic & Mayham” show, and pulled two tips from [...]
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March Madness, the next step to the Championship
Posted: 03/05/2012 in Business, Networking, PromotionLast year this time I shared a blog about March Madness, and how word of mouth marketing is similar to basketball… on your team you need superstars & your starting 5, bench players and a coach. Hopefully you have your team already picked out (if not, maybe you want to go check out that blog). [...]
Writer’s Block
Posted: 01/16/2012 in Business, Networking, PromotionTags: expert, referral marketing, writer's block
I LOVE to write, both fiction and non-fiction. I wrote my 1st book in middle school, “The Secret Admirer”. It was a young adult novel, written in a similar style to Christopher Pike and R. L. Stein. I wrote it, by hand (computers were not mainstream yet) and I typed it up a few years [...]
Just this week I was visiting a BNI Chapter here in Tampa (Movers & Shakers) and I heard an intromercial by Brad Gray. The gist of the message he shared was that Rudolph was an amazing marketer – and it got me thinking. Here is Rudolph, with his abnormal nose… no one wanted to play [...]
December is drawing near, and everyone is rushing to get their corporate gifts ordered and their holiday cards personalized. Clients are calling & emailing, “Thread Art, can you help me come up with ideas for holiday gifts?” The answer: yes BUT, what are you hoping to accomplish with your gift? The responses are often client [...]
