Posted in Branding, Business, Marketing, People on May 8th, 2008 No Comments »
You can spend all the money you want, run all the ads you can, do all the community work that needs doing … and then? This happens:
Tim Hortons rehires fired woman
As you can see by this update on the story (which was originally about an employee being fired for giving away a 16 cent timbit […]
Posted in Business, Internet, Web on April 24th, 2008 No Comments »
Seth’s post Silly Traffic is worth a read. To use a cliche, it’s a reminder to not sweat the small stuff, in this case as it relates to web sites. Your site may get a lot of traffic, and you may be working your behind off to get that traffic, but it doesn’t necessarily translate […]
Posted in Business, Communication, Marketing on June 4th, 2007 No Comments »
Bang on, Mr. Godin. I really can’t think of anything to add to Seth’s post Actually, it’s just a jaggy picture other than to say I completely agree. Have a look at the post.
He’s right in saying that if you’re working for someone who speaks this way, you’ve got problems.
And if you are someone who […]
Posted in Business, Marketing on June 2nd, 2007 2 Comments »
I just read Daniel Pink’s post over at The Huffington Post. It’s titled How Starbucks Explains the World and it’s an interesting meditation (if a tad tongue-in-cheek) on coffee:
Two weeks ago, my family and I visited Kyoto and stayed at a ryokan … A block away in one direction was an old-fashioned market. A block […]
Posted in Blogs, Books, Business, Career, Reading, Work on May 9th, 2007 No Comments »
There is a Jim Cuddy song (Pull Me Through) where the lyrics go something like, “There are letters left unopened here, there never is the time; there are messages I should return …”
Well, I can certainly relate to that these days. There are emails I need to reply to and blog posts I should write […]
Posted in Blogs, Business, Creativity, Web, Writing on April 25th, 2007 2 Comments »
It’s been a while since I’ve visited Hugh MacLeod’s blog gapingvoid. I’ve been off in other directions recently. But I was back again today and it confirmed my feeling that it’s one of the best blogs on the web, especially from the point of view of business, marketing, creativity and so on.
And on the subject […]
Posted in Business, Marketing, Usability, User experience, Web on February 20th, 2007 No Comments »
I was looking for a program to try out. There was a free trial version available. It was a large company’s site, one you’re probably familiar with. So …
I found the link via Google - a method many, many people use. I’m pretty sure I’m not the only person who came to the page this […]
Posted in Business, Internet, Marketing on January 30th, 2007 1 Comment »
Over the years I, and almost anyone I ever met who had even a passing interest in computers, the Internet or any technology variation, has imagined getting involved in some sort of start-up, dreaming up some cool product or service, and “growing†it into a big deal.
You know, “What if I was the next Google?†[…]
Posted in Business, Copywriting, Writing on December 21st, 2006 No Comments »
Somewhat related to yesterday’s post, A minor rumination on writing, Seth points out Top Two Best Times to Invest in Good Copy. It’s a Sony ad with copy that will come across as gibberish to most consumers.
Seth also alludes to another of my pet peeves when he mentions, “… trouble reading the small white print […]
Posted in Business, Copywriting, Web Writing, Writing on May 9th, 2006 No Comments »
I learned this years ago when I was working in radio and writing pointless, waste of time ads. What to write - it’s a post on Seth Godin’s blog.
Although the post relates to ads, and my radio experience was with ads, it’s applicable to all forms of writing. For the love of Mike, don’t write […]
