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I was sitting and watching TV with my husband last night and one of the Volkswagen “autobahn for all” sales event commercials came on. We have a DVR so it is rare for us to watch the commercials, but I am actually entertained by the Volkswagen ones. They are clever, well put together and keep [...]
Orange County Marketing Agency, Tornado Marketing, introduces a new small
business marketing website Tornado-Tools.com
Self-Service Marketing Website for Small Businesses
ORANGE COUNTY, CA – July 18, 2008 – Orange County marketing agency, Tornado Marketing, recently launched a website advising small businesses on which marketing tools are most effective for small businesses. The ‘Tornado Tools’ website, www.tornado-tools.com, gives small [...]
Bill Gates is retiring today. Have you seen his “Last Day in the Office” video? Check it out!
Every once in a while, I think we all need to take a step back from the day to day, and have a laugh. Marketing is one of the most powerful tools we have in our business, which is why it is so easy to make jokes about!
I found this joke on JibJab.com, with thanks to the submitter, [...]
On a day that is surrounded in superstition, I found myself wondering if I really believe in good luck or bad luck. In my personal life, Friday the 13th’s have always been fairly lucky for me - but are they really lucky, or are they just a normal day that I feel luckier because it’s supposed to be [...]
I need some help from my friends and readers:
We are putting together a meetup for a business networking group, and one of the possible days and times is a Saturday evening event. We are trying to determine whether it is realistic to believe that people would attend.
Would you attend?
If we did a wine-tasting in addition at [...]
Last night I spent almost 3 hours at a social media meetup in Orange County. It was an amazing event. There were about 60 attendees, most of whom are involved in the media industry. The presenters were Aaron Post (www.fortymedia.com) and Todd O’neill (http://www.toddoneill.com/). Both of the gentlemen did a great job relating the uses [...]
….of Twitter!
So, Adrianne and I decided to give into the temptation of the Twitter craze and check in out. Right now she is just lurking in the background, but I am a little more active, putting up tweets at least once a day. I have found one thing that is frustrating me though. You have to search by name [...]
Two weeks ago, I discussed the fact that I didn’t see a point to Twitter for business. This past week I recieved an email from a web pro insider newsletter that discussed the point, and although I still don’t see a reason to join Twitter, I thought that it was interesting to read another point of [...]
Adrianne and I dealt with customer service departments of 3 companies today; she dealt with QuickBooks, whereas I dealt with HP and Staples. QuickBooks had great customer service and despite it taking 2 hours, Adrianne’s issues were resolved. On the other hand, my experience was 50/50. HP was helpful, Staples was unequivocally not. Which is [...]
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Adrianne Machina
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