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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 [...]
Every day, I take about 30 minutes out of my day to read the posts of the bloggers that I subscribe to. One common thread I have noticed in the last couple weeks is the praise of Twitter. I didn’t really pay much attention to the first few, but after a while, my curiosity was [...]
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I watched this video a while ago and I was absolutely awestruck. The flexibility, strength and beauty of these performers can make anyone feel out of shape! (Especially those of us who keep meaning to get into an exercise routine…work always seems to get in the way! But, what struck me even more [...]
Seeing as today is the first day of spring, I felt that it was a great time to talk about spring cleaning!
We spent yesterday doing some spring cleaning at Tornado Marketing, it had gotten a little messy and disorganized from our trip and all of the things we have on our plates. We were getting caught [...]
Good Afternoon!
It is great to be back in California!
Tornado Marketing just spent the most amazing 4 days in Orlando, FL at Microsoft Convergence 2008. During the conference, we got to sit down and listen to some amazing speakers. They covered everything from where Microsoft Dynamics software is headed to top marketing tips. We met so many great [...]
A few weeks ago, we wrote an article about gardening your leads, not cooking them. We believe that
1. This is a great topic, as leads are the life blood of any business. And 2. There is more to be said about the topic.
So, we have decided to post more about how to let your leads [...]
Many of my clients sell software and consulting services. In good times, they hear, “We can’t buy right now. We’re too slamming busy to undertake a major project right now.” In downtimes, they hear, “We can’t buy right now. We’re tightening our belts because of the economic slow-down.” So when is the right time? Is [...]
You’ve been scoping out this person for a while. Put your best foot forward. While you are in fact the same person in sweatpants as your are in a suit, first impressions count. Your date is not going to look past the grubby person who showed up for their date looking like they cared less. [...]
In the business world, it is a bit scary to think about retiring. But, when you’re Bill Gates, you come up with creative ways to still keep your time filled.
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Adrianne Machina
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