Category Archives: Marketing stuff

Things I am thinking about with regard to customer experiences and marketing

Stew Leonard’s gets it right

I’ve lived in Connecticut for more than 18 years. Even before my wife and I moved here we visited frequently. On more than one occasion we stopped and shopped at Stew Leonard’s http://www.stewleonards.com – self proclaimed ‘World’s largest dairy store’. … Continue reading

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Oh Canada -2010 is Canada’s year to shine

Our company owns shares of a technology partner in Canada so we have interaction with Canadians just about every day. And I also seem to have a good number of Canadians in and around my life. Some are French-Canadian and … Continue reading

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The laws of marketing attraction

According to the “State of Inbound Marketing Report” from Hubspot, as reported by Marketing Charts, inbound marketing is continuing to grow in importance at the expense of outbound marketing. This is good news and further validation that paid search, SEO, … Continue reading

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Guerrilla Marketing doesn’t mean clients don’t have to spend any money

Our agency being on the smaller side has the ability to be nimble while at the same time employing new marketing tools in real time for our own http://www.YourCover.com product as well as for our clients. Because budgets can be … Continue reading

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Making your business a destination place

I live in a small town in Connecticut. When I moved here there was an old diner called Orem’s that hailed its beginnings from 1921. You can visit the website – http://www.oremsdiner.com. And inside the place it looked like it. … Continue reading

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Social media and Internet censorship in the office will not make things better

I heard a radio spot yesterday from Barracuda Networks. Their offer is to help companies make their workers more productive by blocking/firewalling them from websites and social networks that (as the ad infers) detract from employee productivity and company profits. … Continue reading

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No I-Pad for me. Yet.

Before I left for China a couple of weeks ago I had intentions of purchasing an Apple iPad possibly ahead of the April 3rd release date here in the United States. The Chinese government had different ideas and delayed the … Continue reading

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A $ 16 million fine on Toyota is not a wakeup call

This morning it was reported that the U.S. Transportation Department is seeking a $ 16.4 million fine against Toyota http://nyti.ms/c6UgOS. This is the largest fine allowed. Toyota has two weeks to contest the fine. How exactly is a fine such … Continue reading

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How I turned a holiday into a business trip

Having talked about doing business internationally in previous posts the opportunity to do business in China is too alluring to pass up.  Sure I came to visit my great friend but in the back of my mind I also wanted … Continue reading

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Palm Pre – why a rising star fell fast

Palm shares plunged this past Friday March 19th to their lowest level in more than a year.  The Palm Pre Smartphone was to be the ‘killer app’ forecast to bring Palm back to relevancy.  In fact Palm noted in a … Continue reading

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