You may not know this but I have a band… Dough! We are a two-man acoustic group that has been playing together for over 13 years (That’s 91 in Band and Dog years). We are not your typical band since we primarily play Private Parties, Supper Clubs, and Car Shows, (we also occasionally play some…
DetailsAre you using Social Networking for your business? How’s that going for you? If you believe the news lately… Small businesses are having little success with this new media. That may be true for some, but I have seen success and I have helped others find ways to promote their businesses. I gave two speeches…
DetailsDo you look at business as a tool for success… or a ways to a means? I look at it as both! I wish I had 40 billable hours most weeks, but last was more than 40 donated hours with a spattering of paying gigs. That’s just how some weeks roll… but it’s all good!…
DetailsThe Garage Sale You got junk in your trunk? Some people like that… and are are willing to pay you for it! I am talking about the piles of stuff in your home. Somewhere in the course of 10 years since we have built our house, we’ve found ways to pile stuff in every room…
DetailsIt Ain’t Ad’ing Up… Let me make a wild guess… You are not a big fan of those Robo Calls? Especially ones that come to your phone call and make you wait through the entire commercial before they tell you how to unsubscribe by pressing 2? That my friends is advertising at it’s worst… wasting…
DetailsThe Flip-Flop… Did you ever imagine paying over $100 a month to make phone calls or watch TV? I certainly didn’t. Last week I made myself a note to call AT&T because my promotional rate was expiring. It was a busy day so I called around 7pm. After going through an array of voice prompts…
DetailsNew… Sometimes ‘New’ is a good word… Sometimes it’s scary. ‘New and Improved’ in the grocery store now means “We’ve changed the package and now we can sell you 6oz for the same price we used to give you 8oz”. Call me ‘Captain Obvious’, but the only ‘Improvement’… is how much money the company selling…
DetailsThe Good Ole’ Days Who remembers the days when you used to pull up to a gas pump and a guy would come out ask you “Regular or Unleaded?”? Then he would proceed to pump you gas, check you oil and tires, clean your windows. That my friends was full service. Then somewhere along the…
DetailsAn Old Fashioned Love Song… What can you do in 2 minutes? That’s 1/2 the time of your standard radio hit (excluding American Pie, Freebird, Stairway to Heaven). Do you remember “Jeremiah was a bullfrog… Was a good friend of mine”. One of Three Dog Night’s lessor hits was “Just an Old Fashioned Love Song”. My…
DetailsHate My Peeps… What is you favorite and least favorite Easter candy? I remember getting a large, solid, white chocolate easter bunny (I also remember eating till I was sick). My least favorite is Peeps. Yup… those sugar coated, fluffy marshmallow staples were passed on to my brother and sister whenever they showed up in…
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