2020 was bad. How bad? 48 percent of ALL remaining small businesses nationwide will likely be out of business by the end of Q4 2020 according to a recent survey by Alignable. Fear does that. Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin says “fear cuts deeper than swords.” Yep. But there is hope. Because we all still need things and companies […]
I really think marketing can and should be much better. So why isn’t it? In this age of fantastic technology where we are prepping THREE astronaut-manned missions to MARS (yep), the vast majority of marketing is pure crap. Don’t believe me? Well, let’s look at some subject headlines from my inbox just today. From: Your Sales Friends Allen Hyundai […]
Largely regarded as the world’s first trade show, The Great Exhibition was held on May 1, 1851. Since that time, trade shows have become a pretty big business for so many of the world’s brands with thousands of shows and events happening in every country you can name. In 2019, the U.S. trade show industry generated revenue of […]
What do you call 50 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? A good start. Jokes like this one poke fun at professions like the law because let’s face it, there are enough bad ones out there to make the joke funny. The legal profession is as old as Greek and Roman civilization—and my opening joke probably […]
If you are checking any social media accounts right now, you’re probably pretty worried. The situation in Seattle resembles a story line out of the Batman comics, race riots in major cities and of course, that pesky little virus that shut down our planet for most of this year. As social media has increasingly […]
Television is almost unwatchable right now because of a never-ending onslaught of SADS (Sad advertisements) about COVID-19. You’ve seen them. They all use that same somber piano music and whether they are reminding you that they’ve been in business for over 50 or 75 years or saluting our essential workers for their brave service or […]
