Blog Posts: Zeitgeist
Why I’m abandoning a land line altogether: bye bye Qwest!»
At the end of June, I’ll be abandoning Qwest service entirely, saving about $56/month on phone service. Not that $56/month is outrageous; it’s actually a good bit less than what I pay Tmobile every month, although there really is no comparison between what I can do on my Tmobile-powered Android and what I can do with the land line, which has become pretty useless.
It’s Time for “Old Marketing” Types to Come Over to “New Marketing”»
Old Marketing used to just be “marketing,” before there was “new marketing” to serve as a comparison. Old marketing—which includes Yellow Pages advertising, newspaper advertising, and all forms of broadcast…
Having a website? Meaningless. Using a website? Priceless.»
Most people think having a website has value. They’re wrong. Lots of people and businesses and organizations have websites (although as recently as a year ago, only 37% of US…
Fear of Blogging, and the Opportunity it Creates for People Who Aren’t Like Most People»
According to Seth Godin, there are two reasons people don’t buy (or do) things: 1. They don’t know about it. 2. They’re afraid of it. If you don’t know about…
The Social Media Revolution: Still Think It’s a Fad?»
This video, from Erik Qualman of socialnomics.net, purposely looks and sounds a lot like the most recent version of "Did You Know", an earlier version of which was published on…
Hunkering Down: Local Business’ Dilemma»
Like a lot of people over the last several months, we’ve not been in much of a spending mood. We cut out some things that we judged non-essential, and one…
Do Static, Set-it-and-Forget-it Websites Still Have Value?»
It seems as though this question could be answered with a simple “yes” or “no” (I would argue “no”), but a conversation I had yesterday with Chris Madrid of New…
Let’s Sit This One Out vs. That Looks Like Fun»
I read Seth Godin’s blog almost daily, and check out just about anything else the man has to say in print or on video. I don’t always agree with him,…
Waiting for the Small Business Fairy to Bless Your Small Business»
Fairy tales were fun when we were little. The dastardly, selfish, and conniving were always punished. Meanwhile, handsome, brave, pure-hearted princes or tailors hooked up with beautiful, pure-hearted princesses (or…
Because The Light is Better Here»
It’s a punchline to an old joke you’ve probably heard, but just in case you haven’t, it goes like this:Coming out of a bar at night, George sees Harry, a…