Kristen’s right. Referrals are vital to small business owners. That’s why I’m getting started one week early on Make a Referral Week.
I’m also doing it now because if I wait until March 9 (the official starting date), it may be too late.
Eat at Lemon Grass. It’s a fantastic Asian bistro located in Oconomowoc, just off [...]

We’ve all heard it before, heck I’ve even blogged about it - customer referrals are a great way to generate business for your company. I recently came across a website thats sole intent is to help small businesses generate referrals. They’ve even named the week of March 9-13, Make a Referral Week. Their rationale [...]

I was visiting Smashing Magazine’s website today and came across an interesting article on web trends for 2009. Below is a brief recap of their top 10 trends. I don’t think I would consider them all new trends some in the list seem to be making a resurgence.
1. Embossing
2. Rich user interfaces
3. PNG tranparency
4. Big [...]

The Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 32nd Infantry Brigade and other units are taking off soon for training in Fort Bliss, Texas. Two months after that, they’ll be heading to the Middle East for an expected one-year tour in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
James Davis, the husband of our co-worker Kristen Davis, will be part of [...]

Valentine’s Day is tomorrow. So why not enjoy a few Valentine’s Day facts:

In order of popularity, Valentine’s Day cards are given to teachers, children, mothers, wives, sweethearts and pets.
About 3% of pet owners will give Valentine’s Day gifts to their [...]

The United Adworkers Local 208 is a close knit group loosely made up of advertising practitioners, designers, directors, photographers, production professionals and students in the Milwaukee area. They act locally to educate future practitioners, inform current professionals and foster community camaraderie.
This month their event is “Mad Men In Milwaukee.” They’re bringing in the [...]

During my presentation today about blogging at the Wisconsin Direct Marketing Association, I referenced a couple articles. Here are the links to a few of them:
Online Marketing Blog - Direct Marketing vs. Social Media
Wired - Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So 2004
A Shel of My Former Self - The Time Has Come: Blogging is [...]

Hi All,
We’ll be discussing launching a corporate blog at this week’s Wisconsin Direct Marketing Association event. It’s free. It’s Primum. You don’t need to register. It’s breakfast for crying out loud. You should come! Here’s more info on the WDMA and here’s the text of their invite:
As marketers, we are challenged to understand [...]

Recently I went to upload a video from Youtube into a blog post and noticed that the video players have increased in size since the last video I posted from Youtube. The video was displaying outside of the the designated column, because my column width for my blog was narrower than the video. I wanted [...]

Very often, it’s not what you say, but how you say it. What would you rather hear?
“I’m sorry, I can’t get it done until tomorrow”
or
“Sure we can help you out and we can get it to you as early as tomorrow.”
Fast Company has a great article detailing how tiny words on your Web site matter, [...]