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Although business is serious business, some companies have done pretty darn well using a lighthearted approach to marketing. Here are a few examples, companies I started following on my now moribund humor blog, Scrambled Toast.
Big Ass Fans
Big Ass Fans is a manufacturer of … you guessed it, big ass fans used for large areas such […]

Age of Conversation ‘08 is off an running. It’s going to be the sequel to last year’s Age of Conversation, a collaborative project spearheaded by Gavin Heaton and Drew McLellan. 275 authors who will be contributing.
BY THE WAY … You can now pick up the original Age of Conversation at Amazon - buy a copy […]

CELL PHONE SUPERSITE
Are you confused about which of the 12,000 cell phone models you should buy? My AT&T phone dealer, Kelly, turned me on to this fantastic site — Phone Scoop. The neatest feature is the Compare Phones page, where you can plug in up to five models and see how they stack up. Today […]

Have you noticed — the economy is brutal! Yes, the market went up more than 400 points the day before this writing, but that didn’t solve all our problems.

Retail is weak
The housing market is deep in the tank.
The banking industry is unstable
Inflation is on the rise
Commodities are high (buy a tank of gas lately?)
The job […]

C.B. Whittemore tagged me with an interesting little meme - check out her post here.
4 Places I’ve Been
1. Moscow. Went there on a tour in the 70’s and saw Communism up close and personal. I was never so happy to come home.
2. Rome. My favorite city, wonderful people.
3. Crete. The most beautiful place on earth […]

There are four big drags on the U.S. economy these days –

The weak housing market
The weak financial sector
Rapidly rising commodity prices
Weak consumer spending

Clearly these are interrelated. Analysts like to point out that our recent run of prosperity has been consumer driven. Since consumers are holding on to their cash to pay the mortgage and to […]

When Joanna Young used “foozle and fribble” in a guest post here, I couldn’t resist creating this cartoon.
Foozle and Fribble will be recurring characters who act out your favorite Words for Nerds. Any suggestions for the next cartoon? For the latest Words for Nerds list, click here.
Are you a word lover? If you want to […]

Group projects are not only fun, they attract new readers and generate inbound links. Problem is, how can you keep track of what projects are out there?
Jacob Share came up with the answer — his Group Writing Projects blog. It gives you the details on open projects, a calendar with deadlines, and in some […]

I just finished up a 10 part series on how to be a better sales manager. Whew! It’ll be a while before I try anything that ambitious again. Here are links to all the posts in the series.
1. Listen
2. Keep your distance
3. Be a director, not a star
4. Take the micro out of your manage
5. […]

My blogging buddy Joanna Young has graced my blog with another outstanding guest post. Joanna is a freelance writer and writing coach
who helps clients improve their writing, find their voice, build confidence, develop skills, and become part of a community that supports writers in every way. (Mini-testimonial … Recently, she gave me a little help […]