Whether it’s lead in the superhero glass your 12-year-old son is sipping his milk from or a water bottle that could get stuck on your elementary age daughter’s tongue, I have made it my business to be in the know.
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Social Media, Planning for the Future, and the Best Phonebook Ever
I’m just wrapping up my part in this year’s Buyer’s Guide (if you guys ever want you have a lot of fun, try proofreading a phonebook), and am just starting to get into the meat of our December issue, so this week I thought a nice, simple link roundup might be a good post for this week.
Read MoreRepeat Website Visitors: Why They Matter and How to Track Them
How to tweak Google Analytics to give you a better picture of how loyal your website visitors are.
Read MoreThe Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
The year has been a challenge for many. Struggling to stay on top financially. Keeping old revenue streams flowing. Generating new ideas when the legacy streams begin to slow. But still waters do run deep, and each one of us is more resilient, creative and able than we ever give ourselves credit. It is remembering this about ourselves that is the hard part.
Read MoreStatus: It’s Complicated
In my September clocks and watches article, I received a lot of good information from my sources, more than I could fit into the magazine. Reproduced below is a sidebar with Bill Peak of Belair Time Corporation that was cut from the magazine, detailing the technical differences between electronic and mechanical watches, and the options available to each.
Read MorePicking a Winner
Crystal D’s Audra Lehnert gives advice on selecting and selling crystal awards for recognition or rewards programs.
Read MorePatience and Perseverance
My dad walked the Appalachian Trail. Yep, the whole thing from Georgia to Maine, all 2,175 miles of it. Over the course of months he battled the elements, the brutal terrain, and his own mind and body. And with every battle waged, slowly but surely he conquered each hurdle placed before him.
Read MoreWhy Your Time is Valuable
People value watches, but why? Our attachment to them goes beyond functionality, and can tell us a lot about how we create value in objects through branding.
Read MoreProject Rev and Small-business Marketing
Project Rev is a website that follows 9 small-business owners as they are given marketing help, advice and funding for a year. The site provides an interesting window into the promotional struggles small businesses can face.
Read MoreTAKE THE MAKING MONEY QUIZ!
I pretty much squealed with delight when I discovered that there was a quiz inside, this one is the, “Do you have what it takes to be wealthy?” quiz.
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