When my friend Claudia Scimeca shared this on Facebook from someone else’s feed, I knew I had to share it as well, and also use it in a blog post.

Creative Small Business Marketing

The picture pretty much says it all, but I just love the creativity that some small businesses show, and without the assistance of any marketing consultant. I have no clue where this restaurant is located, but I sure wish I did. I’d love to talk to them, and even check on their Yelp page. And, as Claudia stated when she shared the photo, this is a great example of the old adage,

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. [click to continue…]

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Social Life of Frank & Linh: Market IPO Madness

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When Politicians Collide: Video of the Week

May 19, 2012

My son in the Czech Republic first sent me the link to this, saying, “This almost makes New Jersey cool”. What I love about this video is that it features two larger than life politicians from New Jersey, both of whom are often mentioned as potential President or Vice President candidates. They have two very [...]

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Small Business, Google, and SEO: Can We Please Stop the Hand Wringing?

May 18, 2012

You know your world has changed when the latest update to Google’s search algorithm is breaking news on CNN. Long story short, Google has released Knowledge Graph, the latest step toward it’s long awaited transition to something known as “latent semantic indexing“. The main gist of this change is that the search engine giant is [...]

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Non-Profits, Volunteers, and Social Media

May 17, 2012

Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking to the members of the Lancaster Council of Volunteer Coordinators. This group represented a large number of local non-profits, and these are the people who work hard to recruit and manage the volunteer “staffs” at their organizations. This was a bit of a new angle for me, so [...]

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How Google + Hangouts Could Actually Hurt the Platform

May 16, 2012

This past weekend my daughter Elizabeth graduated from college. She and her friends and roommates have gone their separate ways, but unlike my days as a college grad in the eighties, she has the ability to communicate with her friends every day. And she does. Between Facebook, Twitter, and texting, Elizabeth’s life is a near [...]

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