I met the most fascinating man this week. The connection came through a member of my professional consultants group locally. Terry Lund, a web analytics expert, is working with me on my website stats and he thought Nat Yogachandra would be a good person for me to meet, considering the... Read more →
It may seem strange to see a post on that 'other' gender in a blog on marketing to women online, but let's not kid ourselves--women like men. In fact, this century is allowing women freedoms they did not enjoy in that old Dick and Jane world of the last century--... Read more →
Blogging is the equivalent of mouse-to-mouse advertising. Check out this blog, where Lip-sticking was mentioned for its quality reading list: 800ceoread.com Thanks go to Todd, the blog's owner, for giving me a head's up. The world of blogging just gets better and better-- it's a friendly communication tool that has... Read more →
It was a dark and stormy night. No...the storm was over, the night was humid. No, no, no...it was a quiet night, smothered in eeriness-- the kind found on Elm Street, that favorite haunt of Eddie Kruger. So much for great begininings. Truth is, it was an average night in... Read more →
Sunday, May 23, 2004; article from the Associated Press which was printed in my local Democrat and Chronicle: "Best Buy launches makeover." The article reports that Best Buy, the computer/electronics store is conducting a store makeover in attempt to facilitate a "pre-emptive strike" at any problems which might arise down... Read more →
While most of the teens I know have little or no money to spend, research says teens online bear watching. These are kids from 13-17 who think the electronic age is a given. Dial phones? Ancient tools their great, great ancestors used. TVs without remote controls? The stuff of dinosaur... Read more →
1958--actress Leslie Caron with actors Maurice Chevalier and Louis Jordon, starred in a musical titled, "Gigi." The plot focused on Gigi's aunt's and grandmother's attempts to get the attention of a wealthy Paris rake, hoping he would make Gigi his mistress and set them all up for life. In Paris,... Read more →
If America was ever a melting pot of cultures, it's now. We can speak of the Americanization of other cultures, of the open-door policy that has become a political issue in the last decade, but close examination proves that we are a diverse population, and the members of each culture... Read more →
Nancy Drew, girl detective. Baby boomer women have fond memories of this take-charge teen, but how many of us know that this series of novels was originally written in the 1930s? It was news to me! The books I remember were fresh and new, hardbound, with Nancy's picture on the... Read more →
Gaming...it's been a traditionally male dominated activity--unless you include things like Bingo. I think the women have that sewn up with brightly colored thread. But 'gaming' in today's world of Gameboys and Play Station, brings thoughts of glassy-eyed young men (teens and twenties) gazes fixated on a computer monitor or... Read more →