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Last night I spent almost 3 hours at a social media meetup in Orange County. It was an amazing event. There were about 60 attendees, most of whom are involved in the media industry. The presenters were Aaron Post (www.fortymedia.com) and Todd O’neill (http://www.toddoneill.com/). Both of the gentlemen did a
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Category Archives: Friday Thoughts
I gave in to the temptation….
….of Twitter! So, Adrianne and I decided to give into the temptation of the Twitter craze and check in out. Right now she is just lurking in the background, but I am a little more active, putting up tweets at least once a day. I have found one thing that is frustrating me though.
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The Point to Twitter – according to a web pro insider
Two weeks ago, I discussed the fact that I didn’t see a point to Twitter for business. This past week I recieved an email from a web pro insider newsletter that discussed the point, and although I still don’t see a reason to join Twitter, I thought that it was interesting
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Misleading marketing and Staples
Adrianne and I dealt with customer service departments of 3 companies today; she dealt with QuickBooks, whereas I dealt with HP and Staples. QuickBooks had great customer service and despite it taking 2 hours, Adrianne’s issues were resolved. On the other hand, my experience was 50/50. HP was helpful, Staples
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Twittering for Tornado Marketing…I don’t get it.
Every day, I take about 30 minutes out of my day to read the posts of the bloggers that I subscribe to. One common thread I have noticed in the last couple weeks is the praise of Twitter. I didn’t really pay much attention to the first few, but after
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Ballet Dancing and Tornado Marketing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOqxSaW05p4 I watched this video a while ago and I was absolutely awestruck. The flexibility, strength and beauty of these performers can make anyone feel out of shape! (Especially those of us who keep meaning to get into an exercise routine…work always seems to get in the way! But, what
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Spring Cleaning
Seeing as today is the first day of spring, I felt that it was a great time to talk about spring cleaning! We spent yesterday doing some spring cleaning at Tornado Marketing, it had gotten a little messy and disorganized from our trip and all of the things we have on
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Back in town from Microsoft Convergence 2008
Good Afternoon! It is great to be back in California! Tornado Marketing just spent the most amazing 4 days in Orlando, FL at Microsoft Convergence 2008. During the conference, we got to sit down and listen to some amazing speakers. They covered everything from where Microsoft Dynamics software is headed to top
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Are your leads growing? They should be!
A few weeks ago, we wrote an article about gardening your leads, not cooking them. We believe that 1. This is a great topic, as leads are the life blood of any business. And 2. There is more to be said about the topic. So, we have decided to post
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Don’t let the economy be an excuse! A purpose for every season.
Many of my clients sell software and consulting services. In good times, they hear, “We can’t buy right now. We’re too slamming busy to undertake a major project right now.” In downtimes, they hear, “We can’t buy right now. We’re tightening our belts because of the economic slow-down.” So when
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