a friend of mine runs a small business that serves the internet technology industry. he is a customer of register.com and was having an email issue earlier today. imagine his surprise when the service tech went into a sales pitch (and not bashful about either, i might...
it’s amazing how many opportunities there are in a day to promote yourself and others. what often takes a conversation to the next level is your mastery of small talk. i’m not referring to shallow tidbits here. i’m talking about nuggets that beg...
received a call today from a verizon employee that reminded of how NOT to handle a referral. the precursor was a conversation at a party with a guy who worked with the fios product. i had told him i’d be interested in exploring a switch from cox. click on for...
thanks to friend halah al-jubeir for pointing me towards a fun cnn article on the 12 most annoying types of facebookers. this will provide some comic relief and prove to be a good resource per what NOT to do on social media pages. unfortunately, it’s hard to...
no, it’s not quite like richard dreyfuss mashed potato sculpture in close encounters of a third kind. check out the below video for the song “salt and cherries” from former prince and the revolution bandmates wendy melvoin and lisa coleman. a...
ordered from a popular online printer this week and was amazed at how slick they tried to be as i placed a simple order. first, they tried twice to trick me into signing up for a newsletter (even after i clicked i didn’t want it at first). second, they slammed...
