Yesterday was our first official day in Jamaica. The vacation started off a little rocky in Little Rock, when after boarding the airplane at 5:15 a.m., we were still sitting on the runway in the hot plane at 6:30 a.m. We were told an air traffic control tower had lost power in Atlanta, so we’d have to wait until about
By: Tina Baiter Over the last few months something has really started to irritate me, and I notice it irritates a lot of other people too. I even realized that by partaking in it, I was becoming irritated at others. That is when I realized just how much our society has grown to allow the feeling of entitlement to control
Branding your small business is a major cornerstone to your marketing campaign’s success. Those are words I strongly stand behind. So you can imagine my curiosity when I recently saw the book Branding Only Works on Cattle: The New Way to Get Known (and drive your competitors crazy) by Jonathan Baskin sitting on a shelf. As a Texan, the book not
By: Tina Baiter Have you ever put your nose in the middle of something, thinking you were helping, only to watch the entire event blow up in your face? I try to live a fairly drama-free life, mainly because drama creates stress and sucks the energy out of my otherwise overly productive and energetic personality. But a few weeks ago,
What is your brand? Your answer probably includes something to do with your small business, your slogan, and hopefully customer service. What is your social media brand? That may be a harder question to answer. Do you even have one? If you don’t, it’s time to get busy. Social media is a great way for you to do marketing, provide
By: Tina Baiter Today we celebrated my dog’s birthday. And although she didn’t really need a new collar, we took her to the store to get one – she’s well worth the price. While leaving Petsmart we noticed a man standing beside the trash. I’d seen him many times over the years wondering one of the main roads in town.
As a little girl growing up, you always dream of the day your dad will walk you down the aisle and give you away. The day he will get to meet the man you finally deemed good enough to take care of you the way he wanted you to. It’s funny the things you think of when you realize that
By: Tina Baiter Did you know the average person gets over 300 e-mails a week, and they read most of those e-mails on Monday? I wish I could say I was surprised when I learned that, but I am definitely one of those people. And at one point in my life, I allowed e-mail to almost consume my day. Identify
