When I first learned about Pintrest, I was really slow to jump on the bandwagon. I had just hired a new marketer for one of our locations, and she always had the cutest hairstyles and neatest articles of clothing. Each time I would compliment her on them she would say, “Thanks, I learned how to…
Read more9 Marketing Success Tips
A year ago I started doing marketing consulting. Now I receive phone calls or e-mails daily asking questions on everything from “Is this a good idea?” to “Can you help me understand this contract” to “Help! I’m stuck. What should I do next?” My favorite question, however, is “What’s the one thing I should focus…
Read moreThe Latest on Miss Meg-Meg’s Progress
I’m happy to let you know that since I last wrote about Meg-Meg, she’s really had a great few months. As I type this, she’s outside walking in the cold with her dad! He’s a great dad. 🙂 We just got back from a week long family Christmas vacation to visit my family in Huntsville…
Read moreHomemade For the Holidays
I’ve always been a big fan of what I call “Gifts from the Heart”, so this year for Christmas I decided to make most of the gifts for family and friends. Below are 5 of my favorite gifts I made this year. Bubble Wrap Calendar One of my friends LOVES popping bubble wrap. When I…
Read moreThank You Animal Adventure
For Christmas I really wanted to get Meg a new Boots & Barkley “porcupine” (her favorite toy). She received one last Christmas from “Santa”, and she loved it. In fact, it instantly became her favorite toy. She played and played and played with it, and within about six months, it was time for a new…
Read moreThe Zebra Ranch near Magnolia, AR
When I first started working at HealthCARE Express, my office mate and I would often drive back and forth to our Magnolia, AR clinic together. On our way there, we’d pass a house that just had one zebra in the field. As time went on, the number of zebras began to grow. She loves zebras,…
Read more5 Tips to Ensure Your Press Release Gets Read
Taking the time to write a press release and then never seeing it printed can be frustrating. When it happens several times in a row, your tendency may be to devote your time to something else and forget press releases altogether. There are several reasons a press release may not be published. Perhaps you didn’t…
Read moreAre Your Brochures Bringing You True Return on Investment?
A good brochure may capture someone’s attention and inform them about the services you provide at your business, but a great brochure does something more. A great, well-written, brochure persuades the person reading it. Unfortunately, most brochures never go from good to great. They never provide a true reason to the reader on why they…
Read moreIf I Had Only Known
There’s a song I heard for the first time in the sixth grade when we were shown a video by MADD. It’s name, If I Had Only Known.. I have always loved the song. It was, and still is, one of my favorite songs to play on the flute. But over the last two years…
Read moreGet Your Business Found by Siri on iPhone
If you have an iPhone 4s or greater, you’ve probably spent a great deal of time playing around with Siri. Designed to be a voice activated personal assistant, Siri helps you send messages, schedule meetings, and much more. One heavily utilized feature on Siri is helping iPhone users find the nearest restaurant, gas station, store,…
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