I generally encourage people to lower their voices and think before they speak – perhaps to not speak at all – it makes for more reasoned communication. But there is one area that I personally violate that rule – when things go wrong. And when things go wrong, I […]
A while ago, one of my start-up clients messaged me. It began: “You’re probably going to hate me for this…!”
That’s always a good sign, right? Sigh.
She continued: “I just committed to an amazing opportunity for us to triple our advertising exposure,” she went on. “A sponsor dropped out of […]
I finally had enough – I fired a client. After spending months carefully identifying requirements, presenting concepts, getting agreements on draft designs, and countless hours coding and editing content, I present the initial draft website to the organization’s board of directors only to be told by one director, “I […]
I’ve just had a great customer service experience – NOT! Want to drive your customers crazy – treat them like a ping-pong ball. Our DVR – the machine that records TV shows so you can watch them later – decided to go crazy and interrupt every recording with an […]
What criteria does free counseling as set for specific concerns resource?
What I think you’re asking is – How do I get free counseling from Me2 Solutions and Squishy Peanut Marketing?
Both Me2 Solutions and Squishy Peanut Marketing are happy to discuss any specific concerns that you have – we […]
September 28th is Ask a Stupid Question Day – it’s also Drink Beer Day. Perhaps because if you drink enough beer you will ask stupid questions? Just another silly “holiday,” right?
Actually, it was created by teachers in the 1980’s in a serious attempt to get students to ask more […]
Did you know that Me2 Solutions has a library of podcasts? We do! And we’ve recently added to our collection. Here’s our latest podcasts which you can download to listen wherever you want. Or you can select Free Stuff in the menu above and then select Podcasts to access […]
By Frank Hutchison
The question was: Prioritizing your online presence? Branding? Posting? Blogging? Ads (PPC)? Web site (Conversion), B2B, LinkedIn, Google+, what else. There is limited time available (and typically not the quality or resources to contract it all). Where do you start . . . or focus?
When it comes […]
By Frank Hutchison
Can I legally post pictures of guests on my Facebook Business page without written waiver? Can a verbal be OK?
This question has two answers – Yes and Maybe.
Yes, you can post pictures of guests on Facebook or elsewhere if the pictures are:
Taken in a public forum – […]
“I’ve stopped trying to read three newspapers before sunrise. And yet, I somehow feel more knowledgeable. Perhaps because I’ve finally awakened to the world around me and all it was trying to offer.”-Erica HillA few months ago, I stopped by my favorite sushi joint to grab some dinner. A […]
I recently got to think about something that I never thought of before– the frame that holds the Mona Lisa. It was brought to my mind by the new Brad Paisley song Mona Lisa where he is talking about willing to let his lover (I’ll assume his wife) […]
Every time I log in to LinkedIn, I’m assaulted with bogus endorsement notifications.
You know the ones:
“Joe Shmoe has endorsed you for Business Planning!”
or “Jane Doe has endorsed you for financial management!”
Every time it happens, I roll my eyes and think “What the what? I’ve never worked with Joe on […]
Years ago I heard a story about the president of Black and Decker who stunned an entire convention center imto deadly silence when he declared,“Our customers don’t want to buy our drills – they just want to make holes!”As someone who owns nine drills, most of which are used […]
I once had a client I’ll call Joe – whose business consisted of scanning a lot of documents and compiling them on DVDs. Joe, being a small business owner, used his own scanner – a single-page-at-a-time scanner – which required eight or more hours per job. I […]
It happened right in front of us – Meredith and I were talking with a client when a customer came into the client’s shop to return a large but barely-eaten custom cake. She was obviously nervous and upset. “It tasted like chemicals,” she said, apologetically. Even the one year […]
I have a built in BullS#!* Meter in my brain. My husband loves to tease me about it. Basically, I have this alarm system in my head that tells me when someone is trying to pull the wool over my eyes or dodge a question.
I wasn’t born with the […]
Frank and I see our clients at their most vulnerable – their fears, their weaknesses, their hopes, their mistakes – and we get close.
We get emotionally invested.
When one of them hurts, we hurt, too.
That’s what surprised me the most when I started counseling and consulting – that despite all […]
Customers view most marketing content with the same wariness we all have for blind dates – we never know if we’re going to get someone really interesting, or get stuck with some self-involved idiot who talks about himself the whooooollllle tiiiiiiiiime. That’s the problem with most marketing – a […]
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Ready for an audio awesomeness double feature?
AUDIO AWESOMENESS THE FIRST
Frank and I are almost ready to start releasing audio and video content!
That’s right – we are actual people who move and talk with voices you can even hear and everything.
Crazy – I KNOW.
In the coming weeks, we’ll be bringing you […]
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This week, photographer Jennifer Harvey interviewed me about how to stand out in an industry of copycats. Jen’s one of my favorite clients and friends – we met two years ago when she worked her magic and did our headshots. Click on the link up there^ to […]
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