Monthly Archives: July 2009

Who cares if you like it?

www.Food.ca recommends restaurants. They tell you where, how much and they stamp their note of approval on them; "We recommend these professionals! In contacting them, please let them know you got their name from our site." I am assuming <that means I can't substantiate this in any way> but I would venture a guess that www.food.ca ...

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Insurance Companies are the devil reincarnate!

I friggin hate insurance companies. I hate the industry. I hate future shop insurance. I hate car insurance. I hate all insurance stuff period. 1. They have absolutely wretched customer service. 2. The industry is flawed so therefore we all get raped and pillaged. 3. It's not optional... so you're choices are bad, badder, and Are You Friggin ...

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Tweet This!

So I was driving home from The Hammer tonight thinking about twitter and business. Specifically, a business that I thought should not or could not benefit from using Twitter. Side bar! I found myself in an aisle at Wal Mart - desperately looking for one of those shiny happy blue people to point me in the direction ...

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Shelf Medication!

So like most, I read books. I tend to buy my books in bulk. I know I will never be able to read them simultaneously but standing in the aisle... inching my way to the check out... I feverishly try to decide - "ok, if I had to just pick three... which ones?" Alright... what ...

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Social Media begs you to people watch!

So you are no longer on the fence - you are on the other side and ready to go full speed with Social Media to enable your product/service and support existing initiatives - glad to hear it. Where do you start? Glad you asked. PEOPLE WATCHING! It starts with ...

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Businesses Beware

Gone are the days of Leave it To Beaver. Gone are the days of business ignoring the complaints of their paying customers. Woe be to those businesses who decide that "customer 547819 will get over it... we're too busy to deal with that silly complaint. " Meet Halifax Msuician, Dave Carroll. He took a united airlines ...

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Skinny bitch…

I wonder if authors of Skinny Bitch, Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin, get paid for the laundry list of products they endorse on their site.... I read the book... it's basic, obvious advice that forces you into some "pull your finger out and smarten up' thinking. Now... do they get a kick ...

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