The Marketing Spotlight

Hi, Terry Dean made a great post on his blog today. You should take a look and make some notes. Just go to Terry’s Blog. It’s the most recent post, of course. Sincerely, Conrad Hall Like this post? Buy me a hot chocolate or send me a tip!

Spent two hours this afternoon talking about social networking with a banker – it was great – very thought provoking # Sitting down to watch a movie and write a health article for a client. # Powered by Twitter Tools. Like this post? Buy me a hot chocolate or send me a tip!

Hi, Who’d a thunk it, right? But that’s what I was talking about this afternoon. With David Miller – no, not the mayor of Toronto – he’s the VP of a bank here in Illinois. You can imagine Like this post? Buy me a hot chocolate or send me a tip!

Hi, How do you plan your content when you already know it inside and out? Start with remembering what it was like when you started. What were your questions? What was hardest for you to learn? That’s a good place to start. It’ll help you get something down on paper. But it’s just a start. [...]

Home from shooting Matthiessen State Park – 246 shots – and some are actually good # Powered by Twitter Tools. Like this post? Buy me a hot chocolate or send me a tip!

Hi, This is late for me, so this one will be short. Have you connected your blog with your Twitter account? If you have a WP blog, just search for Twitter Tools on the “add new plugins” page. It’s a widget by Alex King. I’m using it now, and it’s a handy way to update [...]

Hi, You’d think copywriters would have the easiest time making use of social media. After all, we get paid to write in a conversational style. Focussing on useful content, and showing readers the benefits, is second nature to a copywriter. But what do you do when you only have 140 characters to convey a message? [...]

Hi, This came up in conversation today at a Chamber of Commerce lunch. We were talking about small business owners sending unsolicited e-mails to their customers. You know, you’re trying to expand into the internet – you have e-mail addresses from your existing customers – and you want to send them e-mails. Is this spam? [...]

Hi, That’s right…The King… Of Business Opportunities – Marc Charles. The man with 25 years experience starting and running successful business, plus consulting on “many, many more.” Here’s a guy so successful, he’s taking the time to be the Ralph Nader of the internet business community. Just hop on over to Like this post? Buy [...]

Hi, Another late night post – I’m either working too hard, or having way too much fun! Here’s the deal – The Obama Protocols are live and we want to build a bigger audience. How do we do it? Simple – go to people who already have big audiences. “Sure,” you say. “Just pop over [...]