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Bowling for Business: Yelp Yourself
(This column first appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on June 5, 2011.) I know when it's time for a manicure or pedicure without even looking at my hands or feet. But when it comes to tires, I've long relied on strangers to inform me when I need new wheels. And inform me,...
Bowling for Business: Lighten Up
(This column first appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on May 24, 2011.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOGix9Ht1Gs&feature=player_embedded My husband and I have a standing breakfast date on Saturday mornings. So I usually try to show a little effort by running a comb...
Bowling for Business: Chamber Made for Marketing
(This column first appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on May 8, 2011.) The TLC show Extreme Couponing kind of freaks me out. I mean, who has 60 hours a week to clip and organize coupons, much less storage for 72 boxes of detergent and 433 tubes of toothpaste, even if the...
Bowling for Business: The Running Woman
(This column first appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on April 25, 2011.) I can't fathom there exists an exercise more torturous than running. I've always felt this way. In fact, the only time I ever cheated in school was because of the sport. When I was in third grade, my...
Bowling for Business: I Advertise, Therefore I Am
(This column first appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on March 28, 2011.) Last week in the restroom at Costco, I managed to activate the automatic soap dispenser, which efficiently delivered one gallon of foam onto my waiting hands. But, as is typical, despite flailing my...
Bowling for Business: Business sucks? There’s an App for that.
(This column first appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on March 14, 2011.) I was required to take a torturously boring class in high school circa 1982 called Data Processing. (The fact it was held in the math department should have been my first clue that I was in trouble.)...
Bowling for Business: Marketing Lessons from Oscar
(This column first appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on February 28, 2011.) By the time you read this column, the 2011 Academy Awards will be history. And while the events that unfold at each Oscar ceremony don't affect most of us personally, there is much we can learn...
Bowling for Business: Insane Campaigns
(This column first appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on January 31, 2011.) We used to spend Saturday mornings at the Denver Suds-n-Duds, where I played with miniature bottles of Borax and tiny boxes of Tide while my mom fumbled with quarters and battled the ramshackle...
Bowling for Business: Pushing Past the Papaya
(This column first appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on January 17, 2011. I couldn't have been better prepared for our stint on Supermarket Sweep than I was on the morning the cable game show taped in 1991. My teammate, Donna, and I had brushed up on trivia and even...
Bowling for Business: Show and Tell
This column first appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on January 3, 2011. My favorite day of the week in Mrs. Stanley's first grade was Friday because that's when we got to do Show and Tell. Since we had three dogs, a turtle and several fish, and because I loved having an...
Bowling for Business: Top 11 Marketing Tips for 2011
This column first appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on December 20, 2010. I have to admit my personal New Year's resolutions for 2011 are the same as they were in 2010—lose weight; save money; be a better wife, mother, daughter, grandmother, neighbor and friend. I long...
Bowling for Business: Holiday Gift-Giving—Think Outside of the Box
This column first appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on December 6, 2010 and in the Biz Press on December 8, 2010. Making a trip to the post office during the holiday season used to be an exciting venture. Eager to read hand-penned personal greetings and catch up on news...