Category: Bowling on a Budget

Bowling for Business: 2011—Marketing in Review

For our family, 2011 marks the year our daughter, Lauren, and her fiancé, Kyle, got engaged. Atop Coit Tower in San Francisco on New Year’s Eve, Kyle proposed with an extravagant engagement ring wrapped in an unassuming Taco Bell hot sauce packet labeled Will You Marry Me?

Bowling for Business: Getting Your Advertising Feet Wet

All too often, entrepreneurs dabble instead of committing to comprehensive advertising strategies. But, in today’s competitive market, your campaign won’t succeed if you just dip your toe in the water. Don’t be afraid to take the plunge.

Bowling for Business: Yelp Yourself

My reasons for sharing this story are threefold: 1. If we want our mountain community to survive, we have to buy local. 2. If we buy local, merchants need to show their appreciation for our support by going the extra mile.3. As consumers, we should take advantage of electronic forums to share positive and negative experiences about merchants near and far.

Bowling for Business: Top 11 Marketing Tips for 2011

When it comes to business, I find it easier to establish innovative objectives. So please allow me a departure from my usual column-format to share what I believe to be the top 11 marketing strategies for the New Year.

Bowling for Business: Forget the Fine Print

When it comes to creating content for others to read, most business professionals write website content and brochure copy as if their readers have nothing but time. So, if you have something you want to say to current and prospective clients, customers, guests, diners or donors, eliminate the fine print.

Bowling for Business: The Pay it Forward Proposition

I propose you use whatever line of work you are in to pay it forward in your own little corner of the world. If you take the time to open your eyes, you’ll discover that opportunities abound. And they come at several different price-points.