If you think direct mail marketing is a dinosaur, you may be right – but it’s a dinosaur that is roaring back to life and proving itself more effective than ever. Recently I had the opportunity to talk with Sarah A. Jolie, president of the Hensley Company, a mail service firm based in Chicago. She shared [...]
This was originally 21 quotes, but I've added to the list. If you have a favorite quote about liberty and freedom, please leave it in the comments or send it to me so I can add it to this post. “He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; [...]
“I just owe almost everything to my father [and] it's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election." – Margaret Thatcher "Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, [...]
Contests are a great way to generate sales leads, get customers to engage on social media, build loyalty and more. But how often have you entered a contest (whether or not you thought there was a realistic chance of winning it) and then never heard another thing about it? When you hold a contest, be [...]
You’re getting ready to post a blog and you need an image. You’re in a hurry, so you do a Google search on “free images for blogs.” And you get 371 million results, but not all of those sources are for photos that are really free--and few meet your needs. So you try again, searching [...]
Retirement is a major transition for employees and a large expense for employers, so it deserves attention. We often think of retirement as “the golden years.” It can be—for those who have planned well for the social, emotional, physical, and financial changes that take place. Those who fail to plan may find that the gold [...]
You know you need images on your website and blog, as well as to enhance your social media efforts. (If you don’t, here are six reasons why you need images on your website.) Creating your own images solves the challenge of creating those images (also known as digital assets), but what about keeping track of [...]
Enjoy this excerpt from the just-released book, Don't Take No for an Answer: Anything is Possible, by Les M. Goldberg. Excellence is the Only Option By Les M. Goldberg I’ve heard average defined as the “cream of the crap.” I agree—it’s the best of the worst. At LMG, excellence is the only option. That doesn’t [...]
Headline: Beach wristbands help keep track of children If I was planning to take kids to the beach this summer and I saw that headline, I'd read the accompanying Associated Press article that has been published in a number of local newspapers. Here's the first paragraph: Officials in Daytona Beach will pass out yellow, waterproof [...]
There’s a lot of discussion about politically correct language these days. How about dropping “politically” and just using correct language? Something that’s been bugging me in particular of late is that reporters and commentators need to learn the difference between a protest and a demonstration when they are covering large groups of people who gather [...]
