Facebook as a Platform

August 8, 2009 in blogging
Tags: applications, Business, customer service, customers, facebook, myspace, radio show, social networks, twitter

Facebook is quickly becoming far more than just a social network. The ability to build applications that integrate with Facebook make it perhaps one of the most useful tools for a business. I talked about this with Dean on the Words Cause Radio Show on BlogTalkRadio.com this morning.
For example, my business is going to launch [...]

I am an Action Hero

July 29, 2009 in blogging
Tags: action hero, Business, meetings

Tuesday evening rolls around, and it’s time for an international meeting. We’re talking Internet marketing for an international jewelry business. Doesn’t get more exciting than that! There were about 10 action items that came out of the meeting. I got nine of them! Making it all happen on time is going to take some serious [...]

Magento Enterprise… You Are Kidding, Right?

May 28, 2009 in blogging
Tags: buggy software, bugs, Business, ecommerce, enterprise software, government, magento, open source, open source sofware, post office, programmers, rants, sales tax, software, taxes, zip codes

Before I get started on my rant about Magento, I need to make it clear that I LOVE open source software and I absolutely LOVE this particular open source ecommerce platform. I think that Magento has tremendous promise and is an excellent choice for a company’s ecommerce platform. Now that I’m done with my praise, [...]

Hollister Clothing Needs a Visit from the Boys of Hollister

May 24, 2009 in blogging
Tags: bikers, Business, California, clothing, hollister, laws, lawsuits, legal action, movies, Ohio, stupid lawsuits

No movie was more influential to the image of bikers being bad asses then “The Wild One” starring Marlon Brando. The city of Hollister, California’s 4th of July biker party was inspirational for this story. This biker party is something of biker legend and has put the city of Hollister on the map!
I was a [...]

New Business Venture: Bailout Investors Needed

November 21, 2008 in Economics, Politics, Stuff that sucks, Work, blogging, humor, rants, thoughts
Tags: automakers, Business, corporate bailouts, financial bailout, fraud, government bailout, scam, Washington

I have a new idea for a business that is going to make a killing, but I need some investors to get things started. First, we need to hire tens of thousands of people. I’m thinking at least 30,000 people. We’re only going to pay them minimum wage, so we’ll be able to keep costs [...]

Sharper Image Bankruptcy Prediction Coming True

February 20, 2008 in Business, Work, technology
Tags: bankruptcy, books, brookstone, Business, cnbc, CNN, crazy, ezine, firing, Forbes, founder, good news, investors, magazine, management, media, News, NY Times, predictions, richard thalheimer, salesman, Sharper Image, technology, termination, Work, you're fired

During the holiday of 2006, I posted a verbose blog about how Sharper Image is going down the tubes. My prediction was off by a few months, but reality has finally hit The Sharper Image management. Sharper Image Bankruptcy is now reality.
I had to update this blog as news about Sharper Image’s Bankruptcy started hitting [...]

Knight Rider Ratings Won’t Keep It On-Air. But Don’t Count It Out Yet

February 18, 2008 in Business, Entertainment, Television, Work, blogging, hollywood, thoughts
Tags: advertising, auto sales, automobile, automotive, bloggging, broadminded, Business, car sales, christine eads, Cobra, commercial, Entertainment, Ford, Ford Motors, Ford Mustang, hollywood, infomercial, kit, knight rider, marketing, Microsoft, Microsoft Sync, MSNBC, Mustang, nbc, premiere, ratings, sales, season, Shelby Cobra, soap opera, sponsors, sync opera, Take 5, Television, television partner, television ratings, television season, television shows, television station, thoughts, viral marketing, Work, XM, XM Radio

After having slept through most of the 2 hour premiere of the new Knight Rider on NBC last night, I was about to say it would have one season of life. That was until I paid closer attention to the sponsors: Ford and Microsoft.
The new K.I.T is a Mustang. Depending upon what happens to sales [...]

If Everyone Watched The Big Idea…

February 13, 2008 in Business, Deals, Economics, News, Politics, Television, Work, blogging, cool stuff, life, media, thoughts
Tags: 2008, ad networks, america, Americans, banner advertisements, billions, blogger, boost the economy, Bush, Business, checks in the mail, cnbc, complainers, complaints, cool stuff, create jobs, Deals, democrats, donny deutsch, Economics, economy, example, executives, federal government, george bush, giving money back, income, jobs, leadership, life, May, media, millions, money, News, next year, opinions, people, Politics, president bush, rebate, republicans, revenue, run-of-network, spend money, spending, stimulus package, success, success stories, symantics, Television, the big idea, thoughts, unemployment, US economy, valueclick, w, Walmart, welfare, WordPress, Work

What would happen if everyone in America watches The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch on CNBC? First, there would be a run on the cable companies because you can only get CNBC on cable. Second, fellow blogger Tony Iovino would take his $600 check he’ll receive from the Federal government in May and actually cash it to [...]

Bush Stimulus Package, The Next Big Idea

February 8, 2008 in Business, Economics, Education, Entertainment, News, Politics, Television, Work, blogging, cool stuff, culture, fun, inspiration, life, media, thoughts
Tags: big idea, Business, cnbc, companies, cool stuff, corporations, culture, donny deutsch, dreams, Economics, economy, Education, employees, employers, employment, episode, george bush, inspiration, learning, life, make it rich, media, mentor, million dollar idea, millionaire, millions, nbc, new business, News, Politics, possibility, president bush, rags to riches, regular people, side job, stimulus package, tax rebate, Television, television show, the big idea, thoughts, US economy, us president, venture capitalist, w, wealth, Work

Anyone who says the Bush stimulus package of a $600 tax rebate is not going to stimulate the US Economy hasn’t been watching The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch. I’ve seen more millionaires made from $600 or less on that show than I ever thought was possible. The moral of the story: Your wealth is [...]

800Flowers.com to the Rescue

February 7, 2008 in Business, Relationships, cool stuff, life, rants
Tags: 1800flowers.com, 800-flowers.com, 800flowers.com, :valentines day, bad companies, bad customer service, bad weather, beautiful roses, biggest rant, birthday, bouqet of roses, Business, California, customer service, discount, florist, flower arrangements, flowers, gifts, girlfriend, happy girlfriend, important news, internet, life, local florist, negative news, online flowers, order flowers online, phone call, rants, Relationships, responsibility, retraction, revenue, roses, save 20%, teleflora

A while back, I had posted about a very negative experience I had with 800Flowers.com:

Important News on Your Order from 1-800-FLOWERS.COM!
800-Flowers.com Continued
These were two of my biggest (and more read) rants I’ve ever posted. Not too long after my second rant, I received a phone call from 800-Flowers.com doing exactly what I had been asking [...]