December 3rd Edition of the Carnival of the Capitalists has hit the online community.  Hosted by One-Man Band with some fantastic information in regards to Analytics, Small Business, Commodities, Economy, Management, Marketing and Productivity. 
With Christmas looming not to far away, yet how could we tell that in the Windy City with all the rain that fell [...]

I have been thrust into the portal of my cubicle which is now a nice private little suite, thinking and learning different areas of marketing.   In the past few months, I have learned about blogging, social media, digg, bloggingzoom and just recently Blog Engage, this is similar to the other sites, but I for one have [...]

Have success at trade shows and beat the challenges. When trade show marketing is approaced early, you develop a formula for success, but the race does not stop there for winning that potential client.  Turning your leads into clients, is one of the largest goals and challenges of trade show marketing. 
Don’t let that lead fall [...]

Found a great little piece that shows the difference visually on marketing and advertising.  Neil Patel at Quick Sprout

I love to reuse old things, I’ve been succesful at selling original artwork on ebay all from recycled material.  It is quite a joy when my husband comes home with an old piece of furniture or a tattered old window from a schoolhouse. My wheels begin to turn, I take pride that, these items are [...]

For those of you who don’t know Kevin - he is our Exhibit House Mascot - he helped me this weekend with the leaves, and we began our conversations about rakes and outdoor lawn equipment.
Well, after we got all done, we hit the internet and came across Orgill’s Dealer Market Trade Show.  What an interesting [...]

AWARENESS             
By: Susie Kleiner
Awareness is your perception & cognitive reaction to a circumstance, condition or an event.  You can be aware of emotions, actions, gossip and your surroundings.  Sometimes not even realizing exactly what it is you are aware of.Awareness provides us the substance from which we develop “Qualia”.  (This term was unfamiliar to me, its [...]

I ran across the Ten Trade Show Exhibit Best Practices on About.com - I agree with the many of the points that Darrell Zahorksy points out in this line-up. Stressing in a few of the articles I have written I firmly belive that the “create a buzz” that he speaks of is one that should [...]