Monthly Archives: October 2007

Communication Breakdown

I recently took my son and his friends to a concert. The drive to the venue was going to be about 2 hours so we decided to rent some movies for the drive there and back. He and I went to the local video store and started doing the slow sideways shuffle that one does […]

Marketing and Sales: “Two great tastes that taste great together.”

You got chocolate in my peanut butter!
You got peanut butter on my chocolate!
That very successful 1970s launch for what is now a ubiquitous treat is the perfect metaphor for the way marketing and sales disciplines often view each other. To make matters worse, most marketing professional have convinced their clients that “successful” marketing will get […]

Relax, it’s FedEx… and it’s Friday

It’s been crazy around here recently. Project after project, and it seems there are not enough hours in the day.
As busy as we have all been, no one has been more inundated than George Potts.
Lore of George’s work ethic and responsibility has stretched across the nation.

Extra! Extra! Paperless Society Almost Here

When the almighty “they” speak of a ‘paperless society’ it’s typically in reference to paper — you know, office paper, correspondence, forms, spreadsheets, etc. I for one still see that model being a long ways off (have you ever tried to read 30 continuous pages on-screen?). What is practically imminent though is the newspaper-less society. […]

Kolbrener on KDKA

George, I know you’re ‘geeked’ out