Still Valuable
Did you know that the 3 gifts of the Magi are still valuable today? For any of the three, you should be prepared to pay dearly. You probably know the price of gold has continued to stay high due to Read More …
Category: opinion
E-mail Overload
During the weeks and days leading up to the holiday, promotions, discounts and offers were a welcome sight in my e-mail inbox. Today, however, getting over 75 e-mails promoting overstock, winter clearance, healthy new you and post-holiday dining out specials Read More …
No Place To Go
Today is an unusual day for us. Typically, our weekends and especially during the holidays, we have someplace to be, something to do or people to host at home. So, since we have no place to go today, I think Read More …
Appetizers As Dinner
As we wrap up the holidays there are a few habits we’ll have to break, like wearing jammies all day, sleeping until noon and eating cookies – just because you can and they’re there. One habit that we keep year-round Read More …
Does the Day Matter?
When we are fortunate enough to have holidays that break up the week, the ensuing days off affect the “normal” activities in many of our lives. So – while today is indeed Friday, does the day matter when you’ve had Read More …
Open or Not
Many small businesses have to make a careful decision on whether it is worth it to be open or not, on a holiday. Will the day’s sales be worth it to offset staff, cost of (perishable) goods, utilities as well Read More …
Resolutions
Maybe this is a year to do something differently? Do you make resolutions? Maybe, just one? Or, none at all? My daughter asked if I was making a New Year “revolution” this year – so…. After I corrected her (laughing Read More …
In The Window
We took the kids to NYC for some fun after Christmas and spent some time looking at the amazing windows on 5th Avenue. Even though it was a great holiday, I thought this would ease the inevitable let down after Read More …
Embarking on a New Venture
With the new year just about upon us, many will be embarking on a new venture. Plan Discuss with your team Budget Review all of your options Outline a schedule Execute Celebrate In reality, far more complicated than that… but Read More …
Robot Script
I am certain that companies create standard customer service scripts to represent the “right” messaging to their customers – in any event, or situation, What they did not intend, is for them to sound like it was a pre-recorded robot Read More …