by Craig Rentmeester | May 1, 2009 | Miscellaneous
Markets, and the businesses in those markets, are there for a reason. As soon as customers stop coming to businesses, the businesses are forced to adapt.Whether it's the way a business sells (direct, distributor, etc.), to where a business is located, your...
by Craig Rentmeester | Mar 17, 2009 | Current Affairs, Miscellaneous
Today is the last day that the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is publishing its print edition. It will reduce its staff of 140 down to 20-25 employees as it moves to an online only newspaper. Three years ago I received the letter below from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer....
by Craig Rentmeester | Jan 20, 2009 | Miscellaneous
After seeing this headline, Obamas juggle inaugral balls, in my RSS tab for CNN.com, it made me think about headlines of articles I've read via via RSS recently that I can remember as having interesting titles. Hats off to Fast Company. I remembered four FC...
by Craig Rentmeester | Nov 2, 2008 | Miscellaneous
I often get asked where to find images for presentations and marketing collateral. There are a number of free and pay-per-image resources on the web. A few that I use are: Stock Xchng – Free and Paid Options Stock Vault – Free and Paid Options Flickr...
by Craig Rentmeester | Sep 21, 2008 | Miscellaneous
Like a chain, your marketing is only as strong as your weakest link. Here are some examples of things that are easily overlooked or moved down the priority list, but can be corrected easily. Web site formatting/spacing issues. Cleanliness of lobby and offices...