Monthly Archives: April 2007

The world will be a better place

It’s easy to be cynical about kids, especially today, with so much leisure, so much wealth, so much freedom. I worry about it with my own kids. My daughter is 12 and twin boys will be 10 soon. You wonder … Continue reading

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B2B Content 2.0: Video

Someone posted a link to an ‘interesting’ B2B video in my comments yesterday. It was boring. It wasn’t useful. The formal staging was awkward. And it had only garnered about 40 views according to the web service hosting it. Okay, … Continue reading

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B2Blogging for five years!

As I was reminded earlier this week, today starts my fifth year blogging. That’s a long time! So I thought a little ‘state of the blog’ ramble was in order to mark the occasion. I’ve been frustrated by a slower … Continue reading

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Moving a show: Its a gamble

What to do when your show/event is down in traffic and booked-space? Move? Thats a big gamble. And great place to take a gamble is in Vegas, where the Apex Show is moving, according to Circuits Assembly magazine: “The Apex/IPC … Continue reading

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Thomas tries to 'convert' engineers

ThomasNet’s newsletter announced a new units conversion tool you can download free. A great idea, something that engineers need and covet. Just the thing to keep the TN brand in front of engineers. The tool is a little edgy in … Continue reading

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Web design: stolen property?

There aren’t many industrial folks blogging about their business. That’s why I happily subscribed to QC Industries’ blog. Mostly show news, new products, etc. It was quite a surprise to find a post titled: They say imitation is the sincerest … Continue reading

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Why? It's time, that's why.

I am starting the process to rebuild our company website. It’s interesting that when I’ve told a couple people, they replied with “Why?” I was stumped for an answer. The plan is to lift the existing content and put it … Continue reading

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