The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur

Saturday morning I was at the farmer’s market and ran into an old friend. We stopped to chat in front of the peach vendor. When his both cleared of customers, he came over to us, cut up a peach and offered us a taste. It was delicious and I ended up buying a basket.
If he [...]

The more I use Twitter, the more I have come to rely on it. It’s fast, fun to use and has become an essential business tool. In spite of this, I frequently get questions from people who have heard of Twitter but have never used it. The gist of most of the questions is “what’s [...]

This week’s Blogging Boomers Carnival is hosted by Ann Harrison at her Contemporary Retirement Coaching blog. Ann has some wonderful resources for helping people transition into retirement. The include her Retirement Detox Program complete with ebook and course. Her site is full of great information so when you’re finished checking out this week’s carnival, take [...]

The other day someone on a committee I’m on didn’t receive the email notice about the last meeting - even though everyone else did and she’s received emails from this person in the past.
Recently I’ve been hearing a lot of grumbling about people not receiving emails. Even emails from people who have been “white listed”. [...]

Monday I had the pleasure of being a judge in the Construction Writers Association Marketing Communications Awards. It was an interesting experience as I don’t think I’ve ever looked at so many promotional pieces in one day - over 60 in three different categories.
After looking so closely at such a large number of marketing [...]