The Following Contain the Tag: "Sarasota"
Sarasota Real Estate Market: Rebounding or Not?
Monday, May 5th, 2008Ever the optimists, Real Estate brokers always manage to locate a silver lining… no matter how far and how hard they have to look. And, with a number of friends and business associates connected to the real estate business, I certainly am personally hopeful that their optimism has its roots firmly cemented in reality.
But alas, [...]
Posted in Local Stuff, Marketing Thoughts | Tags: business, consulting business, Florida, Google analytics, housing crisis, housing prices, Michael Saunders, real estate brokers, Sarasota, Sarasota real estate market | 1 Comment »
Financial Revolution - Featuring Gary Keesee
Friday, May 2nd, 2008This week’s Financial Revolution Conference in Sarasota got underway last night with a powerful kickoff meeting. Gary and Drenda Keesee shared the emotional story about how they turned the tide on their drastic financial situation — credit cards, finance company loans, IRS debt, medical bills, personal loans from family, mortgages, etc. – and began creating [...]
Posted in Events, Local Stuff | Tags: Consumer Debt, Credit Card Debt, Debt Reduction, Financial Revolution, Gary and Drenda Keesee, Gary Keesee, Sarasota, The Kingdom Alliance, Wealth Creation | No Comments »
Syesha Mercado Makes Us Proud Yet Again!
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008Sarasota-born Syesha Mercado heads for the next round in American Idol Season 7.
This week, she seems to have picked up some supporters, since she avoided landing in the bottom 3. The AI theme this week was focused on the music of Dolly Parton, and Syesha admittedly took on an ambitious song with I [...]
Posted in Local Stuff | Tags: AI, American Idol, Sarasota, Season 7, Syesha Mercado | 1 Comment »
Syesha Mercado Tears it UP!
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008American Idol Season 7 is already proving to have its ups and downs. Tonight, many of the AI 7 girls seemed to be struggling with an illness and their performances reflected it.
But Syesha is definitely one of the UPs of this season. And, even though this is a business website, I must say [...]
Posted in Local Stuff | Tags: AI, American Idol, Sarasota, Season 7, Syesha Mercado | No Comments »
Syesha Mercado - Making Sarasota Proud!
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008Congratulations to Syesha Mercado on her progress in Season 7 of American Idol!
Syesha is a hometown girl who graduated in 2005 from the Booker High School Visual and Performing Arts Center (VPA). Evidently, she was a great student who served on the Student Council and managed a 3.4 GPA while participating in a variety of [...]
Posted in Local Stuff | Tags: AI, American Idol, Sarasota, Season 7, Syesha Mercado | 3 Comments »
Florida Amendment 1 - Voter’s Guide
Monday, January 28th, 2008Well… the post title might be a little on the ambitious side. I certainly can’t claim to cover every aspect of this proposed amendment in this setting. However, there are a couple of key points worth considering.
Lots of Hype
First of all, there has been a lot of fluff on both sides of this [...]
Posted in Local Stuff, Public Policy | Tags: Amendment 1, Amendment One, business, Florida, Florida Amendments, Sarasota, small business | 5 Comments »
Amendment One: Sarasota Schools Use Scare Tactics on Teachers and Staff, Distribute Propaganda
Friday, January 25th, 2008Parents of Sarasota County students can expect to get this little gem (no doubt paid for by our already poorly spent tax dollars) today when their kids come home from school (assuming that it survives the trip home).
According to a source from inside the school system, this 2-sided 4-color (read: expensive to print) flier was [...]
Posted in Local Stuff, Public Policy | Tags: Amendment 1, Amendment One, Florida, Sarasota, School Board of Sarasota County | 1 Comment »
Congratulations to Sarasota-based Copytalk
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008Copytalk, LLC, the developers of a dictation service for mobile professionals, received the 2007 Industry of the Year Award from the Economic Development Council of the Manatee Chamber of Commerce. The company is another shining example of the high level of innovation that exists within the Sarasota area.
I’ve actually had the opportunity to work [...]
Posted in Business Strategy, Local Stuff | Tags: Business Strategy, Copytalk, Sarasota | 1 Comment »
Sarasota Sales Trainer Michael Pink Speaking for Get Motivated Seminar With Peter Lowe
Monday, July 9th, 2007In Sarasota, we’re a bit spoiled. We’re accustomed to sharing our local talent with the entire world. So we sometimes miss the significance of it when one of our own is shoved into the spotlight. Here’s a case where that would be a mistake.
Peter Lowe is the famous host of Business Seminars the world over. [...]
Posted in Local Stuff | Tags: Get Motivated Seminar, Michael Pink, Peter Lowe, Sales Training, Sarasota | No Comments »
Are You Getting Noticed?
Thursday, June 7th, 2007Why do small businesses build websites, anyway?
I’ve come to believe that most of them (the businesses) are suffering from dysfunctional strategy. Perhaps hypo-strategy is a better way to look at it — a sort of neglect where it comes to developing any overall business philosophy or vision.
Why would I say this?
Most small business websites do [...]
Posted in Business Strategy, Marketing Thoughts | Tags: Business Strategy, internet marketing, marketing strategy, Sarasota, WordPress | No Comments »
