Wit And Banter: September 2010

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Why in THE HELL would anyone take a tv remote, out of a room where the tv is? I've been watching Cartoon Network for the last hour...

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Study shows that 71% of all tweets produce no replies or re-tweets. http://mashable.com/2010/09/29/twitter-replies-retweets/

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

As a marketing guy I get excited over branding in general and logo's in particular. Great article on trending logo designs. http://ping.fm/GiYlo

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Hope everyone gets to spend some time with their families today. I love sundays!

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Man, the BSU game looks like crap on HD. Smurf turf is screwing with my tv! You knows its bad when Brent Musberger is refreshing to watch.

Christmas stuff out already? Seriously?

Friday, September 24, 2010

I'm in the Apple Store drooling on the iPad and the iMac and the Macbook and...

IKEA rocks the lighting prices until you have to buy a replacement bulb. $2 for a light bulb? I've been Husker'd right in the Du!

Headed to lunch with the wonderful and hysterical Mark Starks. I'm lucky to have awesome people who believe in my dreams as much as I do.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Signed up a new client today. Good things are happnin' at mediasharkllc.com

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

A 17 year old Austrailian kid brought twitter to its knees yesterday. Awesome, makes me laugh! http://ping.fm/WWfBy

Sometimes life is more important than business. Posted a short blog "Everyone Needs A Cheerleader" http://bit.ly/a3eZXm

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Had to laugh when I found out that one of our potential clients spend most of their advertising dollars on yellow pages.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Writing an article "Everyone Needs A Cheerleader" that I'm releasing on our blog tomorrow. Great story inside.

Had a really good meeting with one of our potential clients today. Don does an amazing job of completing the entire picture and I love having him on our team.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Excited to watch some games on justin.tv Awesome online streaming and best of all? Its free!

Friday, September 17, 2010

Who wanna rag up and go bangin? I be wig huntin. I learns me so much on BET.

My boyish charm and gentle smile have no effect on Rosemary, the SCORE parking lot attendant.

Dew Tour is not issuing press passes to local media. Boooo Dew Tour!

Excited to volunteer my morning at score.org Free resources for business owners Nationwide!

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Google pounds Facebook in our A/B campaign testing. marketing smm mediasharkllc.com

Lawyers should stick to lawyering and let someone else, ANYONE else design their online presence. Get sum MediaShark counselor!

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Conducting Keyword analysis for a law firm here in Utah. 12,000 arrests for theft and 9,000 arrest for assault in 2009.

Our video for Lamb's Realty Group has already placed on the front page of YouTube for its category. http://bit.ly/bTkT81

I'm thinking about writing an article on "Why Free Pays." Anyone got examples?

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

A really good day today. We have some great things on the horizon.

Our new client, Lamb's Realty Group is already getting some great click throughs.

Monday, September 13, 2010

I'm now listed on @listorious! Check it out at http://ping.fm/8TYTs sports marketing media socialmedia ceo businesses

Disappointed that Intuit Websites wouldn't refund my payment after I cancelled my account with them. Bad policy, negative press.

Our new website is up at mediasharkllc.com. Give us your thoughts!

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Excited to have family over for dinner to close out a great weekend!

Excited to use TubeMogul.com to syndicate the videos we produce at www.mediasharkllc.com

I was in the computer lab at Ohio University when the first plane hit. Looking back, I'm PROUD to be an American!

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Excited to watch the Iowa Hawkeyes lay the wood down on Iowa State. Go Hawks!

Good Times

Gracie is 3 years old and lives next door to us. She and Jack are like pea's and carrots! They seriously play together for hours and hours every day. Gracie is the daughter that Lisa and I never had. Last week Gracie and I had the following coversation.

Me: Gracie? What color are Jack's eyes?
Gracie *looking at Jack who is batting his eyes at her* "His eyes is brown." (I like how she says "is. His eyes IS brown...)
Me: That's right! And what color are YOUR eyes?

Gracie thinks about this for a second and then opens both of her hands wide open, jams thumbs and index fingers into her sockets and spreads her eyelids completely apart. All I see are white eyeballs staring back at me.

Gracie: "See? My eyes is BLUUUUUUE"
Me *laughing at this 3 year old with huge white eyes*: You got that right! Now, what color are MY eyes?

Gracie releases her eye lids and then walks next to me where I am sittingon a chair. She puts her hands on my cheeks to get a really good look. I can see her *swollen* eyes look at both of mine carefully. She inspects them intently, one then the other...one then the other. I wonder if I am getting an eye exam here. She finally release me from her grasp, claps her hand together and proudly announces "Your eyes is red!"

Eagles and Pigeons

Eagles

VistaPrint.com I have been doing business with Vista Print for several years. Last week I ordered 500 custom business cards and I was disappointed with how they turned out. I called and Vista Print UPGRADED my cards, are printing out 500 new ones and only charging me for shipping. GREAT COMPANY!

Abbey @ Lifetime Fitness. From time to time people come into my life and change the way I see and think about things. Abbey is one such person. At a very young 27, Abbey is an amazing instructor full of energy, vitality and wisdom. Her Yoga classes are always packed and I always look forward to the time I get to learn from her. Both Lisa and I are excited to count her as a new friend and are excited to watching her continued success!

Peakpotentials.com They hosted a seminar in Salt Lake City last month and I was so impressed that I flew to Denver to attend their 3 day seminar. It was amazing. I'm trying to find a way to go to some of their other programs.

Su Casa. Jeff Birschbach actually introduced me to this Mexican Restraunt 15 years ago. I had lunch there yesterday. They are located on State Street just south of the Sam's Club off of I-215. The food is good, prices are totally reasonable but best of all the staff there are EXCELLENT. Seriously, the best waitresses in the Rockies.

JetBlue. Finally, an airline that makes sense. Nice seats, friendly staff and your own Satellite TV! Whenever we book flights we always check here first. Ohh and the blue potato chips are cool too.

McCools Pub @ The District in South Jordan. Our waiter Ed, made sure that we got a fresh batch of Fish and Chips when the cornbeef and cabbage turned out average. The Buffalo Shephards Pie is awesome.

Lifetime Fitness. A five star gym with the whole family in mind. By far, the best facility I have ever seen and they cater to the entire family. I love going and the kids do too. Although it's TRIPLE what we paid at Gold's Gym.

Pigeons

Arbys and Taco Bell in Draper If the kids who work here are the future of our country I'm moving to Guam. Guaranteed slow, crappy service, screwed up orders and an inability to make obvious decisions. No matter how far you have to drive to find another restraunt, it will be worth the time and money, plus your taste buds will thank you for it too.

US Post Office. Stamps go up another penny next week. Stop with the friggin penny increases! Just charge 50 cents and be done with it. I hate all of the penny stamps I have to put on my Playboy re-newal cards. It's SO unprofessional.

Riverton Chevrolet. They wanted to pull my credit report "and go over some numbers" before they would let me test drive the 2008 Corvette. Now I understand why I have seen the same cars on their lot for months now.

Harbor Freight on State Street. "Sorry dude, ummm I don't know where that is" is always the WRONG answer. The correct answer is "I'm not sure, let me find someone who knows!" Ohh and it would be nice if the guy un-helping me, had a hair style that alerted me to whether he was a boy or a girl...dude.

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