Portland Oregon
Word of mouth marketing – The Tipping Point
All of us on this business community are seeking new ways to promote and sell our wares. We know the value of Word of Mouth Marketing (WOM), but do we all understand the value of business blogging as it related to WOM?
I just finished reading Malcolm Gladwell’s book, The Tipping Point. For the last week [...]
Newspaper Adventures
Working in the Oregon marketplace and in the newspaper industry for the past 15 years has been a great adventure, and very rewarding. Fabulous incomes are not a part of the scene but great relationships, and rewarding outcomes for advertisers have been a big personal satisfaction. It is a good time to reflect and remember my beginnings in the newspaper business.
...read moreSave Our Salmon!
But our Salmon runs have been diminishing over the past 20 years. Some have estimated that we will see record reductions in runs and possibly the extension of runs within 10-15 years. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is planning to close Salmon fishing on the Willamette River because of very low run estimates for 09.
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