- I am a panelist for the Email Evolution Conference 2011 program "Changes, Innovations and New Strategies for Email List Growth," to discuss what's new, what's working and what's bombing in email marketing, including contests, sweepstakes, newsletters and social media. (10:11 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- This is such an exciting time to launch a new business or product. Fourteen years ago, when we first started Catalogs.com, there was no Twitter, no YouTube, no blogs. What an amazing comparison I am doing as the whirlwind of... (16:15 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Scared. Nervous. Anxious. Excited. These are the emotions racing through my head this morning. Normally I don’t post more than once a day, but today is different… today is so incredibly special. At midnight on Friday, October 16th, we saw... (10:07 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- "Making the paper" is exciting. I was interviewed for a USA Today article on how catalog companies are handling the challenges of the current economy, from print catalogs to websites. (13:07 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- The winnings were meager - 10% of the vote proceeds which amounted to $17 and a $25 Walmart giftcard - but the satisfaction was huge. (10:55 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Catalogs.com has 1000 Facebook Fans today!
The number “1000” looks fantastic on our Facebook Fan page, and as we promised, we are giving away an iPod Touch to one of those first 1,000 fans … (15:00 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- We have been very busy the last few months planning for the upcoming Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition in the Windy City of Chicago. It’s less than 2 months away - June 8 -11th. (09:40 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Customers usually don’t notice the things that go right, just the things that go wrong.
Internet shoppers are generally not patient. They expect images to load quickly, pages to respond smoothly to clicks, and boxes to populate without hesitation. (09:23 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- I have been digesting Chris Brogan’s blog post, My Love For Blogging, from last week. It is a great post. Meaty. Challenging. Inspirational.
I don’t usually print what I read on the Web, in the interest of being Green and sensible. Chris’ post, though, I printed, and then sat with a pen, and read, making squiggly underlines and little arrows, like I used to in school. (11:38 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- A very dear friend of mine is enjoying a public relations coup, and I am celebrating on her behalf. I can totally relate to her joy: it is so exciting to read about your company, your inspiration and your hard work, in someone else’s words. (12:19 | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments)
- Sammy, Senior Editor and fashion blogger at Catalogs.com, is on her way to the Big Apple for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week 2010. She leaves sunny South Florida on Valentine’s Day, which is a lovely day for a passionate odyssey into the world of high fashion. (10:47 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- This morning my male colleague was clueless.
“Haven’t you been following the hilarity?” I was incredulous.
The twitter around the unfortunate name for Apple’s iPad has the women in the office giggling. It’s such an ewww-how-could-they moment that we have to roll our eyes. (11:17 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Our Facebook Page reached 100 fans this morning! These are friends, friends of friends and all of them catalog afficionados. We are now cheering for our first 1000 fans, and the moment we reach that number, all of the 1000 fans will be entered to win an iPod touch. How fun is that? (14:18 | 0 Trackbacks | 4 Comments)
- What an incredible weekend we had! After receiving almost 1,000 written entries from teachers all over the country, we picked our winners. We flow teachers in from all over the country, had a beautiful awards ceremony followed by a lovely... (22:40 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Our public relations firm scored a big hit for Catalogs.com this week. We were featured in WomenEntreprenuer.com, and quite frankly, we are all thrilled with the results. I remember vividly the 55 minute in-depth phone interview with Eve Gumpel. One... (20:21 | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)
- "How often have you heard, “Making small, minute changes can dramatically effect a company's Return On Investment (ROI)?” Heard it and done nothing. We're a perfect case in point. We've been on the web running a website for 13+ years... (11:32 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- We just got notice that our annual health insurance company has raised the premiums for Catalogs.com about 17%. I was told my insurance consultant that out of hundreds of companies he is representing, ONLY Catalogs.com has the same number of... (12:00 | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)
- Entrepreneurship Interview - the Sweetness of PR. Great news from the world of Catalogs.com... I just landed a big interview with an online entreprenuership interviewing site - Entrepreneurship-Interviews.com.
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- Back to school and already Thanksgiving gift guide - What’s up with this? What’s the deal?...Our new public relations firm is really lighting a fire under us. We already had all the Back-to-School press releases distributed back in June and I thought Pierson Grant (our new PR firm) was crazy, telling us we had to disseminate information so early. Heck, I’ve just finished my Thanksgiving Gift Guide and all press releases are ready to roll.
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- Tomorrow I will be joining three other Catalogs.com'ers who will be attending and exhibiting at the Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition, and I personally am really looking forward to joining in on several workshops and discussions. Our whole team is... (21:45 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Look Ma! I'm a Woman Blogger to Watch. A friend just forwarded me this link, and thank heavens to Betsy because I had no idea I made the list of 101 Women Bloggers to Watch for 2008! Honest to Blog, I am so thrilled right now I feel like my blog just got a big old gold star plastered on it.
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- New Apple i phone hits stores next month. Apple has done it again. Everyone and their grandmother is anxiously awaiting the release of Apple's new gotta-have gadget. (09:00 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Hospice – is doesn’t mean death is around the corner. Recently, I unfortunately learned a ton about Hospice Care. I never thought that I would need to call them (at least not so soon) but found that after my Dad was hospitalized for a long time, and upon his return home, his primary care physician of 10+ years recommended that we use Hospice. (15:39 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- William Lauder of Estee -- living up to Dad’s expectations. The 47-year-old William Lauder doesn't hide the frustrations that led him to abdicate the post he had been groomed for, the one his father had held for 17 years (17:17 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Did Governor Charlie Crist just flirt with me?Governor Charlie Crist, Senator Joe Lieberman and U.S. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke. (21:23 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
