Over the past few weeks, my wife and I have been bidding on a rather nifty house in Chicago. We finally reached an agreement with the sellers but at the last instant another buyer showed up with a significantly higher offer and got the house. This was a huge disappointment for me. When I look back on how […]
You can learn a lot about marketing at a 4-H market pig auction. Last week I went to the Northwest Michigan Fair, a charming, old-time county fair, complete with the corn dogs, snow cones and “The World’s Biggest Alligator.” My kids and I had a grand time inspecting farm animals and studying the newest Massey […]
I am not big into resolutions, but I think we all could benefit from this one: do not repeat Tiger’s mistakes. It is now becoming quite clear that the Tiger brand machine is coming apart and it will be a long time until it recovers. Yesterday AT&T announced that it was dropping Tiger Woods, following the lead […]