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Families Don't Let Family's Phones Ring

Melissa Richards wrote 4 days ago: When I was a kid my mother said I always must ask for something to drink when visiting my grandmothe … more »

Tags: Family

Social Networking as Grassroots Activism

Melissa Richards wrote 6 days ago: I just read this article by John Fontana summarizing how social networking was used to escalate a vo … more »

Tags: Marketing, Politics, cool websites, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Social Media, social networking, socioeconomics, flickr

Is Offline Advertising "On" Again?

Melissa Richards wrote 3 months ago: AdweekMedia’s 2008 “Hot List” was published today and The Economist led the rankin … more »

Tags: Marketing, Politics, 1, Shopping, economis, Adweek, Magazine, Integrated Marketing, AD

Marketers May Think Globally But Must Act Locally

Melissa Richards wrote 3 months ago: According to a recent study conducted by Brandiosity for Heidrick & Struggles, perceived effecti … more »

Tags: Marketing, Brandiosity, Heidrick & Struggles, marketing study, marketing survey, Global Marketing, Multicultural Marketing, multinational marketing, chief marketer

Baby Steps3 comments

Melissa Richards wrote 4 months ago: “Baby steps” can apply to many situations, both literally and figuratively. I remember w … more »

Tags: disabilities, hypotonia, Links We Encourage You to Visit, Parenting, Baby Steps, Cleveland Clinic, complex 3, complex III, complex three

Changing the World One Email at a Time1 comment

Melissa Richards wrote 5 months ago: Ryan Allis knows how to make money. Ryan Allis knows the importance of helping others with less mone … more »

Tags: Marketing, eMail Marketing, LinkedIn, Ryan Allis, Books, entrepreneur, Zero to One Million, Amazon, facebook

She Told Someone, and She Told Someone, and So On, and So On, and So On

Melissa Richards wrote 5 months ago: A couple of months ago I signed up for SheSpeaks, an online community for women who volunteer to tes … more »

Tags: cool websites, Marketing, Shopping, Beauty, daily candy, dentist, divine caroline, Free Products, Gadgets

I Know Who's Who, But Who's Pablo?

Melissa Richards wrote 6 months ago: If you’ve read my blogs, you know how much I love to point out email marketing blunders. This … more »

Tags: Marketing, Bassett, eMail Marketing, Henry County, High School, LinkedIn, USA Today, Who's Who

Don't Limit Customer Access

Melissa Richards wrote 6 months ago: American Express (AXP) boasts over 78 million cards-in-force worldwide, one of which has belonged to … more »

Tags: Marketing, Travel, Shopping, eMail Marketing, American Express, Entertainment Access, entertainment email, email newsletters, Alicia Keys

Target Practice

Melissa Richards wrote 7 months ago: Every morning on my short drive to work I listen to The First Word on Bloomberg Radio. If you are n … more »

Tags: Marketing, Politics, Bloomberg, PSA, Public Service Announcement, Targeted Marketing, Amber Alert!, Ad Council, Project Safe Neighborhoods

Hooking the Big Fish (or Mammals)

Melissa Richards wrote 7 months ago: Just when you thought you’d mastered the technique of getting CEOs to open your email marketin … more »

Tags: Marketing, eMail Marketing, CAN-SPAM, Marketing Best Practices, Phishers, Email Spam, Email Campaigns, Melissa Richards, iMarketingMix

Give a little, get a little more

Melissa Richards wrote 7 months ago: Whether you celebrate Christmas, Kwanzaa or Hanukkah,  December is the month for gift-giving. If yo … more »

Tags: Marketing, cool websites, Shopping, Christmas, Charity, Charities, presents, gifts, Hanukkah

He's Making a List, and Checking It Twice...

Melissa Richards wrote 7 months ago: t’s that time of year again. The time of year when my mother wants “the list”. Eve … more »

Tags: Marketing, Parenting, cool websites, Shopping, Christmas, Wish List, boxedup.com, kaboodle.com

The Little Blue Envelope that Could

Melissa Richards wrote 8 months ago: Every time my local Valpak arrives via snail mail, I open it immediately. The full truth is that I o … more »

Tags: Marketing, cool websites, Shopping, Direct Mail, valpak, marriage mail, Cox Target Media, Cox Newspapers, B2C marketing

Otherwise titled 'How NOT to engage your audience'

Melissa Richards wrote 8 months ago: In the last few months I have attended two seminars sponsored by the same industry-leading software … more »

Tags: Marketing

It All Started with a Tummy Ache1 comment

Melissa Richards wrote 8 months ago: Two weeks ago today I complained of feeling a bit nauseated. A co-worker was out sick with a stomach … more »

Tags: Parenting

Wearing Lots of Hats

Melissa Richards wrote 9 months ago: I was recently asked for suggestions by a creative freelancer who is transitioning from something th … more »

Tags: Marketing

Optimize Your Website over a Cup of Coffee

Melissa Richards wrote 9 months ago: Megan Cutter and I were talking the other night at a Chix in Business function about her new website … more »

Tags: cool websites, Marketing

Google is 9 years old

Melissa Richards wrote 9 months ago: First the steam engine changed the world, then came the search engine. And not just any search engin … more »

Tags: Marketing, cool websites


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