by Laura B. Poindexter | Daft!, Marketing Thoughts
I heard a radio ad today for the National Day of Prayer. What struck me about the ad was the domain name they referenced – ndptf.org. Now, this stands for the National Day of Prayer Task Force, but I only learned that after going to the site. After a bit of...
by Laura B. Poindexter | Brilliant!
Last night I picked up this book at my local Community Center. It was free from the local County Health Department. The book, The Summer The Town Bit Back, is a cute children’s book about protecting yourself from West Nile Virus. As a mom, I am a whole lot more...
by Laura B. Poindexter | Daft!
I still don’t understand marketers. I can’t tell you the number of emails I get that I have subscribed to and would be willing to read if they were not just an image. I received an email today from the Dallas Cowboys. The email is just an image, no other text at...
by Laura B. Poindexter | Marketing Thoughts
At Starbuck’s today, I ordered a client a tall decaf (don’t tell him) along with some other drinks. When the barista went to pour the tall I realized this was the smallest size and I told her I really wanted a grande (read medium). I went to get out a quarter to...
by Laura B. Poindexter | Marketing Thoughts
I visited the National Geographic Museum today to check out the frogs exhibit. The exhibit was great – fun, very interactive, good for all ages. The point of this post is just to show you one of the frogs I saw there – Dendrobates leucomelas. I am...
by Laura B. Poindexter | Brilliant!
I was struck by a voice mail I received today from Anne. Anne attended one of my seminars at the Women’s Business Center in November and had a question about a web site I mentioned. The call is not what struck me (although I did appreciate that my talk encouraged...