Alena Eisenhower runs the Dessert Bar Sweet at 305 Shrewsbury Street in Worcester, she talks about running and opening a business in a bad economy:
If the president had more people like this on his staff maybe we’d be doing better.
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Voices of Main Street: Alena Eisenhower owner of Sweet
Posted: October 24, 2010 by datechguy in businessTags: sweet, voices of main street, worcester
The best will always have a buyer
Posted: October 23, 2010 by datechguy in businessTags: economy, fitchburg tire, voices of main street
You might remember that a while back I asked Mike Romano if the poor economy is hurting him, he reported that it wasn’t so bad because a lot of people who would normally go out to eat were now buying high quality meats and eating at home.
Likewise I was down at Viola’s Fitchburg Tire and asked Ray if the Michelin tires were selling worse in a bad economy. (As a rule you pay a lot more for a Michelin Tire than any other brand but the quality is very high.)
Ray Said the Michelin’s were doing great and explained #1. People were buying Michelin’s because they needed cars to last longer and Michelin’s helped, #2 People who have the money will always buy the best #3 Brand loyalty, he bluntly stated that once someone tries Michelin’s they tend to stick with them.
I asked if these tires are really that much better, Ray insisted they were and as you might recall he know more about tires than most.
Is MSNBC coming out of the liberal closet?
Posted: October 5, 2010 by datechguy in business, mediaTags: advertising, business, MSNBC
There is a very interesting line in this NYT article on their upcoming advertising campaign:
“When you’re clear about who you are, you actually make money,” said Sharon Otterman, the chief marketing officer for MSNBC, who started work there one year ago.
Hmmm and hmmmm again. What follows this sentence in the story? This does:
MSNBC’s brand was unclear for its first full decade. A creation of NBC News and Microsoft in 1996, the channel bounced from one programming idea to another before Mr. Olbermann, the host of “Countdown,” and Chris Matthews, the host of “Hardball,” seized on antiwar, anti-Republican sentiments in the latter part of the Bush administration.
The channel identified itself as “The Place for Politics” — a catchphrase that it will continue to use alongside “Lean Forward” — and added liberal hosts like Ms. Maddow and Ed Schultz, and a lively morning show, “Morning Joe.”
I think the first sentence should have followed this but more to the point, by taking the pretend mask off MSNBC stops pretending to be all things to all people. People do better being what they are.
And to those who say, “but DaTechGuy” this is a center right country blah blah blah. Remember these things.
- If only 20% of people in the US are liberals then an awful lot of people.
- If you are a business, you can make a good living catering to that 20%
- That liberal 20% of the country, all eat, read, drink , use toilet paper , wash their clothes, buy trash bags (except when Marching on Washington ) etc and advertisers understand this.
So more power to you MSNBC, be yourself, Fox can be themselves and let the best network win and you can both watch CNN cry.
Via Stacy’s new feature Live at 5.
The perfect metaphor for the democratic party
Posted: September 28, 2010 by datechguy in business, congress, elections, politicsTags: 2010 elections, election 2010, irony, john olver, ma-1
I finally found a new John Olver sign in Fitchburg
Hey a John Olver sign
And is there any more appropriate location for a sign promoting a democratic member of congress…
The perfect setting
then a closed business?
And in case you think it is a stunt, lets go to the video!
Democrats it’s all yours.
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