What’s your story? If you aren’t telling a compelling story about your brand, someone else is probably telling a crummy story about your brand. Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you make, but about the stories that you tell. -Seth Godin At Ad4!, we call telling your story your Red Pencil. In a […]
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Ad4! is a strong advocate of community organizations. We each have our organizations of which we are passionate and donate time and energy. My passion is for the American Cancer Society. It’s an obvious choice since I have cancer, but it’s my passion for another reason. No other medical condition effects people across the board
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Sure, brie on crackers, pork roast and a sweet moscato says “Thank you,” but the way we really show you we care is in our strategies, in our proposals, in our excellent media buys. An Ad4! Group get-together is just the icing on the cake! We care about you as a person. We care about
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I will be documenting my experience with chemo, at the request of my Ad4! friends, for all to see. I’ll post a follow-up here from time to time. I first knew I had cancer in the spring of 2011. I won’t bore you with the whole story today, but a few doctor visits, a biopsy,
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It’s my Mother-In-Law’s birthday. She’s that sticky-sweet type, so she’s easy to shop for, but of course I want to get her something good. There’s a Tuesday Mornings not far from my house, and I’ll be in the vicinity of a Target sometime this week, but that’s not where I’m headed. I’m going to my favorite antique
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I have been involved with the Boy Scouts for many years. While I’m not currently doing any scouting, I was a Cub Scout, Webelo and Boy Scout as a kid. As an adult, I was an adult volunteer, Assistant Scoutmaster of a Troop in Ohio and started a Cub Scout pack in Georgia. One of
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Networking is one of the activities that all business people have to do from time-to-time. Whether you attend a Chamber of Commerce ‘After Hours’ event, a speed dating lunch, or you actually meet someone new on an elevator, networking is key new business development in most industries. I am continually astonished by the numbers of
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Well, we had the best time supporting three incredible hospitality and tourism businesses yesterday at the Triple Ribbon Cutting of Madison County Shuttle, My Memorable Event, and Windham Travel and Leisure. It’s so good to see incredible cross-industrial partnerships and friendships forming here in the Huntsville, Madison market. Never have I experienced such a camaraderie
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A virtual office is an office without the boss. That’s the simple description that I learned from Kellie Andrews the CEO and Founder of The Huntsville Hub, a virtual office in the area. Many people are new to the concept of a virtual office so I asked her to explain it to me as If she
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You’re on the beach in Cancun, Mexico. You know all of two words in Spanish, but you’re not even worried about it. You’ve waited all year to kick back with a Corona and finish the novel you’ve been in an on-again-off-again relationship with for the last five months. The weather is nice and you’re completely content with your
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