JPNor's blog

I'm in the early stages of designing new marketing materials and an exhibit booth for a conference coming up in 2 months. I have worked exhibit booths for many conferences in the past and they've all been fairly straightforward. But in the past I've only had to market one half of the business, as the company is already fairly well-established. That second half of the business, in fact, was THE big player in the market for the services that we offered. A couple years ago, another company emerged from the darkness and quickly built themselves up to #2.

Update on yesterday's blog...

Update on yesterday's blog...

Last week (Monday) I decided to trade in my 2003 Honda Element for something a bit smaller, with better fuel economy, lower payments, and less miles (the Element had 117,000). Well, one out of four ain't bad - I purchased a brand new 2008 Honda Ridgeline. I did a ton of research, spent 5 hours at the dealership over 3 days trying to talk myself out of making an impulsive decision. I REALLY liked the showroom model, which happened to be the last of that color, so I watched as they rearranged the showroom to get my new truck out for me.

Last week (Monday) I decided to trade in my 2003 Honda Element for something a bit smaller, with better fuel economy, lower payments, and less miles (the Element had 117,000). Well, one out of four ain't bad - I purchased a brand new 2008 Honda Ridgeline. I did a ton of research, spent 5 hours at the dealership over 3 days trying to talk myself out of making an impulsive decision. I REALLY liked the showroom model, which happened to be the last of that color, so I watched as they rearranged the showroom to get my new truck out for me.

And I'm sure the title is true. I was going to throw a quick blog up last week but ended up getting swamped and didn't have time to blog about vacation.

And I'm sure the title is true. I was going to throw a quick blog up last week but ended up getting swamped and didn't have time to blog about vacation.

In October one of my sales lackies and I will be going on a business trip for a few days at a conference in Milwaukee. I've never been to Milwaukee or really anywhere else in the midwest for that matter. I'm flying in on a Saturday to take some clients out to an expensive dinner, and the conference doesn't start until Monday giving us all Sunday free.

In October one of my sales lackies and I will be going on a business trip for a few days at a conference in Milwaukee. I've never been to Milwaukee or really anywhere else in the midwest for that matter. I'm flying in on a Saturday to take some clients out to an expensive dinner, and the conference doesn't start until Monday giving us all Sunday free.

The kid took a nice long nap yesterday so I quickly threw together a video and uploaded it to Youtube. I spent minimal time with the editing so the audio levels are all way off and need work if I wanted it to be more "professional" but I was just looking for a fun mash. Enjoy.

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=h8LqHvsgpCk[/youtube]