Lifehacks
Finding your lines to increase productivity
I’ve been a fan of Starbucks since 1995 when I first spotted a Starbucks travel mug on my college advisor’s desk and wondered “what’s that” (this was several years before the first Starbucks came to Green Bay). When I learned about them, I was hooked…and the addiction has never waned. In fact, I’ve been drinking [...]
Cool Resource: Gist
We wouldn’t normally put a resource in this section that you can’t get off the shelf today, but Gist is one of those tools that I think you’ll want to be on the leading edge with and sign up for their Beta program. They’re going to open up to the public soon, but in the [...]
What’s Coming Through Your Speakers?
If you’ve ever been to Starbucks or T.G.I. Friday’s or any number of other retail establishments, you’ve heard the music that the stores play which is programmed by someone on staff at headquarters. I’ve always thought that it was a good idea and especially for Starbucks, they’ve done alright with it as an additional revenue [...]
Capturing sales data using the new Google Forms
One of the first things I did when I launched MarketingSavant last year was to start doing much of my work in Google Docs. I knew that any team members I brought on would likely be virtual and it just made sense to work as much in “the cloud” as possible. We also use Zoho [...]
