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Gifts for All Year Long
It’s no surprise that this time of year the focus is on giving and receiving gifts. After all, who doesn’t like to get a nice gift? But it’s not all about “getting.” In fact, giving, it seems, is more important to us. A few years ago, I wrote a blog about giving and...
The Year-End Look at You . . . and What’s Ahead for 2018
December is here, which means we’re giving the eight-count to 2017 as 2018 waits in the wings to make its appearance. It also means that all forms of media are engaging in year-end retrospectives of sorts—from the year in politics and celebrities who’ve left us, to...
‘Tis the Season for . . . Stress? It Doesn’t Have to Be
The fall and winter holidays are upon us—and all the shopping, get-togethers with friends and family, and upset to our normal routines can be enough to bump our stress levels into the stratosphere as we make our way through the season. Maintaining year-round healthy...
Tips for Keeping Your Team’s Eyes on the Prize This Holiday Season
Do the holidays have your office, your team, or even you distracted? Has your post-Thanksgiving “hangover” morphed into a full-blown malaise as you enter the stretch run for what remains of 2017? It’s easy, quite common, and completely understandable for you and/or...
Expressing Thanks for a Great 2017 . . . and Beyond!
Thanksgiving is a perfect time to step back and take a moment to say “thanks” to all the people in your life who make what you have, what you enjoy, what you love, and what you look forward to possible each and every day. Here are Barrel O'Monkeyz, like most...
How NOT to Fall Victim to The Devil in the Details
The “devil is in the details" is a centuries-old saying that refers to how something might seem simple at a first glance but ends up taking more time and effort to complete than first expected. Now, I may be going out on a limb here (what else would you expect from a...
Getting Paid is Hard Work
For any business, big or small, sending out an invoice should be a delightful experience—the crowning culmination of all the hard work that generated a slew of billable hours resulting in said invoice, the glorious banana treat the end of a long day’s, week’s, or...
Website 101: Plan for Success
Keeping with the theme of planning now that summer has “officially” turned to fall, I thought it would be interesting to take a peek at some aspects of building a website. It seems that (and I kid you not) as recently as 2015 more than half of all small businesses did...
Give Legs to Your Brand Story with Digital Marketing
It occurred to me the other night as I was walking some friends who were over for dinner out to their awaiting Uber ride that summer is winding down. There was a little nip to the air and a shortness to the day that wasn’t there just a few weeks ago. Of course, this...
ACT NOW: CORE Gaming Backpack Kickstarter Ends Sept 22
With just days to go in Mobile Edge’s CORE Gaming Backpack kickstarter (the campaign ends at 4:55 am EDT Friday, September 22, 2017), TIME IS RUNNING OUT to support this project and be among the first to get this award-winning backpack at an incredible discount off...
On the Road to INTERBIKE 2017
Attention all you biking enthusiasts, the future of the bicycle industry is coming to Las Vegas next week. It’s time for the annual Interbike International Bicycle Exposition where the “bicycle industry gathers to celebrate, educate, and conduct the business of...
Give Them Reasons to Believe in Your Brand
You’ve built your brand story on hard work, offering great products and services that make an emotional connection to your target audience, and the ability to consistently meet or exceed your customer’s expectations. Mobile Edge CORE Gaming Backpack Name TWICE Award...
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Based in San Diego and active across southern California and beyond, Barrel O'Monkeyz serves as a seasoned, outsourced marketing agency specializing in both business-to-business and consumer-based marketing. Our barrel is full of talent and creative minds ready to help companies tell their brand stories, ramp up sales, and launch new products.
