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Your Target Persona: Know Who You’re Talking To

Your Target Persona: Know Who You’re Talking To

When it comes to communications—ANY communications—whether it’s whispering sweet nothings to a potential love interest, or trying to engage potential customers to buy your product or service, if you don’t know WHO you’re talking to, how can you hope to make a...

Website 101: Plan for Success

Website 101: Plan for Success

It’s 2016. Do you have a website? According to a 2015 Inc. Online article, more than half of small businesses do not! I find that number astounding, even a little hard to believe. Of course, what they consider a “small business” is quite broad. For example, one of the...

Business Development 101: Take Care of Your Golf Balls First

Business Development 101: Take Care of Your Golf Balls First

Do you have more “room” in your life than you think? Often I’ll hear from a client or colleague that he or she is so busy running the business that there’s positively no time left in the schedule to engage in marketing, social media, and other business development...

Reflecting on CES 2016: Technology Can’t Replace Relationships

Reflecting on CES 2016: Technology Can’t Replace Relationships

I just returned from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. There I saw innovators and wannabes hoping to become the next Sony, Samsung, or Apple—plus of course a few of the industry’s heavy hitters giving us a peek into what they hope will be our digital and...

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Here's to continued success in 2016 and to peace and prosperity for all in the new year. 2015 New Year's celebrations around the globe

Holiday Gift Ideas from the Barrel O’ Monkeyz Team

Holiday Gift Ideas from the Barrel O’ Monkeyz Team

It’s that time of year again, crunch time for getting a gift for that special “someone” in your life. If you’ve been tardy in hitting the mall or ordering online, or simply slept through Black Friday and Cyber Monday, worry not. You’re not quite at the two-minute...

The Act of Giving is What Matters Most

The Act of Giving is What Matters Most

It really should come as no surprise that numerous studies back up the notion that “giving is better than receiving.” It’s been common knowledge as far back as biblical times (“It is more blessed to give than receive” Acts 20:35) if not earlier. And one of the most...

Make Gratitude a Daily Habit

Make Gratitude a Daily Habit

Holidays are about tradition, and like me, I am sure you have a few “rituals” you engage in around the “winter” holidays of Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukah, etc. Some traditions are grounded in faith and religion, while others are as simple as family and friend...

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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.