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On the Road Again: Adventures in Business, Family, and Loving the Dodgers’ Moves
The last six months have been a colorful blend of business, family milestones, and general sports fervor (go Dodgers!). Like George Bailey, from ‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ I am the richest man in town for a lot of reasons…
Proactive Planning: Your Formula for Success
Learn from the past. Apply lessons in the present. Create a better future by looking six, 12, 18 months ahead. The above seems like a good formula for success—a no-brainer, really—whether you’re talking strategic marketing, engineering a project, building better...
Expertise and Insight on SoCal Job Market and Work/Life Balance
I enjoy receiving great, relevant content from others within my Social Media circles. Not only do I often find this information valuable and the different perspective refreshing, but the many I share it with do too. This week, Devin Hornick of...
Who Is Looking Out for Small Businesses? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
Small business owners simply can’t seem to catch a break. Just when the economy seems poised for an uptick, something always seems to come along and knock it back down. Specifically, I’m talking about actions like Bank of America’s (BofA) decision to sever lines of...
Product Life Cycle Management: Are We Reaching the Saturation Point?
I've had my iPad2 for less than a year and already I’m hearing talk the iPad3 is likely to make its debut this spring. Heck, I've barely explored all my iPad2 features . . . and now this, on the heels of a similarly timed transition for the iPhone 4 and its iPhone 4s...
With a Clean Slate, Anything’s Possible
Maybe it’s because I spent time over the holidays in Alaska, marveling at the wonders Mother Nature has to offer, or back here in California skiing in the mountains, refreshing mind, body, and spirit—whatever it is, I am looking at 2012 with a feeling of renewed...
Keep Your Business on Simmer through the Holidays
Are you looking forward to year’s end? Do you find yourself thinking, “If I can just hold on another week or two” or “If I can just make it to January 1, everything will be OK?” If so, you’re not alone. What with the economic ups and downs of 2011, business as usual...
Social Media: Segment Your Way to Better Results
WOW! 10,000 followers and counting on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn . . . 50,000 likes! It’s fantastic, right? But what does it all mean? How can you leverage your followers/social media community effectively? How do you get action, results? I recently asked my social...
The Barrel O’Monkeyz Holiday Gift List
‘Tis the season of gifts and giving! This holiday season, instead of stressing over what to give and battling crowds at the mall, try thinking outside the “gift” box to create unique experiences for your loved ones and friends as well as to help your local merchants....
Plan to Succeed
This time of year, people of every size, shape, and walk-of-life tend to step back from the monkey chatter for a look at the preceding 11 months, wondering where did the year go? I know I do. And the older I get, the faster the days and months seem to fly by. For...
The Art of Serving (and Honoring) Others
Why do we serve others? Is it because we expect something (usually monetary) in return? Is it because of some religious or philosophical conviction? Or is it simply because serving others makes us feel good? For most of us, the reasons we serve others are probably...
LET’S GET CREATIVE
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.
