February 28, 2009

A new way to market

I’ve been seeing television stories on the news over the past few months about how social media marketing is the new marketing strategy.  The strategy takes advantage of the old adage that the best advertising is by word of mouth.  Rather than taking out paid ads in newspapers, magazines, radio, television, or bulletin board advertising, social media marketing focuses on getting people to recommend products and services to their friends and neighbors.  Since your friends and neighbors theoretically trust your judgement, they are likely to give your recommendation a try.  In the “information technology age” one way this can be accomplished is through blogging.

Cooking on the grill

Filed under: Family,Food,General Living — Copa @ 10:16 am

We love to eat food that has been cooked on our grill. During the warmer seasons we put the grill out on the deck and have grilled burgers or steaks several times a week. In the cooler seasons, we put the grill in the garage and grill a little bit less often – but there are a few warmer winter days we can grill if it is a really sunny day and around lunch time; the garage will warm up enough so that we don’t mind cooking out there with the garage door open for however long it takes to get the food cooked.