My Posts

• Started Interval Training This Week

Links and Selected Social Stream Activity

CPG and Retail

• What technologies or companies are going to get people to use their smarthphones in-store while shopping? http://j.mp/p1nkVQ Good answers.
• RT @retailxpert: Wholesale-to-retail heading hyper-local. My latest blog article. http://bit.ly/oS0ZfU
• here today, gone tomorrow: http://j.mp/niymm2 Brands and diminishing shelf space
• What are some cheap, effective ways to conduct consumer research? http://j.mp/rmSmQc I added a response
• Find a cheaper way to make/source a product than your competitors. Not an original idea, but effective execution.http://j.mp/o7paqK
• RT @retail_sails Retailers must change the way they think about and build their #brands, or face extinction http://sgp.cm/cd0b77 #retail
• RT @pHammerbeck RT @retailgeek: 93% of sales occur offline in a#retail store, but 80% of consumers research a product online first http://s
• Why Online-to-Offline Integration is the Next Wave of E-Commerce Innovation: http://j.mp/qqqWKA
• @retailecologist Thx. Wondering how retailers will compete with online, especially if online starts same-day delivery in metro areas.
• Groupon meets the outdoor segment? Cool home page picture: http://j.mp/p69Gzw
• More good QR code best practices: http://j.mp/pVV6YD
• Some good points about using QR codes in smart ways: http://j.mp/pfoE1N
• Big US chains begin to ‘shrink’ their stores: http://j.mp/nDuM82Trend in retail.
• Fresh crop of farmers markets is springing up nationwide: http://j.mp/qYZCiv Another way to sell to the consumer, even for CPG’s.
•  The case for in-store navigation:  https://plus.google.com/113284824893630591242/posts/Ed7UazXHcZP

 Publishing

• RT @johndep: Amazon Quietly Launched a Kindle Social Network http://zite.to/naVGE7  Q: How can book authors use this for marketing?

This Week’s Post and Activity

I’ll be presenting a short case study on a local company I recently met in the natural food -gluten-free sector.  I also sent off to the editor last week a book my wife and I will be publishing in February 2012.  I am learning a lot about publishing, both print and e-book.  We are working on the marketing strategy now.

For Fun

A few images I took last week.

Romeo our Viszla at Garden of the Gods

Sunset off the west balcony at home