http://www.grokdotcom.com/2004/10/14/marketing-in-2005-and-beyond/ Marketing blog focused on marketing optimization, improving website conversion rates, search engine marketing, web analytics, word of mouth, etc. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:57:59 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.grokdotcom.com/2004/10/14/marketing-in-2005-and-beyond/comment-page-1/#comment-37994 Tim H. Royal Mon, 23 Apr 2007 04:10:53 +0000 http://67.59.138.131/2004/10/14/marketing-in-2005-and-beyond/#comment-37994 This is now April 23, 2007. Scoot on This has raised public awareness on the virtues of alternative transportation, we have helped change the state law on speed limits of electric scooters from 15 mph to 20, thanks to our Commisioner of Transportation for Portlandd Ore, Samuel Adams. See our website lounge dept. We have outgrown our space, which began as a cottage industry in our home, which has worked to this point. We seem to have come to a standstill. We are working to support our techs and pay our bills barely, but we see no personal income yet. We have a full service dept. A couple of our vendors honor their warranties, but we lose money in chargebacks and parts and labor. The public as a whole has come to not support small business, going to Target and Walmart for lower prices and coming to us for repairs. Pity the person who buys sight unseen from E-Bay. Bottom Line, despite our efforts to promote alternative energy and put Portland in the bike lanes, it is a slow and painful progress, we are the only business of it's kind in Portland and surrounding areas and we are going to go under for lack of funding for expansion. Anyone with money and ideas out there? We would appreciate your comments and money. Tim H. Royal. This is now April 23, 2007. Scoot on This has raised public awareness on the virtues of alternative transportation, we have helped change the state law on speed limits of electric scooters from 15 mph to 20, thanks to our Commisioner of Transportation for Portlandd Ore, Samuel Adams. See our website lounge dept. We have outgrown our space, which began as a cottage industry in our home, which has worked to this point. We seem to have come to a standstill. We are working to support our techs and pay our bills barely, but we see no personal income yet. We have a full service dept. A couple of our vendors honor their warranties, but we lose money in chargebacks and parts and labor. The public as a whole has come to not support small business, going to Target and Walmart for lower prices and coming to us for repairs. Pity the person who buys sight unseen from E-Bay. Bottom Line, despite our efforts to promote alternative energy and put Portland in the bike lanes, it is a slow and painful progress, we are the only business of it’s kind in Portland and surrounding areas and we are going to go under for lack of funding for expansion. Anyone with money and ideas out there? We would appreciate your comments and money. Tim H. Royal.

]]> http://www.grokdotcom.com/2004/10/14/marketing-in-2005-and-beyond/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Tim H. Royal Mon, 15 Nov 2004 13:14:32 +0000 http://67.59.138.131/2004/10/14/marketing-in-2005-and-beyond/#comment-48 I have recently retired and have begun a new business, scooters, "Scoot On This", and have been receiving the Monday Morning Memo for months. My two partners and I have benefited greatly from the ideas and attitudes espoused by Roy Williams. He is a good man to have coffee with on Monday morning while I start my day at 4:30am. We are learning to look at ads and videos and such from a different perspective, to look beyond the words and pictures to the subtle messages, the feelings and attitudes inspired by advertising and also to notice the new reality style of ads. A new phrase for the next years is "Think Outside the Box". I have recently retired and have begun a new business, scooters, “Scoot On This”, and have been receiving the Monday Morning Memo for months. My two partners and I have benefited greatly from the ideas and attitudes espoused by Roy Williams. He is a good man to have coffee with on Monday morning while I start my day at 4:30am. We are learning to look at ads and videos and such from a different perspective, to look beyond the words and pictures to the subtle messages, the feelings and attitudes inspired by advertising and also to notice the new reality style of ads. A new phrase for the next years is “Think Outside the Box”.

]]> http://www.grokdotcom.com/2004/10/14/marketing-in-2005-and-beyond/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Yvonne DiVita Sun, 17 Oct 2004 17:49:50 +0000 http://67.59.138.131/2004/10/14/marketing-in-2005-and-beyond/#comment-47 I like Roy's statement that it's not an age issue, "It’s about how you see the world." His predictions for the future are right on -- he captures, with uncany insight, both boomers and the coming changes our kids will incorporate into business. I like Roy’s statement that it’s not an age issue, “It’s about how you see the world.” His predictions for the future are right on — he captures, with uncany insight, both boomers and the coming changes our kids will incorporate into business.

]]> http://www.grokdotcom.com/2004/10/14/marketing-in-2005-and-beyond/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Bryan Sun, 17 Oct 2004 16:40:45 +0000 http://67.59.138.131/2004/10/14/marketing-in-2005-and-beyond/#comment-46 I wonder how E-myth people <a href="http://emyth.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://emyth.blogspot.com/</a> would suggest changing old business values to match the new experience? Thoughts? I wonder how E-myth people http://emyth.blogspot.com/ would suggest changing old business values to match the new experience? Thoughts?

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