Been awhile since I've posted...but then again...not a big deal. Feeling pretty "reflective" today as most people are at the end of a year. 2009 was an interesting year. It's hard for me to NOT focus just on my job change in 2009. Many good things happened this year, including a job change, but many other good things happened for my family.
I hope that 2010 brings you prosperity and happiness and it surely will for me and my family.
Check out www.townhall.com sometime for political news and opinions.
Scott
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Sgt. Grit - www.Grunt.com
This is a recent post from a customer of Sgt. Grit's in his email newsletter today:
Old CorpsGrit, I travel a lot for work and I am truly amazed at the young Marines, I meet in airports, all over our wonderful country. They have the same pride, same "swagger", same confidence, that we had when we were in the Corps. I have talked with some of them and say I'm one of the "Old Corps", they respond, no Sir, you are a Marine, just a time change. I laugh at that.
We talk about boot camp and the differences in the USMC from the 1960's to 2009 and it is amazing to me that the Corps has not changed. Boot camp is longer now, we had 56 days and they have 12 weeks. They are anxious to hear how the Corps was in the 60's and most of the laughs we have is to see that not much has changed. They do not have JOB inspections now. When I mention the JOB, Junk on the Bunk, they look at me like I am telling them about the "Holy Grail". I laugh and say, that was a tradition that I am glad has ended. It is still the USMC and these young men and women are carrying on the tradition that was started, Nov 10, 1775.
I try to speak to as many as I can, and I ask myself, was I ever that young, and slim ?
Time has passed and most of us are not in our Boot camp shape, but we are Marines and we need to thank the young ones who are carrying on the tradition of our beloved Corps.
Eddie Leach
SSGT of Marines
1966-1969 and 1974-1980.
Platoon 2023
Old CorpsGrit, I travel a lot for work and I am truly amazed at the young Marines, I meet in airports, all over our wonderful country. They have the same pride, same "swagger", same confidence, that we had when we were in the Corps. I have talked with some of them and say I'm one of the "Old Corps", they respond, no Sir, you are a Marine, just a time change. I laugh at that.
We talk about boot camp and the differences in the USMC from the 1960's to 2009 and it is amazing to me that the Corps has not changed. Boot camp is longer now, we had 56 days and they have 12 weeks. They are anxious to hear how the Corps was in the 60's and most of the laughs we have is to see that not much has changed. They do not have JOB inspections now. When I mention the JOB, Junk on the Bunk, they look at me like I am telling them about the "Holy Grail". I laugh and say, that was a tradition that I am glad has ended. It is still the USMC and these young men and women are carrying on the tradition that was started, Nov 10, 1775.
I try to speak to as many as I can, and I ask myself, was I ever that young, and slim ?
Time has passed and most of us are not in our Boot camp shape, but we are Marines and we need to thank the young ones who are carrying on the tradition of our beloved Corps.
Eddie Leach
SSGT of Marines
1966-1969 and 1974-1980.
Platoon 2023
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
New List - Political Love/Hate
I'm going to attempt to put online a running list of political figures, as well as news and media personas, that I like and don't like. Let's see how this goes........
Thumbs Up:
Sean Hannity
Townhall.com
Glenn Beck
Neal Boortz
George W. Bush (any Bush for that matter)
Sarah Palin
John McCain
Ann Coulter
Thumbs Down:
That Ringo Starr looking Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Nancy Pelosi
The U.N.
Hugo Chavez
Jay Leno
Bill Maher
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Technology Association of Georgia Blog
Monday, September 21, 2009
Using Twitter for B2B
I recently attended the LIFT Summit in Atlanta and heard a lot of good speakers from the social arena. One of the things I took from this meeting was a better understanding of the uses of Twitter for B2B companies. Some of the better uses of Twitter for B2B are:
Recruitment: Use of Twitter for recruitment is a definite possibility for corporate employers. Both in prospecting and in research of candidates' activities online.
Customer Service: Communicate with your followers/customers about things like service outages, updates, new offerings and assorted customer service issues.
Partnerships: Find potential partners for your business on Twitter. Oftentimes they are Tweeting about complimentary, non-competitive services and products they offer and the best thing about this is that, if they target the same market that you do, then potential partnerships can be on the table by reaching out to them.
Marketing: Getting your brand out there to be seen is of vital importance and Twitter is one more way to do so. Make sure your messages are valuable to your followers, not just "cool" to you as the marketer.
Monitoring: Being able to keep an ear to the streets on what your clients are saying about you is very valuable if you monitor this activity closely. You don't have to have a Twitter account to find out what's being said about your company.
Contact me: sburkey@solarvelocity.com or 404.395.0597 if you want to explore the uses of Twitter for your B2B company. Scott
Recruitment: Use of Twitter for recruitment is a definite possibility for corporate employers. Both in prospecting and in research of candidates' activities online.
Customer Service: Communicate with your followers/customers about things like service outages, updates, new offerings and assorted customer service issues.
Partnerships: Find potential partners for your business on Twitter. Oftentimes they are Tweeting about complimentary, non-competitive services and products they offer and the best thing about this is that, if they target the same market that you do, then potential partnerships can be on the table by reaching out to them.
Marketing: Getting your brand out there to be seen is of vital importance and Twitter is one more way to do so. Make sure your messages are valuable to your followers, not just "cool" to you as the marketer.
Monitoring: Being able to keep an ear to the streets on what your clients are saying about you is very valuable if you monitor this activity closely. You don't have to have a Twitter account to find out what's being said about your company.
Contact me: sburkey@solarvelocity.com or 404.395.0597 if you want to explore the uses of Twitter for your B2B company. Scott
Thursday, September 3, 2009
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