It has been a couple of months since I have posted on our blog. The role of care giver to my father over the last year – has taught me that priorities change, time allows you to do only so much in one day and without your health nothing matters. As he is slowly recovering – I am going to try to get back to posting some of the amazing events this year has to showcase, in the warp speed world of digital tools and social media. I commend all of us out there – who are now adding the role of care giver to the list of tasks and priorities that shape how we live our lives.

Normally I post a link to articles that touch me or incite something that I wanted to talk about and share with our readers. For today I am going to post an article that I though was important as more businesses focus on how to market to women. Most of us are familiar with TED Talks. I have posted many of them on this blog over the last few yrs.  Engage Boomers: Media Posts rss feed from today – had a beautiful article written by Stephen Riley who attended the most recent TED Talks. What got me was the line “What Boomer Women Look Like” and the subsequent overview of some of the world’s most powerful women and how they reflect accomplishment – not reflected as a targeted age group – but rather as women making a grand difference around the globe – and as Riley writes “creating goals with a purpose.”
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It is October already and I am going to try to keep up once again with our blog posts. I start out with a new month writing about something that is of interest to most of us – marketing green.  For most businesses this is an agenda and sustainability is not just a discussion point but rather a line item for budget and one of the way many businesses – are trying to show that their brand is making a commitment to being a committed corporate citizen. Read the rest of this entry »

We all know that women make 85% of the purchases out there, BUT did you know that 25% of everything she buys will be environmentally friendly?
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I have written and posted many articles about mommy bloggers and engaging moms online – so I will keep my commentary short today. I did get this article in my inbox today from Media Post and I thought that these five clear, concise points to engage mom’s online were excellent and worth sharing. They focus on getting and keeping moms on your website which is where they are spending much of their free time these days. Share with them in a way that is respectful and intelligent and you can count on them Share their dollars with you!
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