Looking for my gold spatula
Feb 4th
Who throws you a retirement party when you are self-employed?
Good question. Is it your former clients? Is it your colleagues or your competitors or your friends or your family? All of the above or none of the above?
I just want my gold spatula.
Yes, what I’m trying to say, is that after nearly six years as [...]
The value of a Tweetup for restaurants
Jan 28th
Do you remember where you met your significant other? Do you remember how you found your favorite restaurant or bar or hangout? For most of us, the answer is yes or at least “I’m pretty sure it was…” Okay, that’s good enough for the purpose of this column!
My point is that meeting places are significant [...]
166 Seattle-area restaurants on Twitter
Jan 20th
It’s been a few months since we updated this list, and it’s sooo 2009! So with a brand new decade, we bring you a brand new list!
Here is the most recent list of Seattle-area restaurants on Twitter – at least those that we know about! This encompasses Seattle, Eastside, North/Snohomish County and various other cities. [...]
Twitter promotions are easy
Jan 18th
Someday soon I’m going to write that long overdue post I’ve been stewing over about measuring the ROI (return on investment) of social media for restaurants and food companies. I really am.
But for today, I want to demonstrate how easy it is to create a simple restaurant promotion AND to track the ROI of it. [...]
20 actions, 10 times in 2010
Jan 1st
I’ve had an idea to improve on the typical New Year’s resolutions and goals lists that we all make on January 1. But then I got distracted by a simpler premise – select 3 words as an overarching theme to live your year by. And so I wrote about B.I.P. – balance, improvement, and perspective.
But, this [...]
