Here we are, smack dab in the middle of Summer 2025 and I've been meeting new people and reconnecting with older friends and a common question is, "What do you do?" The short answer is, "I help businesses and organizations connect with potential customers and...
Really? The Personal ScLoHo
It’s Okay
It's nearly noon on Mother's day 2025 and I'm at Parkview Regional Medical Center. It's okay. I'm not here for anything health related. I'm just here on the second floor sitting in a comfortable chair just down the hall from their chapel, with my laptop to do some...
Make It Personal
One of the best marketing tips I can give you is the title of this article and podcast episode: Make it Personal. Despite all the new tech and capabilities of AI generated stuff, it's people you need to connect with. This is my anniversary week. Kathy and I met 25...
Cleaning Out The Junk
When was the last time you cleaned up your business? Got rid of the junk you don't need anymore? Back in January I saw a lot of memes and social media posts from people resolving to clean up their lives in various ways. Like getting rid of all those miscellaneous...
Random Birthday Week Thoughts
Time to share a few personal thoughts and reflections. (When I started writing online, it was a blog called ScLoHo's Really? . It was a personal blog that a few years later combined with a business oriented blog and created this website.) It's Sunday morning December...
A Few Personal Thoughts for August 2024
It's the first day of August 2024 as I write these words of an extra article on this website that is a personal reflection, marking a moment in time as we enter the final 5 months of the year. Usually, most of my articles are related to Media, Marketing and Personal...
How Do YOU Give?
Marketing is more than advertising and your brand is more than your logo. Despite the rise of A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) it's people that make everything happen still in one degree or another. The people in your organization interact with others and how ever that...
Once in a Lifetime Eclipse
It's been a few weeks but on April 8th millions of us in the United States were in the path of a solar eclipse. Here in Indiana, the main event was shortly after 3pm as the moon blocked the light from the sun for a few minutes. Where I live, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, we...
No Quick Fix
One of the concerns that I sometimes hear when talking to a business owner about investing in an advertising campaign is how long it will take to get results. Or a variation is the opposite... Can we handle all the business we get if we start advertising with your...