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January 2010 Blog Posts (31)

Does Facebook Tweeting Hurt Your Business?

Copied from my blog at www.drinknectar.com - Let's connect on Twitter @nectarwine and www.facebook.com/drinknectar

Does Facebook Tweeting Hurt?

Facebook offers a way to connect your status updates to Twitter. Sounds like a great way to kill two birds with one stone. Does “tweeting” your Facebook status actually hurt your marketing efforts? Do Facebook… Continue

Added by Josh Wade on January 28, 2010 at 1:27pm — 1 Comment

Downtown Branch of the Spokane Public Library Now Open on Mondays!

For the first time since 2004, the Downtown branch of the Spokane Public Library is open on Mondays. Aside from the standard expressions of glee from our customers, the next most common question is "How is the library able to provide more service in such an economic downturn? Did you guys manage to get a budget increase?"

The answer is no, we did not get a budget increase. We are doing more with less through a combination of getting by with fewer staff per open hour, training… Continue

Added by Mark Pond on January 27, 2010 at 2:57pm — No Comments

Spokane's Barrister Winery

This review is posted from my blog at www.drinknectar.com - Let's connect on Twitter @nectarwine and www.facebook.com/drinknectar

The journey of Barrister Winery began as two lawyers, Greg Lipsker and Michael White, were vacationing with their families in British Columbia and they stopped in a local shop to buy wine and walked out with a five gallon… Continue

Added by Josh Wade on January 26, 2010 at 12:22pm — No Comments

Help in Haiti

http://news.gonzaga.edu/archives/1187

Added by Anne Meredith Staeheli on January 24, 2010 at 7:57pm — 1 Comment

Spokane Winery Tasting Rooms

Copied from my blog at www.drinknectar.com. Let's connect on Twitter @nectarwine and www.facebook.com/drinknectar

Spokane is home to 16 wineries. The talented area wine makers include Washington State pioneers, Mike Conway (Latah Creek) and Michael Scott (Lone Canary), perennial award winners Barrister, Townshend, and Robert Karl, the formidable Arbor Crest and Whitestone and newcomers Liberty… Continue

Added by Josh Wade on January 24, 2010 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Motive [s] = Priority [s]

Some time ago I was attending a 'Sales Presentation' workshop. Some may say it was an over-priced rah-rah session. This is certainly a reasonable label – though there is always GOLD within the context the trick is to dig until you do find it.

This particular speaker was talking about core values & how these will accurately drive our thoughts and actions. At one point he stopped moving...stopped talking...took the mic in his hand and addressed the audience straight and… Continue

Added by Dave McKenzie on January 23, 2010 at 11:29am — 4 Comments

Job Search Blues

Any pointers from anyone out there with a job? I graduate in May and have gotten countless rejection letters.......

Added by Anne Meredith Staeheli on January 22, 2010 at 9:40pm — No Comments

Ten Successful Tweets

Copied from my blog at www.drinknectar.com (A Spokane Coffee and Wine Blog) - Let's connect on Twitter @nectarwine and www.facebook.com/drinknectar

The Twitterverse (universe of Twitter) can seem like an intimidating place to those that are just joining in. After you begin to follow a few people and the tweets begin flying, it can be a challenge to join in the stream. Below are real world… Continue

Added by Josh Wade on January 21, 2010 at 4:01pm — No Comments

Dry Fly Has Done It Again

Our little distillery located here in our backyard has once again received national recognition for yet another one of their fine products. I am personally very proud to know these hard working individuals and will continue to support their efforts. Check out what others are saying about their latest product release, the Dry Fly 100% Wheat Whiskey. Congratulations to my Brothers Kenton and Don.…

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Added by Allen Battle on January 21, 2010 at 1:21pm — No Comments

Free program through the Community Colleges of Spokane's IEL for people transitioning from the home to the workplace.

The Change Point/Life Transitions Center (formerly known as the Displaced Homemaker Center) has been helping transitioning homemakers for 30 years. Our free services are available to men and women who are transitioning from being a homemaker to the primary breadwinner of the household whether due to a divorce, separation, or the death, disability or incarceration of a spouse/partner.

We provide three main services. First, we staff an information and referral line so we can help… Continue

Added by Sami Salvatori on January 20, 2010 at 1:48pm — 1 Comment

News Release: LaunchPad Creates Water Cooler Interaction

LaunchPad Creates Coworking Space:

Office Water Cooler Interaction for Solo Workers

January 19, 2010 – (Spokane, WA) – The talent pool of self-employed, solo workers in Spokane is emerging with great strength. But with no real home to land, workers have struggled with unproductive work environments. Some choose to work from home in pjs, fighting the isolation syndrome and many distractions while others spend there time teetering on a stool as the buzz of the corner coffee shop… Continue

Added by LaunchPad INW on January 19, 2010 at 12:17pm — 22 Comments

Neighbors - Finding the Muse to Grow

Neighbors. As I was growing up, I experienced the true love of neighbors. In fact, our family still is in contact with neighbors from my youth. True neighbors become family. Family helps each other weather the storms and grow through the challenges.

I remember mowing lawns, getting groceries for the shut ins, sharing food, running errands, and sharing dreams till they came out of my ears... shades of Norman Rockwell where humans felt the human experiences together. It may seem… Continue

Added by Jurene Mason on January 19, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

More than just the Na’vi are blue after “Avatar”

"Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it."

~Jane Wagner (and Lily Tomlin)

Everyone has been buzzing about the blockbusting film 'Avatar,' with its advances in 3D technology and the resulting… Continue

Added by Megan Schuyler Kennedy on January 18, 2010 at 5:12pm — 5 Comments

Latah Creek Petit Verdot and Chardonnay Review

This is copied from my blog at www.drinknectar.com - Spokane's place to connect with coffee and wine!

Let's connect on Twitter @nectarwine and www.facebook.com/drinknectar

We've all had Chardonnay, but have you ever had 100% Petit Verdot? My recent trip to Spokane's Latah Creek was a pleasant surprise. In my mind I thought Latah Creek was all about sweet wines (not my favorites) like… Continue

Added by Josh Wade on January 18, 2010 at 4:14pm — No Comments

How Not to Become Part of the Obesity Epidemic: Ignore the USDA’s "My Pyramid"

by: Loren Cordain, Ph.D.

www.thepaleodiet.com

Unless you’ve been camping out in the Gobi desert for the past decade, you probably know that Americans are the fattest group of people on the planet. And we’re getting even fatter. The U.S. governmental agency given the responsibility to carefully track these numbers is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health… Continue

Added by John Caylor on January 18, 2010 at 11:29am — No Comments

Learn SEO Tips at GetListed.org's Local University

GetListed.org is coming to town February 4th to provide Spokane with a crash course in Internet marketing. You'll learn Search Engine Optimization tips and techniques that will lead to sustained, long-term search engine rankings (and new customers).

I'm proud to be a speaker for this upcoming event and am very excited that they've selected… Continue

Added by Ed Reese on January 18, 2010 at 8:00am — 3 Comments

The Young, Hot Victoria

Ms. Jones had planned to go home after her hair appointment with Sonna at Jaaz Salon and indulge yet another night in the joys of unpacking boxes and hanging art in her new digs, but a telephone call from S. lured her like the siren's song to an historical movie, her favorite kind, for Ms. Jones loves, loves, loves to be transported to another time and place and, oh! the costumes.

That the film was "The Young Victoria," about a queen, showing during a week when Ms. Jones is… Continue

Added by Sherry Jones on January 14, 2010 at 11:19am — No Comments

GSI: In Business, In Person

Who are these people, anyways? How did they get to the Spokane region?

Why do they stay?

By: Dawn Picken

Marketing Director, Greater Spokane Inc.

Brian Forth, President, SiteCrafting

I pulled Brian aside after a Greater Spokane Incorporated

breakfast at Northern Quest’s new hotel. In part, the Q&A was an excuse to enjoy that new-hotel smell and sit before the massive stone fireplace in the lobby. That’s where we talked fishing, beer… Continue

Added by Dawn Picken on January 14, 2010 at 10:08am — No Comments

CDA's DOMA Coffee Roasting Company

This post is copied from my blog at www.drinknectar.com Please visit there for other Spokane wine and coffee reviews. Also, let's connect on Twitter @nectarwine and www.facebook.com/drinknectar

Do you know where your coffee comes from? With words like Fair Trade, Direct Trade, Organic and Third Wave thrown around the coffee industry without much regulation, how can you trust where your coffee… Continue

Added by Josh Wade on January 13, 2010 at 7:34pm — No Comments

2010 Prediction #3 - Are Your Eyes And Your Voice Appealing To Your Customer?

Your eyes, your voice – are windows that showcase your personality.

My prediction: 2010 is the year for “personality marketing”.

But before I discuss your appeal to your customer, let me tell you about my dear friend Mike. It’s my personal experience about the power of social media.

I met Mike in an online forum. (This was during the ancient days of 2006 when Facebook was exclusively for college kids). There were business questions posted in the forum,… Continue

Added by Dennis Isip on January 13, 2010 at 3:18pm — 1 Comment