¿Donde Estas?

¿Donde Estas? Wo Bist Du? uh Where are you?

Do you where you are? Do you know where your customers are? Do you know?

There seems to be a popular misconception as to where people are? The truth dear reader is rather simple. As you read this blog, I am no more than a few feet from you. This happy medium known as the Internet has made the miles disappear. Think about it, I sit here in Deep South Texas and with a few clicks of the mouse, I know what the temperature is in Tahlequah, Oklahoma is. A couple of other clicks and I can see out my friend's apartment in Berlin, Germany through his web-cam.

The transfer of information has quickly become such an "old-hand" that I can read the weekly bulletin of the Church my In-Laws attend in Memphis, Tennessee. With blogs, emotions are now shared worldwide, in an instant. I can feel your pain, I can share in your happiness.

So what does this have to do with business matters? Issues in your neighborhood affect me as do the issues in my neighborhood affect you. This means that for as much as we have to think globally we also have to start thinking locally, think about the customer's location in terms of "that you have to know what is going on in that community."

As an example, few months ago I received a call from a non-profit organization in Connecticut. It seems that they were looking for a custom database designer. It got me thinking "why are they calling Texas for a database designer?" Simple, either they were burned by someone locally or no one advertised on the Internet that they offered those services. Needless to say I did the work. To this day, I continue to read their local paper, online of course. I also subscribe to the organization's newsletter. I am now part of their community...Passively Observing but sharing thoughts and ideas with the customer whenever we talk, "Hey, how is that Highway expansion going?" or "Did that School Bond pass at the last vote?" and so on.

As the Internet continues to evolve, it is up to you to spread your wings across the Internet and get in touch with not only your customer and their individual needs but establish a solid foundation and know what is going on in their neck of the woods.

Super Bowl Commercials for Super Bowl XL

Let's Have Some Fun...It's Super Bowl Sunday for Pete's Sake

So Let's Blog The Commercials:
Budweiser Beer Hunt: Good Idea but not quite finished with this Story

Burger King: whopperettes...looks like the King should start playing football with a helmet, all those hits to the head over the season have really taken their toll....What the heck was that???

Sierra Mist: Whoever came up with this idea, well they need a cavity search...for a clue!

Bud Lite: Magic Fridge...ROCKS!!!!

FedEx: Just goes to prove either be distinct or be extinct. In this case, FedEx is distinct.

Bud Lite: Bear...Beer...huh?

Diet Pepsi: P.Diddy, while funny it is just difficult to think that P.Diddy needs the money. Come on P. make some more great music. You are too good to partner up with a can of Diet Pepsi.

Aleve: Live Long and Prosper Mr. Spock. Thanks for keeping the faith. Aleve, what can you do about upset stomachs?

AMERIQUEST: We have a WINNER!!!

Bud Lite: Rooftop Repairs...Well, we have a WINNER!!!

Diet Pepsi: Jackie Chan...They can only get better. Diet Pepsi Can, you can move up and work with Jet Li. Jackie Chan..while you are a living legend you better watch out cuz Diet Pepsi Can is gonna take you down like Bruce took down Kareem.

Budweiser: Streaker...did we really need another brokeback mountain reminder? Did we really need to see that?

Mobile ESPN: Cool, but can you blog from it?

Careerbuilder.com: We all have monkeys in the workplace...Tell us something new.

DOVE: CAN IT GET ANY BETTER? NO...THIS IS IT!!! THIS ONE WINS! Thanks

Toyota: Kermit...you still kick it after all these years

Bud Amber beer: The beer better be as good as those hits were.

GoDaddy: Wardrobe malfunctions are so last year...Then again I was waiting Aretha to do it during the Star Spangled Banner.

Gillette: QUICK!!! SOMEONE call QUIZNO's someone stole their logo.

Overstock.com: OMG, I am in love with that German Beauty...She is German look it up.

Disney: Seen it...no comment

Sprint: Crime Deterrent ROCKS!!!! We have another WINNER!!!

Ameriquest: Airplane...gawd I am never that lucky

MOTOPEBL: Cool

Sharpie: u mean a Pirate can write? or wants to?

Budweiser: Lil' Clydesdale: Why are kids so eager to grow up?

Nationwide: Fabio finally women get to see what we men have seen for so many years.

NFL Mobile: Air? We had no air and we liked it.

H3 (Hummer): If all cars were born this way, we would all live in a very happy world.

PS Cleaner: Ewww kissing plastic...

Careerbuilder.com: we all got Jackasses at work too.

Taco Bell: Even Geek Chicks don't like Geek Guys

Toyota Tacoma: Now that's a cool video

Sprint: Downloads...I MISS BENNY HILL...please someone give him a Knighthood

Degree: We all need to be like Jackie Chan and do our own stunts.

Emerald Nuts: uh ok..whatever you say DRUID LOVERS

Budweiser: Now that's some good beer..cool commercial. Best one Bud commercial of the night.

MasterCard: dang its Shamus McGyver...where has he been hiding.

Congratulations to the Pittsburgh Steelers

A FIRST FOR DAVE

If you had read the 13 days of posting over the holidays you know that I had a condition that would have gotten worse if I did not get off my duff and do something about it. Well, today was a beginning for a new chapter in my life.

This morning I ran in the All-America City 10K and 2 Mile Run/Walk. I did the 2 Mile Run in a little under 19 minutes. Not bad for a guy who is a lot older and a lot heavier the last time he ran a timed 2 miler. It was was when I ran my last PT in the Army. Back then the minimum time for age group was around 14 minutes. I did that no problem. Almost 20 years later and I added 5 minutes to my time, not bad for a not too fat, not too old geezer.

What is the moral of this shameless self-promotion? All it takes is one step. One step even if someone has to put a boot up your backside, GET UP & TAKE THAT FIRST STEP.

JUNE 4, 2005 was the day my doctor put that boot up my ass. Don't let your Doc be the one to do it, because it might just be too late. I am so lucky it was not too late for me.

Consider this your wake-up call. Consider your ass kicked by my boot. While I do not expect you to go out and run two miler, next week but if in 8 months you can beat my time today (18minutes 44seconds) I will give you a Steak OR Lobster Dinner delivered to your door. This offer has to be verified by race officials as well as a doctor's certification that a condition existed that would be prevented through diet and exercise. How is that for an incentive to get off your ass and start living BIG!!