From the monthly archives:

October 2009

Why Cheesecake Factory Is Better Than Macaroni Grill

October 29, 2009

My wife calls Macaroni Grill in Mesa to request for a reservation. It was for a large party (28 people) and the response from Macaroni Grill went like this.
“Uh… that’s a lot of people and we can only do set menu”. Besides,  they didn’t want to help break the bills into individual — this was [...]

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Why Grocery Stores Go Out of Business in Arizona

October 27, 2009

I’ve always been critical about the ways grocery stores market every day. I think it’s full of “bad examples”. Unless I am inside Fresh and Easy, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods or Sprouts, I won’t know any difference whenever visiting places like Basha’s or Albertson’s.
Then there are service friendly ones, such as Safeway, Vons and Fry’s. [...]

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How to Thrive and Profit In Bad Economy – Ignore Everyone

October 22, 2009

One of the biggest obstacles for achieving anything remarkable is the fear of feeling stupid. Nobody wants to feel or appear stupid, and people do anything they can to avoid it. So, it stops people from doing something worthwhile achieving, killing an idea that could otherwise produce great outcome.
The problem is, nobody knows which idea [...]

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Honesty Is Always Good and Authentic

October 19, 2009

Gotta love Sun Devil fans.
On Saturday, ASU QB Danny Sullivan had the best day of his career.  After being booed by his own crowd last Saturday against Washington State, Sullivan makes a 50 yard pass at 5 sec left in the 4th quarter to win against Washington this past week. The QB committed 3 interceptions [...]

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How to Find Local Fans Who Can Spread News About Your Organization

October 13, 2009

Recently, I’ve signed my son up for classes taught at community centers. One is an organized sport which was opened at Las Sendas Clubhouse where we live, other two were classes at Red Mountain Multigenerational Center on Adobe and Power.
This article by Arizona Republic shows many professionals are teaching at community centers for what they would normally charge [...]

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Tweeting Your Mesa AZ Business Like a NFL Player

October 6, 2009

Recently, Mashable listed top 20 “Must Follow” NFL tweets. There are players like Reggie Bush and Larry Fitzgerald mentioned. As you probably know, Twitter is also popular among NBA athletes.
What does this mean to the public?
It means… instead of hearing what Larry Fitzgerald says about the recent loss against Indianapolis Colts through the radio wave of ESPN, you get to hear directly from Larry.

It [...]

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Please Help Google Decide for Project 10 to the 100

October 1, 2009

Google is providing $10 million to a project you can vote. It’s an awesome initiative, which celebrates their 10 year anniversary of the company. So, here is a for-profit company, engaging in non-profits and philanthropy work.
I see this cause very very very important…
Here is what you can do.  Simply visit http://www.project10tothe100.com/ and vote with your [...]

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