The Daily Krier

While being treated for severe back pain this past weekend, I was talking with my chiropractor about what I do for a living and how stress is affecting my back.  As we discussed my social media efforts, the chiropractor made a comment about how she didn’t understand what the fuss was about or how she [...]

I’m always amazed at people who blog daily.  It’s a huge commitment and while I keep saying I’m going to do it, a few days go by and I start feeling guilty about missing days.  I was catching up on reading one of my favorite blogs yesterday (Penelope Trunk’s Brazen Careerist) and I was so [...]

Who would’ve thought that a parade on November 21 in Milwaukee would’ve meant no need for hats and mittens?  Well that was the case today with the Milwaukee Holiday Parade and it was fantastic.  My two sons really enjoyed the parade but it was a long wait to see Santa.  Good thing Bernie Brewer and [...]

I was at an American Marketing Association luncheon earlier this week and the guest speaker was addressing the topic of online reputation management.  Now this is the first person I’ve heard talk about controlling the message — as in “here’s how you control the message”.  What I find interesting about that is that every other “expert” [...]

I’m sitting here watching an old Seinfeld episode (those who know me well know I have the tendency to tie a lot of things back to that show) and in this particular episode Elaine used her cell phone to call a friend.  However, the reception was bad so she hung up. This led to a discussion [...]

The Milwaukee chapter of the American Marketing Association is hosting a breakfast program tomorrow featuring Jeremy Epstein, a well-known speaker and consultant to talks about the power of raving fans and community-driven marketing.  I had the pleasure of driving Jeremy from the airport to dinner this evening, where we joined several of my work colleagues [...]

So I was playing around on Twitter tonight, after deciding that I should pay more attention to it.  I haven’t been tweeting that often, I hadn’t followed anyone new in a while, etc.  So I did some searching, first for people in Milwaukee, then about topics/companies that interest me, and I came across WeightWatchers.  Now [...]