Trade Show Guru

I don’t think businesses should be able to use the term “free” anymore, because it seems to me that 99% of the time, free ain’t free. BTW, reader be warned, this is a rant. I disclosed when I started this blog that I’d toss in an occasional rant. Truth is, this is only my second [...]

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It’s Thanksgiving here in the US, so I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. In addition to eating too much, I think it’s important to remember what we have and appreciate it. I already mentioned in an earlier post what a great post Rudy wrote about being thankful. Because he did a much better job than I [...]

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I’m not a fan of gift cards, but I understand why businesses like to sell them. They get the money when the card is sold, but then don’t have to provide the product or service until the card is used. I’m going to guess that a significant portion of gift cards are never used, or [...]

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Please take the time to read this post (I’ll try to keep it short) and see if you can help Will. You’ll get good karma if you do. One of the blogs I follow is Will Taft’s Healthy Living. Will, like several other bloggers I am grateful to, is helping me learn about blogging. Anyway, in a reply to [...]

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This is a public service announcement from the Trade Show Guru. Tomorrow, November 4, is election day in the United States, and Americans will have the opportunity to vote for the next leader of the free world, plus other federal politicians, state politicians, and (at least in California) a slew of state proposititions, plus local [...]

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I warned you in my “About the Trade Show Guru” page that this blog may also contain an occasional rant… well, here’s my first rant. Why isn’t Halloween trick-or-treating like it was when I was a kid? Caution – for non-American readers, this post may not make sense. To explain, in America, on Halloween night, [...]

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If you’re in Southern California tonight (Friday, October 24) , step outside tonight at 7:28 pm tonight and look out towards the west (if you live anywhere else, step outside anytime tonight and look up in the sky and enjoy the stars – I love star gazing). But back to those of us in Southern California. [...]

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