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My 2014 A to Z Theme: Marketing
During the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge of 2012 my theme was Marketing A to Z. I barely dented the topic during that run of the alphabet and since there's so much more that can be discussed on the subject of marketing, promotion, and other related topics, I will be once again presenting some of my thoughts about this topic that all of us encounter on a daily basis. And as I've said before, marketing and promotion is something we all use in our own lives whether we realize it or not.
Never fear if you are intimidated by marketing. I'll be mostly tapping into everyday things that relate to each of us personally as well as on the level of promotion and marketing. How you sell yourselves to others is an integral part of how you market whatever it is you are trying to sell to others.
Hopefully I'll be offering some practical everyday advice that will have applications in whatever marketing endeavors you do or might be doing someday. There's also another aspect of my April theme that will become evident on April 26th. The A to Z Challenge is just the start of this theme.
Please be sure to visit this blog in April for Marketing Concepts from A to Z.
Battle of the Bands Winner
My most recent Battle of the Bands post pitted two versions of a somewhat obscure Carole King song called "Snow Queen". I had a version by the vocal group Roger Nichols & the Small Circle of Friends up against the brassy sound of the jazz-rock band Blood, Sweat, and Tears.
Blood, Sweat, and Tears ran away with this contest with most of the voters citing the more lively tempo and clearer vocals. A handful voted for the Roger Nichols group while others said they sounded "hippy dippy".
My vote will have absolutely no affect on the outcome of this contest. The BS&T version was new to me and I was biased toward the vocal version which I first heard in around 1971. The BS&T version is fantastic, but it took a few listens for me to come to that conclusion. At first the jazzier arrangement seemed too frantic and a jumbled mess to my hearing, but as I listened more I could hear the tightness of the band and the intricacy of what they were doing. Still my vote goes to Small Circle of Friends. I prefer the gentler sound and the superb harmonies of the vocals.
Final tally was Blood, Sweat, & Tears 12 votes and Roger Nichols Trio with 4 votes.
The next Battle of the Bands will coincide with the opening day of the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge. Hopefully we'll see more votes on that one.
If you are participating in Blogging from A to Z, did you join the Theme Reveal Blogfest? Do you have a theme for April? Are you a Carole King fan? Were you familiar with the song "Snow Queen"?
Be sure to visit my guest post at Unconventional Librarian where I discuss one of my favorite books.
My 2014 A to Z Theme: Marketing
During the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge of 2012 my theme was Marketing A to Z. I barely dented the topic during that run of the alphabet and since there's so much more that can be discussed on the subject of marketing, promotion, and other related topics, I will be once again presenting some of my thoughts about this topic that all of us encounter on a daily basis. And as I've said before, marketing and promotion is something we all use in our own lives whether we realize it or not.
Never fear if you are intimidated by marketing. I'll be mostly tapping into everyday things that relate to each of us personally as well as on the level of promotion and marketing. How you sell yourselves to others is an integral part of how you market whatever it is you are trying to sell to others.
Hopefully I'll be offering some practical everyday advice that will have applications in whatever marketing endeavors you do or might be doing someday. There's also another aspect of my April theme that will become evident on April 26th. The A to Z Challenge is just the start of this theme.
Please be sure to visit this blog in April for Marketing Concepts from A to Z.
Battle of the Bands Winner
My most recent Battle of the Bands post pitted two versions of a somewhat obscure Carole King song called "Snow Queen". I had a version by the vocal group Roger Nichols & the Small Circle of Friends up against the brassy sound of the jazz-rock band Blood, Sweat, and Tears.
Blood, Sweat, and Tears ran away with this contest with most of the voters citing the more lively tempo and clearer vocals. A handful voted for the Roger Nichols group while others said they sounded "hippy dippy".
My vote will have absolutely no affect on the outcome of this contest. The BS&T version was new to me and I was biased toward the vocal version which I first heard in around 1971. The BS&T version is fantastic, but it took a few listens for me to come to that conclusion. At first the jazzier arrangement seemed too frantic and a jumbled mess to my hearing, but as I listened more I could hear the tightness of the band and the intricacy of what they were doing. Still my vote goes to Small Circle of Friends. I prefer the gentler sound and the superb harmonies of the vocals.
Final tally was Blood, Sweat, & Tears 12 votes and Roger Nichols Trio with 4 votes.
The next Battle of the Bands will coincide with the opening day of the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge. Hopefully we'll see more votes on that one.
If you are participating in Blogging from A to Z, did you join the Theme Reveal Blogfest? Do you have a theme for April? Are you a Carole King fan? Were you familiar with the song "Snow Queen"?
Be sure to visit my guest post at Unconventional Librarian where I discuss one of my favorite books.
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