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New media marketing for the creative professional. I discuss techniques on online marketing for artists of every genre using blogs, forums, and social networking platforms.

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• Art a la Carte Brings Out the Artists in Children

  Posted on Monday September 29th, 2008 at 14:51 in art, art a la carte, art event, ellen noel art museum, Local, local art, midland, odessa, Personal, sidewalk chalk art, texas, tx

  Art a la Carte was held early Saturday morning in Odessa, TX at the Ellen Noel Art Museum and Heather and I couldn’t resist taking the kiddos to the event.  Heather even rescheduled a hair appo...

• Jason Polan Interview at Fire Ant Gazette

  Posted on Thursday September 25th, 2008 at 08:30 in 20x200, art, artist, fire ant gazette, jason polan, Local

  Muchos kudos to Eric over at the Fire Ant Gazette with a great article and interview with 20×200 artist Jason Polan. Jason was commissioned by the State Bar of Texas to illustrate the separation ...

• Facebook Squares Off With The Newspaper Industry

  Posted on Sunday August 24th, 2008 at 07:28 in advertiser changes, advertisers, blogging, facebook, Local, local blogs, local paper, new media advertising, newspaper, online business, Online Presence, robert scoble

  My how things are changing at light speed. Okay, so truthfully, some of us saw this coming long ago. The “analog” world is moving to the “digital” world.  We all know that.  ...

• Local Youth Artist

  Posted on Tuesday July 22nd, 2008 at 08:37 in artistic youth, community, Local, local paper

  I love when a local paper runs a story on an artistic youth (no matter what medium). It shows that the community might still actually care about the arts programs. Which can be great news in an age wh...

• Many Changes Coming

  Posted on Wednesday July 16th, 2008 at 07:05 in a cognitive state of mind, artist, customer service, discovered artists, fine art photography, Flickr, gallery, Local, midland dining.net, photoblog, Rant

  Things have been rather hectic in my own little world as of late.  Brent and I are working on a project together (actually several) and I’ve been working on getting all of my artwork in a more ...

• No New Apartments For Midland?

  Posted on Wednesday May 28th, 2008 at 00:24 in apartments, arts, blue ridge apartments, city, city council, community, customer service, delelopment, housing, jobs, Local, midland

  Since moving back to Midland, TX about 7 months ago I’ve become increasingly concerned about the well being behind the people that run this city.  What the heck are they smoking? Here’s ...

• Finally! Great Service in Fast Food.

  Posted on Sunday May 25th, 2008 at 20:24 in customer service, drive thru, eat, fast food, jack in the box, Local, mcdonald's, midland, tx, whataburger

  Heather and I have been eating so much healthier in the past couple of years and we’ve definitely been the better for it. That means very few trips to burger joints and fat food, I mean fast foo...

• Venting

  Posted on Thursday May 22nd, 2008 at 10:03 in apartment, Company, customer service, Local, Management, newspaper, reporter, small town, website

  I’m really frustrated with my apartment complex management team right now.  It’s been several months that we’ve been trying to get several things fixed to no avail.  At last contac...