Nebraska Huskers vs. Oklahoma Sooners–The End of an Era

December 1, 2010

In my part of the country, one of the most storied rivalries in college football history was Nebraska Cornhuskers versus the Oklahoma Sooners.  Growing up as a kid, we planned our whole Thanksgiving around the annual meeting of these two teams.  Way before conference championships and the BCS, Nebraska and Oklahoma much like Michigan and [...]

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A Funny Thing Happened On My Way To Mass

November 16, 2010

Last weekend I found myself in a hotel on the Inner Harbor in Baltimore.  All day Saturday, there were Catholic Bishops all over the hotel from lobby to bars to exercise room.  There wasn’t anywhere in the hotel you didn’t turn without seeing them in full uniform. These weren’t just priests, but Bishops who were [...]

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What Happened to Thank You over the generations?

November 5, 2010

Last Friday my mother hit a milestone birthday. She would kill me if I told you how old she was. Let’s just say it was in the range of three quarters of a century. My wife and I organized a birthday party for family and friends. Actually my wife did all the work and I [...]

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FREE WEBINAR on November 4, Reveals Dirt Cheap Quick & Easy Strategies To Fill Your Furniture Stores With Hungry Customers

November 1, 2010

     As readers of my blog know, at the recent High Point Furniture Market I was asked to give a seminar entitled “The #1 Secret to Grow Your Business In Tough Economic Times”.  I had a great crowd and lots of questions afterwards which is always a good thing if you are a speaker.  It [...]

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How I Split Tested My Marketing Message At High Point Furniture Market

October 31, 2010

     In the last post I told you about hiring a very tall Uncle Sam.  The proposition was that he was going to walk up and down the streets wearing a sign about my upcoming seminar and then my son would walk along with him and hand out flyers about the seminar.  So we designed [...]

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What I Learned From Uncle Sam Walking the Streets at High Point Furniture Market

October 31, 2010

     At the recent October North Carolina Furniture Market, I was asked to give a presentation to the NHFA about the #1 Secret to Grow Your Business in a Down Economy. Even if the title was compelling, I knew I needed something interesting to get people’s attention for a 8:30 in the morning Monday seminar. [...]

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North Carolina Furniture Market Seminar Wrap Up

October 19, 2010

Many people inquired yesterday about how my seminar was recieved.  The room was 80% full at 8:30 in the morning, people were taking notes, and asking questions after.  So from that regard I would consider the seminar itself a success.  But all during market I have had people say they had conflicts and couldn’t be [...]

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North Carolina Furniture Market seminar by Mike Root

October 14, 2010

Sunday’s edition of Furniture Today wrote about my seminar I will deliver at 8:30 AM for the NHFA on Monday at the Retailer Resource Center in Plaza Suites High Point.  They did a nice article about what I will be talking about.  In a different section they showed Uncle Sam working the streets of High [...]

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The #1 Secret To Grow Your Furniture Retail Business In Tough Times

October 14, 2010

I’m giving a seminar to be presented for NHFA during the upcoming High Point market.  The seminar entitled “The #1 Secret To Grow Your Furniture Retail Business In A Down Economy” will be presented on Monday October 18 at 8:30 – 9:30 on the first floor of the Plaza Suites in the NHFA Retailer Resource [...]

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Playing Golf In The Sand Hills of Nebraska

September 27, 2010

As the golf season in Nebraska comes to a close, I relish two great trips I took this year to Western Nebraska.  If you never had the experience there is some incredibly beautiful scenery in the Heartland.  And if you are a big city person, you will think you were on the moon.  The silence of [...]

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