The Christmas Season Is Here

The Sheraton Waikiki has a Santa & Mrs. Santa sand sculpture in the hotel lobby. Don't forget to strike a pose and get a snapshot with the sand sculpture if you are in Waikiki. The little helpers are Menehunes taking a selfie.

Mele Kalikimaka!

Mele Kalikimaka means Merry Christmas in Hawaiian

Rocky is back as the trainer of Creed

The movie 'Creed' is about Apollo Creed's secret son. Apollo never met his son from his mistress because he died in a boxing match at the hands of a Soviet Olympic boxer named Ivan Drago in 'Rocky IV'. 

Yelp Night At The Movies made it possible for me to see this movie before general release to the public. The movie delivers Academy Award quality. It opens on the Thanksgiving weekend. I can feel a 'Creed II' or some sequel in the future. Go see it.

 

The Art and Science of Blogging with Twitter

Blogging is an art to express thoughts, recommendations and to share experiences. The blogger needs to be able to reach the readers with interesting content that will capture their attention to explore and stay on the blog. The goal of bloggers is for their readers to get a value out of their blog.

The science of blogging is analyzing how to get people to read your posts. Social Media is your assistant to spread a blog post. Post to all the social media platforms that you are on. Join social media platforms that you are not on yet. Twitter is a very powerful social media platform to tweet your posts. It's all about using good #HashTags that will be searched on by potential readers. Tweets need to go out at strategic times to reach potential readers that you are trying to reach.

Recyle old blog posts on your social media platforms. This will ensure that any new connections see your posts. It also gives you a chance to reach existing connections that might have missed your posts.  

Blogs requires constant attention or it will fail. You need to invest time in it by continually creating interesting content that brings value to readers. Keep on posting.

Pass on Black Friday at the Mall

We are slowy starting to forget about an American Holiday called Thanksgiving. It's being replaced with great shopping bargains that everyone is looking forward too. Black Friday has made it's way to Thursday with all the Pre Black Friday sales to disrupt quality family time. 

We can shop from our PC, Laptop, Tablet, and Phone. If you must shop do it on the Internet from the comfort of your home staying with your family. There will be many Black Friday bargains online so you do not need to stand in line with crazy people that will run you over to grab sales items. It's dangerous out there. 

Department stores are asking people to work on a day that we should be spending time with family and friends. We need to start to say no to Black Friday promotions at the mall. Send a message to retailers that they are eroding the Thanksgiving holiday. 

Wrike Project Management - Part 2

Marketing requires a vision with a plan that a team executes. The results are success when everything comes together.

Wrike is a web based project management solution that Marketing professionals can use to ensure a successful campaign.

Test drive Wrike on a 30 day free trial to see if it meets the needs of your organization. Select a project that can be completed within 30 days that will exploit the capabilities of Wrike to draw a comprehensive conclusion that Wike is the right solution for your organization.

Wrike can be run from your web browser on your laptop or desktop. Stay connected with the Wrike mobile app for iOS devices or Android devices.

Project Management Tips by Drake - #3

Multidimensional 

Project Managers and Quarterbacks have a lot in common when they support their team. 

Quarterbacks need to:   
(1)  Execute plays from their coach.

(2)  Make play decisions on the fly in crunch time.

(3)  Run the ball and take a hit when an opportunity exists to gain needed yardage.

(4)  Make tackles for interceptions and fumbles. 

(5)  Be humble, confident and accountable.

Project Managers need to:   

(1)  Execute the project plan for stakeholders. 

(2)  Make key decisions to keep the project on track when roadblocks are encountered.

(3)  Jump in and help the team to keep the project going. 

(4)  Be able to stop scope creep when changes are requested that have no merit to the project.

(5)  Be humble, confident, and accountable.

Good Bye October

October was a flash. Where did the time go? It's November already.

Some nice pictures to say farewell to October on Halloween. I'll see you next year October.

Sunset at the Hilton Hawaiian Village lagoon.

The Moana Surfrider lobby.