Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Marketing Cartoons


I just ran across this book of marketing cartoons at the Church of the Customer blog. The book, This One time, At Brand Camp, is by Tom Fishburne and is a collection of cartoons surrounding the world of marketing. Tom also has another book that precedes this one called, Brand Camp. I'm looking forward to looking these books over. Have you read these books? What did you think?

Wednesday, August 13, 2008





Just a photo of the wife and I that I really enjoy.

Friday, August 8, 2008



Life Is Short, Eat Dessert First!

This is an idea I have had for a long time and it struck me at lunch today, after being asked the same question almost all wait staff ask after you've had lunch of dinner, "Did yo leave any room for dessert?" that maybe I should write about this concept and see what others think. And since a large part of our businesses are in the restaurant industry, maybe this will help someone make more money.

OK, here it goes. Why do waiters and waitresses always wait for the end of the meal to ask "Have you saved room for dessert?" of course we haven't. Who does? I'll bet dessert orders are way down at the bottom of a restaurant's revenue.

However, what if the waiter/waitress asked for the dessert order at the beginning of the meal? What would happen then? Would their percentage of dessert orders go up? Here's what I'm thinking. Ask for the dessert order along with the appetizers and main course when the person has come in, sat down and is HUNGRY! I've got to believe that the orders for desserts would go up when you catch a patron at their hungriest point. Put very simply, the dialogue might go something like this,

"May I take your order?"
"Yeah I'll have some of this and this."
"Great. Would you like to start the meal off with some fried mushrooms or calamarie?" (get that appetizer order in)
"Yeah, I'll take some fried mushrooms."
"And to top it all off, would you like to try a soft strawberry cheesecake or a sliver of zesty Key Lime pie?" (totally assuming the sale)

You ask for the drink order, appetizer and dinner order and then the dessert order.

It's a guarantee if a waitress or waiter waits till the end of the meal to see if I have "left any room for dessert," I'm too full and can't even comprehend the thought of eating dessert. But if you get me at the beginning fo the meal, I might just go for it.

What do you think? Is this a good idea for raising the percentage of dessert orders?

Steve Farber's New Book

Drew McLellan turned me on to Steve Farber several months ago and since then I have read Steve's book, RADICAL LEAP and RADICAL EDGE. Today I received an email from Steve letting me know he is working on a new book, out March 2009, called Greater Than Yourself. Below is Steve's take on the book and what it's all about.

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