Taking care of business

I flew to New York City Saturday for my sister’s birthday.
You have to love someone one heckuva lot to do that.
New York winters, like many New Yorkers, have sharp elbows.
It took four flights to get me there and back. None were on time.
The son of one of my sister’s friends works for Disney in Orlando.
Disney, you may recall, treats their customers as "guests".
That’s a far cry from how the airlines treat you.
You might as well be cattle to them.
If we treated our advertisers and subscribers that way, guess what?
We would be in as bad a financial fix as the NY Times.
We cruised from Honolulu to Tahiti 14 months ago.
It was a great experience. We could have been royalty.
The cruise line employees treat you that way.
Not the airlines. We were stranded for two days in Tahiti.
Now there are worse places to be stranded.
But we needed to go home. We had clients to take care of.
Have you had a wonderful experience on an airline?
Or have you had a crummy one?
Click on the comment button at the end of this blog.
Let me know about your experiences.
We’ll share them with everyone. Venting is healthy.
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Last call to boost your bottom line

Our friend Bert Hull called from Kansas the other day.
Bert was one of the best advertising managers we ever had.
He manages the Lawrence, KS, Journal World’s niche publications.
I hope they know what a jewel they have in Bert.
Bert wanted to know if it was too late to send in a profit builder.
Heck, no, I said. Send us a cost-saving tip or two, as well.
Bert sent one of each. That means, he will get all that you send, too.
We are still compiling the results of this cost-and-profits survey.
We expect to have it ready for release later in October.
If you have a cost or expense saving tip to share, send it along.
If you have had success with a revenue builder, send it along, too.
As a reward, we will send you all the tips our readers sent us.
We will even give you credit for sharing your successes with us.
These are all field-tested strategies to boost everyone’s bottom line.
If you have not done it yet, please get with the program.
Friday is the cutoff to get the survey results and profit from them.
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What’s your dream?

Yesterday we talked about the importance of examining your life.
Today we’ll talk about examining your dreams.
What did Walt Disney see that hundreds of others did not see?
Walt Disney didn’t just create Mickey and Minnie Mouse.
He envisioned Disneyland, a great playground for young and old.
That vision came one Saturday morning in an unremarkable way.
He and his daughters liked to visit a Los Angeles amusement park.
They loved the park. But something was wrong.
Walt began to see behind the glitter. The reality wasn’t pretty.
The paint was chipped. The rides were not well maintained.
Walt was creative. He was a dreamer — much like you and me.
He began to dream about his own amusement park.
There the paint wasn’t chipped. The rides were well maintained.
He dreamed of an exciting place he called Disneyland.
You know the rest of the story of Disneyland and Disney World.
They attract millions of enthusiasts every year.
It's a must-see experience for children, parents and grandparents.
Where do you see the equivalent of chipped paint in your life?
What dream does this evoke? What better world do you see?
Walt Disney left us a legacy of fun and family togetherness.
What legacy would you leave the world with your dreams?
Tomorrow we’ll talk about another famous dreamer.
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