Life Forms

August is National Immunization Awareness Month. School is starting up, the flu season is looming,and these resources can help you promote a valuable - and paying - service.

Two organizations offer channels for consumers to make a difference.

No doubt you've heard about Squidoo by now. Did you know you can get quite a bit of mileage out of it for your home-based business? As a home based business you obviously...

the newsletter helps employees regardless of their stage of life. Older and younger, singles, couples, with or without children, readers can always find something that will resonate.

Susan Davis' June 21 post commented on the Panda Bear,MD blog. PB railed against PDAs. In reading his blog, I question how much credibility PB has. As for PDAs - they're not as...

Remember every unhappy customer tells at least seven people about the experience and then those people tell seven more. If a customer gets sick, you can count on that figure doubling or tripling.

My wife and I were walking our two Basset Hounds last summer. Regardless of what you might have heard about Basset Hounds, they love to walk. If they don't get out daily, there's...

Shall we go public with it? Health departments in most cities can barely figure out if there is any fresh cream in their refrigerators at the office. They are over worked, under paid,...

It´s great to find the right accommodation as it can make or break your trip. I count the Meritus Mandarin hotel in Singapore as one of the best places, I stayed in during...

Aside from being the best advertising the pest control industry could ever place, the "Inside Edition" segment sent a message to consumers to beware and on the look out for unwanted dining guests....

I got a comment on this post today - the commenter said the post tickled her funny bone. The post is from September of 2004. It's a bit of humor, so I...

I was lucky enough to have been given this book by Casey McPherson , who as it happens is an amazing musician who I have no doubt soon enough will be famous. The...

Public relations are crucial to controlling public perception of your business. Even if you don't have the budget to retain a PR firm, you can still manage your public image. As usual, one...

"I wanted to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the ocean." That is how David Letterman summarized one of his family holiday gatherings. For a moment, I thought Letterman had opened...

Times are tough for physicians in private practice. Incomes are flat and potentially declining. Your clinical judgment is being questioned. You are deluged with new information and your patients take more time. Somehow...

In case you are interested, here are some pictures from my recent trip to New Zealand. My pictures on Flickr Bill's pictures I would like to recognize a few places that I...

November 27 to December 3 is National Influenza Vaccination Week. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has designated the week after Thanksgiving as National Influenza Vaccination Week. This week long event...

( Blogger's Note: Each Friday an excerpt from the soon to be published book, Faux Pas is French for Restaurant, appears on this blog.) When the July 4 parade ended, the fun began....

Sitting still for too long can kill you. A few years ago the potential link between long distance travel and a risk of DVT arose and it is now acknowledged that DVT (Deep...