Launching a Money Saving Site for Knoxvi...

Spokes Marketing has launched Coupon Katie–a site devoted to sharing money-saving tips–in Knoxville. There are a number of “coupon” sites on the web, but this site is dedicated to hyperlocal stories about saving some money. As I like to say, “Saving Green is the new Black.” As Katie says: The goal of this website is to simply inform you of the best deals here in the Knoxville, TN area and to help you develop your own Coupon Strategy.  Although I am here in Knoxville, most of the information posted here can be applied to your...

Great Idea! 30 of Them...

Check out these great ideas. For anyone, such as myself, starving for a new biz-idea check out this list and play eeny-meeny-miny-moe. #30 is more my speed. How about yours? Share the...

I still haven’t found what I’...

…but this widget certainly gets me closer. Share the...

Sketches: Foundations of Art and Busines...

Yesterday, the daughter and I sat down to paint with some acrylic paints.  The daughter was painting the newly crafted napkin holder and I sat staring blankly at the white canvas.  A forest, I thought, would be a good subject, so I set out to paint a cedar tree.  Shortly thereafter, I added a nameless hardwood, and then an evergreen.  I wanted a water feature, so I slid a bank in front of the trees.  I was left with a funky looking forest lacking perspective and dimension. Today, I thought about the painting.  The work was far worse, in reality, than it was hanging...