http://www.brandingfire.com Make Your Mark in History Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:13:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_91" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Branding Fire"][/caption]Some changes are coming to BrandingFire, and I'm tickled pink. My pal and e-biz whiz Kraig McNutt will be posting here on the BrandingFire blog soon. Kraig is not only a great marketer, particularly with online marketing, but he's also a great guy and as ... http://www.brandingfire.com/2008/08/16/changes-coming/ Oak Hill image via Wikipedia If you're a fan of history and/or gardening and you're going to be in Georgia next Tuesday (August 12th), you should drop by Berry College's Oak Hill for a Historic Gardens of the South seminar. Oak Hill is an old plantation home owned by Berry College ... http://www.brandingfire.com/2008/08/07/berry-collegeoak-hill-historic-garden-tour/ Image via Wikipedia So, the sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) of South Carolina's secession (you know, that little event that started that whole War Between the States thing) is just 2 years away. The sesquicentennial of the Civil War is just under 3 years away. If you're involved with a historic organization, Civil War-related ... http://www.brandingfire.com/2008/07/31/what-are-you-waiting-for/ OK. It's not history-related, but I'm so excited I jsut had to share. Startup Weekend Nashville has been scheduled for October 10-12 and I am SO there! I first learned about Startup Weekend (SW) close to a year ago through someone's tweet on Twitter. Since then, I've been anxiously waiting to ... http://www.brandingfire.com/2008/07/17/startup-weekend-is-coming-to-nashville/ Image via Wikipedia It's a well-known concept among hardcore marketers that economic downturns and recessions are the worst time to cut back on marketing. While it seems logical to cut back on all expenses during economic difficulties, the truth of the matter is financial downturns frequently offer your best opportunities to ... http://www.brandingfire.com/2008/07/11/state-local-governments-putting-marketing-wisdom-to-use/ Eric Wittenberg is an accomplished Civil War author, cavalry authority and fellow blogger, in addition to his day job as a lawyer. Eric has more than a dozen published books to his credit, including his newest One Continuous Fight: The Retreat from Gettysburg and the Pursuit of Lee's Army of Northern ... http://www.brandingfire.com/2008/07/07/marketing-history-books-an-interview-with-eric-j-wittenberg/ In the July/August 2008 issue of Fast Company is a good article on the new visitor's center at the Gettysburg National Military Park. Setting aside personal feelings you may have about the new center (some I know don't like it), the article does a great job of explaining why designers ... http://www.brandingfire.com/2008/07/03/gettysburg-battle-site-revamps-to-attract-tourists/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="National Trust for Historic Preservation"][/caption] I found another interesting blog from the folks at the National Trust for Historic Preservation. It's called Show Me the Money and it's all about federal grant opportunities that may help out organizations active in historic preservation. It's a worthy read for ... http://www.brandingfire.com/2008/07/01/show-me-the-money/ Downtown St. Joseph, MO Image via Wikipedia StJoeNews.net published an interetsing story on Sunday, June 29th titled "Museums look to the future", noting that St. Joseph, Missouri has a number of good museums (including the Patee House Museum and Jesse James House Museum), which is both a blessing and a curse. Culturally, ... http://www.brandingfire.com/2008/06/30/dealing-with-the-money-crunch/ Image via Wikipedia Over the past two weeks I've witnessed two product rollouts (from the consumer side) and learned a lot from them - especially how many things can go wrong. The most unfortunate part of it is that a lot, if not most, of the problems could have been avoided... ... http://www.brandingfire.com/2008/06/27/when-product-rollouts-go-bad-learning-from-firefox-verizon/