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Does a professional sports owner care more about winning or business success?

By Keith Parnell ⋅ June 28, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Being both a sports nut and a small business owner, I think about this quite a bit. Does a professional sports owner care more about winning or business success? There are examples of when each are mutually exclusive and also in support of each other. Examples: The New York Yankees have won 27 World Series [...]

Yo Phillies Fans, Can You Say SAAWEEEEP!

By Keith Parnell ⋅ June 2, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Yes, my Braves just took a three game series from the “ex”-first place Philadelphia Phillies this afternoon. Nice job, boys! RSS and Facebook readers: click here to view and enter comments. On Twitter? Follow me at @parnellk63. Listening to Hoochie Coochie Man by Eric Clapton.

Listening to Norah Jones New Album – streaming – free – Thanks to NPR!

By Keith Parnell ⋅ November 2, 2009 ⋅ One comment

I’m listening to Norah Jones complete new album, The Fall, on NPR while catching the muted MLB World Series on the background television. That’s right, the whole album, free. Thanks NPR! On The Fall, Jones maintains her jazzy, sultry sound while pushing into more contemporary pop territory. “Chasing Pirates,” “Even Though” and “It’s Gonna Be” [...]

Brand Your Product Above Your Company?

By Keith Parnell ⋅ October 9, 2009 ⋅ One comment

I sent out this quick tweet last night to my JZ, Twitter and Facebook network but thougth I’d run it by you guys in the blog network to see what your thoughts are. TBS MLB playoffs are “presented by BlackBerry”. Not Rim. Product brand recognition bigger than company brand. Good thing? What do you think? [...]

Never Miss an Opportunity to Advertise

By Keith Parnell ⋅ July 10, 2009 ⋅ One comment

A couple of weeks ago while on family vacation we had the opportunity to go to a Tampa Bay Rays baseball game in St. Petersburg, FL. During the middle of the 5th inning the grounds crew ran out onto the infield and gave it a quick rake-over (see the photo below). Brilliantly, much to my surprise, [...]

My Life is Digital, Deal with It

By Keith Parnell ⋅ July 7, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Okay, I didn’t mean that as harsh as it sounded. But my life is digital. My family knows that. My friends know that. Most everything I do in my professional and personal life is captured in some way on some media platform. I tweet my work. I tweet about meetings. I tweet about clients. I blog [...]

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