My good friend Lisa Trosien shared an article on Facebook recently.  I love what Lisa shares because it’s often informative or thought provoking.  The particular post she shared recently was definitely thought provoking.  I thought, “DAMN, ’7 Lessons from Great Marketers of Apple, Nike, Starbucks, and Red Bull,’ this should be interesting!”  Unfortunately, it wasn’t. [...]

People make bad decisions.  This is reality.  Unfortunately, when people take to the internet to proclaim their dissatisfaction (due to a bad decision) it can become a PR nightmare for a company today.  Papa John’s took an absolute beating the past few days since the “lady chinky eyes” racial slur debacle.  Here’s a bit of [...]

For those of you that have followed me for awhile you know that I take the position to respond to all online reviews and to encourage them as well.  Just type in “reviews” up in the little search bar at the top of markjuleen.com and you’ll see plenty of posts on the topic, including a [...]

We’re all really busy with so many things being pushed at us.  A lot of people have asked me how I fit everything in.  The quick answer is that I try to take as many of those 5-10 min breaks I get and create something.  Sure, I take breaks as well, but all the downtime [...]