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The Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. August yearling sale ended its four-day run Aug. 21 with figures more in line with last year's, as compared to the previous sessions, which had brought numbers considerably lower than 2007's comparable sessions. The gross revenue for the session was up slightly, at 3.2%, while the average declined 6.3% and the median dipped 8.3%.
The 206 yearlings sold grossed $2,101,700 and averaged $10,202, compared with the 187 sold in last year's comparable session for a gross of $2,036,300 and average of $10,889. The median was $5,500 in comparison to 2007's $6,000. This year's buy-back rate was 30.9%, with 92 of the 298 yearlings offered failing to find new homes.
A filly by Trippi , consigned by Janie Roper as agent, topped the session, bringing $90,000 from Charles H. Deters. The bay filly is out of the Gold Meridian mare Lady Argo and is a half-sister to stakes winner and stakes producer Argos Appeal (by World Appeal). The session topper's second dam, Tri Argo (by Tri Jet), also was a stakes winner and produced graded stakes winner Tee Kay (by Gold Meridian), the dam of two-time Japanese Horse of the Year Symboli Kris S (by Kris S.)
The session topper was bred in Florida by Phyllis Dudley.
For the three open sessions of the sale, Aug. 19-21, 636 yearlings sold for a total of $6,472,200, compared to 778 horses selling for $9,047,400 in four sessions a year ago. The open sessions' average price of $10,176 compared with $11,630 in 2007, while the overall median was $5,500, compared with $7,000 in 2007. Overall, the gross was down 18.3%, the average fell 12.5%, and the median slid 21.4% from last year. The buy-back rate was 33.1%, compared to 29% a year ago.
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Republicans needs to stick with Obamacare, anything else will do them in & it is their only chance to take over the Senate.
You said it perfectly. We will never win if we can't unite.
Some of these Republicans are always looking for a purist so what do we get instead? Obama. There's no perfect candidate for everyone as we differ on our opinions on issues. Rubio would be an excellent candidate.
Not a fan of Christie anymore but calling the fat man is uncalled for. We should never make fun of anyone because of their weight because it is hurtful & I'm not overweight either.
Don't know what he is but he has always been fairer than the others. I also think he is the funniest one on late night.
That's why we are losing because of these so call extrmists & Republicans not voting. I guess they preferred Obama.
Unfortunately Buck, too many conservatives don't get it. Look at the state we are in because so many foolish Republicans didn't vote & to these people I say don't complain about Obama as they helped to re-elect him.
MA is a very liberal state & even a moderate conservative has a difficult time to win an election. I was hoping he would run but I can understand why he wouldn't.
No other candidate could have done as well as it is difficult to beat a sitting president. In part we can blame those Republicans who stayed home & didn't vote. Those people can't complain about Obama because they helped him to get re-elected. How foolish of them.
The more I learned about this man, the more I liked him, more than any other presidential candidate. It's such a shame that he wasn't elected. I really miss not seeing him so I'm happy to know he will not be going away from the spotlight.
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Story | Sep 20, 2009 | 3:12 PMIt was like a tale of two teams Friday night at Daytona Beach Municipal stadium as the No. 3 Mainland Bucs overcame a 21-point halftime deficit to beat the No. 4 Osceola Kowboys 32-21. For the first two quarters, the Bucs offense looked helpless... -
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Story | Sep 26, 2009 | 8:31 PMDeLand junior De'Ante "Pop" Saunders might have hurt his own offensive stats with the vanishing act he played on punt returns against Port Orange Spruce Creek on Thursday. Saunders ability to provide prime field position time and again meant the Bulldogs... -
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Story | Oct 3, 2009 | 8:54 AMDeLand (5-0) used the wide array of gaps available in its Wing-T offense to spring top prospects De'Ante "Pop" Saunders and Shontrelle Johnson for rushing yardage and also unveiled another RB prospect to keep an eye on in its 19-0 win over Seminole (3-2)... -
Saturday Starcaps -- Volusia County: DeLand's De'Ante Saunders and Mainland's Marlin Lane have plenty in common, most of all, mad talent
Story | Oct 10, 2009 | 10:01 PMDeLand's De'Ante "Pop" Saunders and Marlin Lane of Daytona Beach Mainland aren't just two of the state's premier junior prospects who happen to play in the same county. They actually live right down the street from each other in DeLand and have been... -
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Story | Oct 17, 2009 | 5:38 PMCortez Davis took a visit to Clemson on Saturday and was so impressed with what he saw that he committed on the spot. The Daytona Beach Mainland junior safety, a tall defensive back at 6-foot-5, 200 pounds, had said earlier he would commit if he got a... -
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Volusia County: WR Dramon Grady gets rare touchdown in DeLand's wing-T offense
Story | Oct 25, 2009 | 9:31 PMMemphis commit Dramon Grady doesn't catch a lot of passes in DeLand's Wing-T offense. But he's not just a tall target (6-6, 205) waiting for his chance to be in a passing offense in college. As Bulldogs CoachKevin Pettis put it on Saturday, "he's a... -
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Story | Oct 30, 2009 | 10:34 PMInjuries popped up again Friday night as key players continue to go down during this season of breaks, bumps and bruises. Osceola QB Marc Deas was forced out of the Kowboys' 33-20 loss to Winter Park with what appeared to be a knee injury. Deas left... -
UPDATED: Injuries knock out Kissimmee Osceola QB Marc Deas and Lake Nona QB Kevin Sousa
Ty Ensor's Prospect Patrol: Mainland's Marlin Lane and DeLand's De'Ante 'Pop' Saunders battle for the district title
Ty Ensor's Prospect Patrol: Mainland and Marlin Lane win Round 1, but the Bucs could see DeLand once more before it's over
Story | Nov 8, 2009 | 1:07 AMDeante Saunders, ATH, Deland vs. Marlin Lane, RB, Mainland Lane and Saunders had difficult nights finding running room against stout defenses. Both were held to under 100 yards rushing and both had an important fumble. Saunders fumble was recovered by...


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Rejuvenating a Garden by Stephen Anderton (Kyle Cathie, pounds 19.99) is a case in point. I should hate anyone to pass by such a fascinating and readable book, just because the pictures are more practical than aspirational, consisting, as they do, of chaps in orange helmets and goggles, gripping chain saws, of dead tree trunks lying prone on the ground, and cut-to- the-bone yew hedges.
If you own, or have bought, a neglected or overmature garden (and what gardening book-buyer does not fall into those categories, sooner or later?) there is much good sense here. The author begins with an exhortation to assess your garden honestly, and goes on to tell how to improve matters. A large section is concerned with the renovative pruning of a wide range of hardy plants, not surprisingly, but he also deals with every other practical thing from eradicating weeds to laying paving.
The process of enlightenment is a lot of fun, because Stephen Anderton has an easy, lively and direct style. It is plain that his experience is broad and, most important, first hand. Before turning to full-time garden writing, he managed, for 20 years, large private and public gardens. As he has probably renovated as many ancient hedges as eaten hot dinners, what he writes merits close consideration. Moreover, much of what he says is also applicable to small gardens.
Speaking of hot dinners, I was quite taken by a stylishly designed (and entitled) book called Cool Green Leaves and Red Hot Peppers: growing and cooking for taste. Co-authored by Christine McFadden (cook) and Michael Michaud (gardener), with photography by James Merrell, this exceptionally attractive book is published by Frances Lincoln at pounds 25. The text consists in part of cultural information about a wide range of vegetables, with recipes and tips on cooking them. The prose is sufficiently forthright and absorbing for you to read it with pleasure while waiting for your patatas bravas to cook or "grilled tiger prawns with sizzled Thai basil" to marinade. You may find that some vegetables described, such as tomitillos, require a search. However, a good list of seedsmen takes some of the sting out of that. This book is inspirational with a capital I; there is, for example, no mention of slugs or caterpillars in the section on growing cabbages, but what the heck? It all looks so lovely and worth a try.
For solid, copper-bottomed horticultural information, you will not do much better than Stefan Buczacki's Gardening Dictionary (Hamlyn, pounds 25). The title does not do the book justice: this is not a dictionary, or certainly not an alphabetical one; it is more a personal tour d'horizon of gardening techniques, types of plant, and garden situations. It is ideal for beginners but makes refreshing reading for old hands too.
Natural Style for Gardens by Francesca Greenoak (Mitchell Beazley, pounds 22.50) exploits the current commendable desire by gardeners to work more with Nature than against her. In particular, it explores ways of using plants which accord most happily with their given soil, situation and aspect, to promote healthy and harmonious plantings and limited maintenance. This is a knowledgeable, readable and clear-eyed guide to such modern preoccupations as wild-flower and prairie meadows, drought-resistant gardens, natural ponds and turf seats. Do not be put off by the rather dreary dustjacket; there are plenty of inspirational and instructional illustrations inside.
Natural-style gardens are more likely, though not exclusively, to appeal to country dwellers. Urban Jungle: the simple way to tame your town garden by Monty Don (Headline, pounds 19.99) is plainly aimed at twentysomething tyros in towns and cities. So, if you have just bought your first garden in Brixton, I recommend this book as undaunting and unpatronising, yet clever and imaginative. Don's view is that gardening is easy, but that everyone needs a helping hand to avoid wasting time.
Urban Jungle is, as you would expect, hot on containers and windowboxes. If you want to know rather more about the plants to put in them, I suggest an excellent little paperback called Plants for Pots and Patios (Pan, pounds 4.99). Written and photographed by the authoritative Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix, it represents excellent value for anyone who wants to know the range available, but is quite happy to do their own plant arrangements, thank you.
Finally, if you are looking to buy a subscription to a gardening periodical for a friend or relative, I recommend Hortus, the most literate and literary of them all. A subscription costs pounds 30 from Bryan's Ground, Stapleton, Herefordshire LD8 2LP (Tel: 01544 260001; Fax: 260015).
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Harvard Law School recently commissioned an online survey of 124 lawyers from the university's 11 largest employers on the topic "What Courses Should Law Students Take?"
The questionnaire took the positive approach, foregoing cynical or snide responses like "Anything But Law," "How To Collect Unemployment Insurance," "Managing Anger, Depression and Ulcers," "Writing the Bulletproof Pre-Nup," "Does the Lawyer-Client Privilege Prevent You From Writing a Best-Selling Tell-All?" and "'Al Jaffe's Snappy Answers To Lawyer Jokes."
Also absent were any courses remotely related to areas like ethics, idealism, philosophy of law, or the underpinnings of justice, presumably because those are already extensively taught and law schools are routinely churning out row upon row of modern day Socrates.
But I jest. The intent of surveying Harvard Law School's largest employers was to glean "What courses should students take in order to pay off the hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt they've incurred attending Harvard Law School?"
Aha! That's what the course sounds like it's asking. But as Steven J. Harper at The American Lawyer piquantly points out, the 11 firms constituting Harvard's largest employers included in the survey hire most of their new associates from their second-year summer programs which only take into consideration first-year grades. Also, the law school course doesn't exist which can help graduates become equity partners. Whether or not Harper is substantively correct, his larger point, that the survey was not intended to offer a magic bullet to law school grads vis a vis obtaining employment, likely stands up.
What the survey actually did ascertain was which skills might best well serve young lawyers once they land a job at a big law firm that mostly deals with corporate clients. To which the answers were: accounting, financial statement analysis and corporate finance. In other words, the bottom line is that students should line up for courses in getting to the bottom of the bottom line.
The survey also sought to provide insight into which knowledge bases and skills were most prized in associates. After the afore-mentioned "Accounting/Financial Statement Analysis," two quasi-"human" skillsets snuck in: "Teamwork" ranked second, and "Negotiations" fourth. There were several write-in votes for "Leadership training," "Persuasive writing," and "Communications," but the survey noted, "There are 'crazies' in every group." (Legal disclaimer: I made that "note" up.)
Given that most things in life eventually get down to "money," and that these days corporate finance is almost unimaginably sophisticated, arcane and byzantine, it's not surprising that these courses were named. In fact, they seem almost too obvious to require a survey about. After all, you're not going to intimidate multi-national corporate malefactors armed with highly paid accountants whose job title is Chief Befuddler, standing in their headquarters wielding an abacus.
Still, it does make the legal profession sound like it's morphing into some weird, new hybrid: He's a lawyer! He's an accountant! He's a lawyant!
Unfortunately, still unanswered is the Million Dollar (more or less) Question: "What courses should a law student take to get a &%$#$ JOB???"
I suspect today's real-world answer involves a whole other skillset that Harvard has never thought to offer, like How To Avoid Posting Incriminating Stuff About Yourself on Facebook and Twitter, Or Erase It If You've Already Gone There.
Puffery is a wonderfully named term that refers to those bombastic advertising claims you're inundated with every day–you know the ones, "world famous bagels" or "the best deep-dish this side of Chicago." As the wonderfully named Judge Learned Hand put it, puffery is talk "which no sensible man takes seriously."
The phrase caveat emptor, let the buyer beware, is a long established concept in the legal world. As Judge Hand continued in his opinion, "neither party usually believes what the seller says about his own opinions, and each knows it." Puffery is the concept that occupies this middle ground. It's unlikely those bagels actually are world famous, but it's not false advertising–it's just a sales pitch, mere conjecture, and both buyer and seller are in on the secret. But what are the limits on puffery in modern media? Just what happens to caveat emptor when we're not even aware we're being sold something?
Enter Eric Schneiderman, New York's Attorney General. In September 2013, the office of the AG wrapped up a year-long sting operation to catch and fine companies who post fake reviews on sites such as Yelp, Google Local, and Citysearch. All it took was a fake yogurt shop in Brooklyn, some solicitations for some less-than-honest advertising partners and the trap was set.
The offers came pouring in–anywhere from $1-10 for a single positive review. The authorities investigated their leads and set their marks. After the dust had settled, 19 companies, both advertising firms and small businesses, were fined a combined $350,000. Ouch.
So what was the charge? Lying on the internet by itself isn't a crime–however, in New York and many other states lying in advertising is. But isn't that the essence of puffery?
The key distinction here is who's doing the selling. We often search peer reviews to cut through the marketing, to read unbiased opinions. The law may expect a reasonable man to take advertising with a grain of salt; however, when the ads are hidden or objectively false the rules change. In this instance, hiding the nature of the posts was deceptive and deceptive advertising is illegal in New York.
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Like New York, many other states have developed their own code for advertising, but even if your state doesn't have similar laws this kind of activity may still fall under federal law. At the federal level we've had the Lanham Act, the primary body of federal trademark law, for decades–so just what does a set of trademark laws enacted in 1946 have to say about internet reviews?
More than anyone would have thought.
In its inception, section 43(a) of the Lanham Act began as a short squib about false and misleading representations. Since then, the statute has seen a well-documented coming of age and an incredible rise to power transforming into the primary law in which unfair competition, unregistered trademarks, and trade dress claims are challenged under. And, according to some courts, fake internet reviews–which can qualify as advertising under the Lanham Act.
Being advertising isn't bad, however the act provides a cause of action to sue those who run factually misleading ads–and that can make puffery a delicate issue. To put it simply, despite any state law, or lack thereof, you'll need to stay within the lines off acceptable puffery.
It's safe to say that stopping fake Yelp reviews was not on the radar of the Act's drafters. However, as technology outpaces our laws we're forced to make do with what we have until they can be updated or rewritten as needed. So where do we go from here?
Well, Where Do We Go from Here?
While we wait for the courts, congress, and the states themselves to clarify the laws the best bet for business owners and marketers is to understand the general limits of puffery. At base, puffery is any word or phrase that would not reasonably be taken as a factually reliable claim.
For example: the National Advertising Division, a self-regulating arm of the advertising industry, found Tropicana's boast of the "world's best fruit and vegetable juice" to be mere puffery. However, had they it was the best because of the taste or freshness of the ingredients, there likely would have been some issues–provided they couldn't prove it.
What the means for businesses is a few things: first, stay away from implementing fake reviews. Aside from having the attorney general bearing down on you it may open you up to lawsuits from competitors. As far as advertising goes, be sure of what you say. Nothing can stop you from saying "world-famous" if it's true–but if puffery is what you're after keep it as your opinion, something that no sensible man would take seriously.
That's the heart of puffery: larger than life claims the no sensible man would take seriously–but that quite a few may be influenced by.
Telling your company's tale is one of the most important aspects of running a successful business, but it can be a double-edged sword. Just as successfully relating your tale can build brand and attract new business, missteps can harm your company's reputation and send your customers packing. If you are a small business owner, chances are you don't have the luxury of hiring an internal communications manager or an external PR agency to develop and execute a strategic communications plan. Luckily, the spectrum of PR needs varies depending on the size and scope of an enterprise — the larger the company, the more complicated it becomes. As a small business with a more intimate customer base, your PR efforts also can be much more targeted — this makes executing a successful PR program a lot more manageable.
But where to begin?
Here are 4 tips on how to launch a successful PR program for your firm:
1. Know thyself – Before you can properly tell your story, you first must figure out what it is. How can you expect others to know who you are, if you don't? Every superhero has an origin story. What's yours? Put on your existential thinking cap and ponder why it is you are doing what you are doing. Why did you start your business in the first place? If you are a long-standing family business, how and why did your relatives start the business? As a small businesses, you have the advantage of intimacy — a fundamental human need — which empowers you to make lifelong customers through your personal touch. Often, this most important aspect of a business cannot be quantified. In need of inspiration? Check out this list of companies who have developed sweet personalities.
2. Know your audience – Now that you know who you are, it's time to determine who you are going after. Is your product or service age-specific? If yes, then you should take some time to understand generational marketing, and how it can make or break your business. If you aren't quite sure who your audience is, learn from your competitors to see who they are attracting.
When identifying your audience, you should always take into account:
Maybe you have a diverse clientele that includes some or all of the above groups? As a rule, the more specific your audience the more targeted your messaging should be. Likewise, the more broad your audience the more comprehensive your messaging should be.
3. Make a plan – Nobody ever had a successful PR program without also having a plan. Just as you would with any other facet of your business, determine where it is you want to be and establish a roadmap for how to get there. This is where things can get tricky. PR is not a hard science, but a social one — this means that it can be difficult to measure ROI. But the more you plan, the better you can measure the effects of your efforts. Most importantly, understand that PR is a long-term game. If you expect to be on the front page of The New York Times tomorrow, then you will be disappointed. Whether it is building your social media presence, establishing relationships with reporters or developing a successful company blog, you must be prepared for the long haul.
4. Be Truthful – In the Age of Social Media, anything you say or do will be held against you — for better or worse. If you make false claims, customers can call you out on it via Yelp, Facebook, Twitter, or any number of emerging social media outlets. Rather than feel threatened by transparency, turn it to your advantage by keeping open channels of communication with your customers. Lying also can get you into some hefty legal trouble — so steer clear. Regardless of size, the best businesses "sell themselves" by offering superior products and/or services. If you deliver upon what you promise, your customers will reward you with loyalty and the "free PR" of talking you up both in real life, as well as online.
From the moment the Affordable Care Act was but a gleam in Barack Obama's eye, the parable of the blind men and the elephant has seemed particularly apt.
On the most literal level, Obama points to the blind and afflicted as people who, if a catastrophic accident caused their condition wouldn't be bankrupted by it, and if it was a pre-existing condition, wouldn't be denied coverage. Opponents, meanwhile, portray the elephant, who, delightfully enough is the Republican Party's symbol, as shooing off hordes of the needy with its trunk, carping, "Hey, you afflicted! Get your hands out of my pockets!" (Yes, I'm aware that elephants don't have pockets. Do you know how hard it is to come up with perfect analogies?)
But the parable, which epitomizes the limited perspective with which different parties view the big picture, has driven the Obamacare narrative since Day One.
Virtually every facet of it has been attacked and defended using the same facts. Spokespeople are recruited to show how it has harmed/helped them, and the opposing side points to those same people to prove the reverse.
The maxim that statistics can be used to prove anything? ACA is Exhibit A.
The latest blind men/elephant evaluations were galvanized by a report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which reported that approximately 2/3 of small business employers will pay more for health care insurance to cover their employees, and only 1/3 will pay less. Remarkably, not a single small business will be paying the same as before, according to these stats. Large companies won't feel much of an impact either way, according to the CMS' Office of the Actuary.
The actual numbers involved are relatively small, with 11 million small business employees expected to see their premiums rise, as opposed to 6 million who will benefit from a decrease.
So, of course, Republicans and other anti-ACA parties have jumped on this report to crow about the utter failure of Obamacare. Democrats and other supporters cite the report as good news.
That's because the numbers are kind of useless without providing context and enumerating the numerous caveats, such as:
In other words, things are going about as planned, it's much ado about literally nothing (well, unless you're the employer paying the higher premiums), etc.
The report further dissects the numbers into "on the one hand, on the other hand" distinctions, but frankly, my head is starting to hurt. The point is, whatever your position is on Obamacare, the report supports it!
And both sides use the numbers to blind us, beneath a big pile of elephant dung.
What's to stop any customer with an axe to grind – or worse, your competitors – from completely sabotaging your online reputation? In a world where the lines between the Internet and reality are rapidly blurring, the reviews that Google searches regurgitate about your company can make or break your business.
Don't get anxious quite yet; the reality is that if your company has been around long enough, it's bound to get a bad review every once in a while. No product, service or customer service team is flawless, and the Digital Age has made it easy for anyone with Internet access to complain about a negative purchase or experience that isn't necessarily representative of your business as a whole.
Luckily, every negative complaint represents a positive opportunity to push reset on your relationship with the reviewer in question – while also showcasing your commitment to customer satisfaction. Follow these five steps the next time a less-than-laudatory comment about your business shows up online.
1. Analyze the review.
Reviews come in all shapes and sizes – and some may even be of the more disingenuous variety. The first thing to do when you receive a negative review is to decipher whether it's an actual customer's legitimate opinion or a false statement by a competitor or fake, paid reviewer; the former should be addressed, while the latter ought to be reported. The silver lining – Yelp and Google use sophisticated algorithms to distinguish credible users from reckless abusers in order to help you cut down the time you spend combing through reviews. If you suspect a bad review on Yelp or Google was posted by a bitter employee or a competitor, you can "flag" the comments. Before you can do any of this, however, you need to make sure you are signed up for a Yelp account and have verified your business.
Caution: try not to take advantage of this function too often or post fake reviews yourself, as your account could be flagged.
2. Avoid a virtual debate.
Once you've determined that a negative review reflects a genuine experience that a customer had with your product or service, it's time to craft the perfect reply. You won't hear back from everyone, but taking the time to reply consistently and kindly helps you to actively gather useful consumer insights and demonstrates that you are engaged with your customer base. Most importantly, you can learn how to perform better next time.
The right response is both apologetic and proactive – not defensive or retaliatory. It can be challenging to accept reviews that seem flat-out wrong to you, but it's absolutely vital to keep your cool and refrain from responding emotionally.
Wade Lombard, owner of Austin-based moving company Square Cow Movers agrees that self-restraint is key. "Your immediate reaction is to defend yourself because your business is your baby," he says. "But in the end, you would be doing yourself a disservice."
Thanks to Yelp's free review response tools, you can respond either publicly or privately. A private message is akin to sending a personal email directly to the user who posted a review. A public comment posts directly beneath a customer's review and can be seen by any Yelp user. When responding publicly, remember: don't make excuses or be personally offended, and do be courteous and appreciative of feedback.
3. Invest in your reputation.
Consider each interaction you have with a customer online, negative or otherwise, as an opportunity to invest in your company's reputation. Offer an honest apology for a reviewer's poor experience, and perhaps a refund or free service – saying "you're sorry" can soften a customer's impressions of your company more than you may think. Regardless, a sympathetic response that doesn't convince a past customer can certainly affect the opinions of future customers who may research your brand and see your consistent history of helpful, professional responses.
Many online reviews skew negative because satisfied customers are less emotionally motivated to document their experiences. Thus, you should encourage your regular customers to post positive reviews about your product or service to help balance any negative reviews you receive. This proactive, SEO-focused approach to your customer service and brand management is part of a new strategy known as reputation marketing. There are tools available to help you easily gather and leverage encouraging reviews from your happy customers as a marketing asset to help differentiate yourself from your competitors in a more personal, demonstrable way. Think about it this way: are potential customers more likely to believe a carefully crafted TV ad, or authentic reviews from real people who stand behind your product or service?
4. Shake it off.
A negative review (or ten) may seem like the end of the world. It may leave you feeling dejected, rejected, and eager to crawl into a hole and avoid the Internet forever. However, it's important to remember that in this case, the old adage that "any publicity is good publicity" can ring true if you maintain the right attitude. Every negative post is an opportunity to demonstrate your commitment to customer satisfaction, showcase your professional integrity and convert a detractor into your next "best customer".
May the online odds be ever in your favor!
Recently we noted the phenomenon of phenomenally stupid law-breakers who "catch themselves," like the Florida store robber who was arrested after posting photos of himself on Facebook brandishing a fistful of money along with a similar-looking gun and hat to the one picked up by the store's surveillance camera during the robbery. Some folks are even drawing attention to themselves breaking the law in instances that would otherwise go undetected, like the Hawaiian genius who posted a video of himself cracking open and drinking a beer while driving, titled "Let's Go Driving, Drinking" and – surprise! – was subsequently arrested for driving, drinking. It used to be said that "criminals always return to the scene of the crime," and whether that truism was actually true or not, what is undeniable is that today there are a certain number of perpetrators, who, if they saw their face on a "Wanted" poster in the Post Office, would proudly stand next to it and announce to passersby, "That's ME!"
"Stupid criminal stories" are funny because the perps generally wind up getting their comeuppance. Unfortunately, though, they're not the only players in the criminal justice system abusing social media.
In January, the Wall Street Journal reported that Florida circuit court Judge Linda D. Schoonover, while presiding over a divorce proceeding, and before entering a final judgment, sent the wife in the case a Facebook "friend" request, which is mind-boggling in its cluelessness. It became public because the wife didn't accept the request and notified her lawyer, who subsequently accused the judge of retaliating against the snub by issuing a ruling that left the wife assuming "most of the marital debt" while giving the husband "a disproportionately excessive alimony award."
Upon which, an appellate court kicked Judge Schoonover off the case, concluding that the wife had a "well-founded fear of not receiving a fair and impartial trial."
Ya think?
Two things: 1) If the wife had accepted the judge's request, it probably wouldn't have come out. Also, since the judge was trying to "friend" the wife, it seems likely she wouldn't have ruled so harshly against her if the wife had been amenable to the request. For all we know, this judge (as well as others) has done this before.
2) When a judge exhibits this level of head-shaking lack of judgment, are they really fit to judge, well, anything?
Which brings us to juries.
According to the New York Times, jurors have been caught polling Facebook friends for input on whether they should vote "Guilty" or "Not Guilty," apparently confusing their role with that of a viewer watching "America's Got Talent," and forgetting that the difference between them and their Facebook friends is that they've been sitting in the courtroom for days listening to a little thing called "evidence."
At least that's what they're supposed to be doing. The same article mentions jurors regularly tweeting during testimony and that some states are limiting the contact lawyers can have with jurors via social media outside the courtroom, including – Shades of Judge Schoonover – not "friending" them on Facebook.
That some states see this blatantly inappropriate behavior as so prevalent that they need to issue ordinances against it is almost as depressing as that all the other states either are blind to it happening, or don't care.
Some judges are banning electronic devices in the courtroom and some states are forbidding jurors from engaging in "all forms of electronic communication" once a trial begins, which sounds like a good idea until you consider that if getting people to serve on juries was difficult before, forbidding them from sending emails and tweets for the duration of the trial is sure to push the remaining few willing to serve over the edge.
That's not to say that electronic communications should have no role in the courthouse. One can imagine jurors being able to view electronic transcripts of the trial, and maybe even video replays of testimony. At the very least, all parties in the courtroom could have access to pertinent FAQ's, the first two of which, I would suggest, should be:
And WHY SHOULDN'T MEMBERS OF THE JURY POLL THEIR FACEBOOK FRIENDS ABOUT THE VERDICT?
Business ownership – the American dream! Taking the plunge into entrepreneurship can at first seem daunting, as many variables must be carefully considered before opening up shop. Luckily, you're not alone. Many resources and professionals are available to assist you in creating your dream business and ensuring its success. These five tips will help get you started on the right track.
While adapting to utilizing online mediums to attract business is necessary, you must still engage with people in daily life to create lasting relationships and potential sources of referral. Become an active member of your local Chamber of Commerce and other professional organizations, volunteer for various causes and charities that mean something to you, attend conferences and networking events to meet people in your field and expand upon your knowledge base. Not only will these efforts help to promote your business, but you will come away with a sense of fulfillment to see the positive impact that you and your business can have on the community you serve.
A full belly is something many of us take for granted, but it a daily struggle for thousands of people throughout San Francisco and Marin. To help end hunger in these areas, the San Francisco and Marin Food Bank serves more than 100,000 meals a day to families in need — made possible thanks to thousands of donors, supporters and volunteers.
Here at Rocket Lawyer, we are always looking for ways to give back to a community that has given us so much. To help us work towards this ongoing goal, we established Project Rocket Lawyer, an employee group dedicated to helping our surrounding community. Its ongoing mission is to generate positive and notable change around the Bay Area, one event at a time.
Some of Project Rocket Lawyer's charitable efforts have included our Holiday Charity Raffle, as well as our donations to the SF Food Bank. In 2013, we raised raised funds for Modest Needs through our Charity Raffle, and with the dedicated effort of our Sales Team, we donated over 1,500 pounds of food to the SF Food Bank.
Last week, dozens of Rocket Lawyer employees descended on the SF Food Bank's primary warehouse to lend a helping hand. The assignment: oatmeal. More specifically, helping to measure, bag and box thousands of pounds of it.
Sporting their Rocket Lawyer red, the team dove right on in. After two and a half hours of furious bagging and boxing, we successfully loaded nearly 3 pallets — almost 2,500 pounds of oatmeal!
Check out some of our photos from the event:
On one side of the field, you have Josh Finkelman, 28 year old Dayton, New Jersey football fanatic and warehouse president, shelling out $4,000 for two Super Bowl "cheap seat" tickets before thinking, "Hmm. Maybe I got ripped off," as that was considerably more than the tickets $500 per face value, and is suing the NFL because of it. On the other side you have the NFL, a leviathan-sized entity that takes in $9.5 billion dollars annually and whose commissioner Roger Goodell makes $30 million/year but which somehow is granted non-profit status and is exempt from paying federal taxes. And we're off and running with another dumb lawsuit with no "Who do you root for in this case?" winner.
You may be familiar with the fact that Super Bowl tickets are kind of hard to come by. The league itself lops 25 percent of the stadium seats off the top, distributing them to officials, muckety-mucks and corporate sponsors. Then the two participating teams are allotted 17.5 percent of the seats apiece, to sell to their season ticket holders and VIPs. In the end, only a paltry 1 percent go on sale to the general public, through a lottery system. Even Peyton Manning, who was playing in this year's Super Bowl (more or less) had to appeal to his little brother Eli to snag him a few ducats, which Eli could obtain by dint of being a player on one of MetLife Stadium's "host teams." Peyton was apparently so distressed about the ticket situation, he forgot to prepare for the game against the Seahawks.
Still, it's hard to feel sympathy for Finkelman, who:
A. Was quoted saying "It just seemed crazy that they were so expensive. I mean, I bought them, yeah, but I was upset.
B. Didn't enter the February-June lottery for a chance to buy tickets at face value, but waited till a couple weeks before the game, traditionally not the best time to find "deals." Plus, even if all 83,000 seats were put into that lottery, they all would've been gone by the time Finkelman acted, anyway.
C. Should've sued his friends instead for not informing him he could've watched the game on television, for FREE.
D. Thinks that of all the injustices in the world, contesting the upselling of already exorbitant tickets for a once-yearly event is the one worth fighting.
Personally, the lawsuit I keep waiting to see is when a player "guarantees" his team will win and then doesn't, and a fan sues the player because he lost a wad of money betting on the player's team. After all, a guarantee means you're willing to back it up. Otherwise it's just a "prediction."
I also keep expecting Oakland Raiders' fans to sue the team for false advertising, as their long-time motto is "Commitment to Excellence," and anyone looking at their record the past decade or two knows that is Ohhhh, so not true. Unless you stretch the definition of "excellence" to mean: "Making the opposing teams look good."
But, even though Finkelman's is a dumb case, that doesn't necessarily mean it's "out of bounds." Working in his favor is New Jersey's strong consumer protection laws, namely section 56:8-35.1 of the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act, which reads:
"It shall be an unlawful practice for a person, who has access to tickets to an event prior to the tickets' release for sale to the general public, to withhold those tickets from sale to the general public in an amount exceeding 5 percent of all available seating for the event."
Also, the NFL website directed fans to Ticketmaster, which it knows jacks up the price, and which it apparently has a relationship with in which it receives some of that extra money back in various ways. Plus, all these reseller sites, like Stubhub.com and GotTheTicket.com, legitimize the once frowned upon and in some quarters illegal practice of scalping.
And then there's just that grating factoid that the NFL is, you know, considered a non-profit.
Bruce Nagel, Finkelman's attorney, is filing this as a class-action suit, but I predict that the case will settle with the NFL offering Finkelman tickets to all future Super Bowls at face value. At which point he will receive phone calls from a distressed Peyton Manning.
We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Life often leaves us standing bare, naked, and dejected with a lost opportunity. The tide in the affairs of men does not remain at flood — it ebbs. We may cry out desperately for time to pause in her passage, but time is adamant to every plea and rushes on. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words, "Too late." — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Exactly one year later after he delivered this famous speech, to the day, Dr. King was gone. He was 39 years old. His entire civil rights career lasted from the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 until the Memphis sanitation workers' strike in 1968. Only 13 years.
Today, Rocket Lawyer is at Year Six — can you believe it? We hardly can. Our company has been built the right way by good people, and our moment is now. To pay homage to this fact, we all participated in our first Annual Ignite Kickoff Day on January 28th.
Our offices were transformed into colorful, inspiring spaces buzzing with energy and overflowing with snacks. (But seriously, there were so many snacks!) Everyone donned their IGNITE t-shirts, piled their plates high with either pastries or hummus depending on their degree of loyalty to lingering New Years resolutions, and gathered by the main stage around 11 AM to kick off the event.
The day started off strong with inspirational talks from our founder Charley Moore and CEO Dan Nye, who highlighted our accomplishments in 2013 and — more importantly — what we are shooting for in the future. While Dan reminded us about what defines our unique company culture and talent, Charley set our theme for 2014: the fierce urgency of now. A refreshed commitment to our critical mission of making the law simple and affordable for everyone unites us all as we move forward with our respective teams' projects this year.
Fired up by our execs' "go get 'em" vibes, the rest of us split up into different breakout groups and nestled into various corners of the office to brainstorm team objectives strategies to make our products and services better than ever before. Tasked with presenting our results via a five-minute Ignite-style Prezi, we fought against the clock to put together thoroughly informative and entertaining presentations. Highlights included "Docs by Dre," an incorporation fairytale about donuts, and an innovative take on the plot of Titanic.
Even all of this awesomeness, however, couldn't prepare us for the day's biggest surprise: guest speaker and NFL titan Ronnie Lott! Ronnie burst onto the scene like a fireball of enthusiasm and encouragement, and had all of us wrapped around his little finger as he regaled us with motivational stories of leadership and perseverance in the face of seemingly insurmountable adversity. By cold-calling various members of the audience and running some animated (and hilarious) defensive plays down the aisle, he got all of us thinking about how to apply his famous give-it-your-all mindset to the work we do each and every day here at Rocket Lawyer. Getting to try on his Super Bowl rings wasn't too shabby either!
Incorporation Specialist Ashley Green was one of the lucky ones Ronnie Lott called upon in the audience and had an all-around fantastic day. "It was a great experience. I really enjoyed getting the opportunity to collaborate with co-workers from all different departments. And my God, the food!"
These sentiments were echoed wholeheartedly by analyst Case Van Arkel, whose Marketing team won the "Most Spirited" award. "I didn't just have a good time at Ignite day 2014, I had an absolute blast. The festivities included an incredible smorgasbord of food, new 'swag' to replenish my endless appetite for free stuff, and a surprise appearance by the awesomely motivating Hall of Fame NFL running back, Ronnie Lott. The enthusiasm, creativity, and camaraderie displayed by my coworkers confirmed my belief that Rocket Lawyer is company made of wickedly smart, genuinely passionate, and tirelessly competitive people. I have no doubt that Ignite Day 2014 will fuel us over the coming year, and beyond."
A very special thanks to our Ignite Planning Committee for putting together an incredible event!


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