by Michael Dorausch, DC There was a 10 x 14 insert advertisement for Curves in today’s West side addition of the Los Angeles Times. It was the traditional Curves pink and purple colors. There was some advertisement about a women’s fitness special on one side of the flyer but what piqued my interest was what was on the other side. The side of the flyer that I saw first featured a directory of Curves fitness facilities in the Los Angeles County area. Notice on the flyer Curves advertises a microsite (lacountycurves.com) rather than their primary website (curves.com). They also use
by Michael Dorausch, DC Back in October I wrote about getting an iPod Touch at the Apple store in Santa Monica, California. I was meaning to write about what I thought about my iPod but I wanted to use it for couple of months before commenting on it. This is the third month I’ve had it and I’ve been happy with it but I avoided using it for running up until now. In December at Pubcon I met someone who worked for a company called Zagg and last week they sent me something called an Invisible Shield, which protects my
by Michael Dorausch This post is not about the week and weekend weather that is pummeling California. That information can be viewed via the California storm news article posted earlier today. This article is about how quickly information on the Internet can travel, and how independent news web sites (unlike major outlets like the New York Times and Reuters) can deliver up to date and relevant news pieces, that oftentimes result in significant bursts of new traffic, and fresh inbound links. As I write this post the rain is pouring down hard on my beach adjacent home in coastal Los
by Michael Dorausch, DC Not all classified ads are created equally. In this post we are going to take a look at three different classified advertisements I noticed were posted earlier today. The advertisements are all related to the chiropractic health care industry but the concepts of creating more granular information apply to anyone posting online classified ads. The first ad was posted in an office space for rent category and the title reads Chiropractor to share space. In the description I can see that this office space is in a wellness Center located in Chula Vista, California. The ad
by Michael Dorausch, DC A territory manager for a company called Dr. Smoothie dropped by my Los Angeles chiropractic office just before the Christmas holidays. He left me with some nutritional products to try out. The sample packs were called Amino Recovery, Amino Hydrate, and Amino Repair. He also included a peanut butter crunch flavored Bio Bar. I haven’t had a chance yet to try out the products as I have been out of town for the past two weeks. I did tell Adam Lasko at Dr. Smoothie that I would try out the products and let him know what
by Michael Dorausch 911 what’s your emergency? I’d like to report someone smoking. On a recent trip through the town of Paia (located off the Hana highway in Maui, Hawaii) I snapped a photo of this no smoking, no drinking, no camping sign outside of a youth and cultural center. Dial 911 To Report Smokers – Visiting several public locations, I noticed that no smoking laws in Hawaii appeared to be rather strict, even more so than those in the state of California (there are recent smoking bans on some popular California beaches). But calling 911 to report a smoker?