As I write this article in late summer 2022, we are experiencing record levels of inflation all across the country. The price of almost everything is up – fuel, food, raw materials, rent, subscription costs, medical costs, and labor costs. Here at Country Fried...
In business, it’s often helpful to use rules of thumb and guidance associated with numbers. Most everyone is familiar with the 80/20 rule, properly named the Pareto Principle. In a previous blog post, I wrote about the 90-Day Rule. Let’s now consider the power of...
Don’t worry, we’re not packing up the business and moving away. It’s almost summertime and many of our team members are planning for a well-earned summer vacation. We decided to make vacation time the theme of our late spring/summer marketing with a campaign called...
There’s a time-tested piece of business advice that I learned from a mentor years ago called the “90-Day Rule”. The basic idea is that you can expect to see results 90 days after implementing a change, new program, or initiative. This rule has served me well over the...
As we approach the mid-point of the year I always reflect on the past and think about the future. “It’s hard to believe that I’ve been in the workforce for over thirty years, nearly twenty of those years building our business”. – Country Fried...
Here at Country Fried Creative (CFC) we’re often asked about how to “get the word out” and “tell our story.” There’s no shortage of books, podcasts, and internet articles about marketing. We knew that the best way to answer that question was to put something together...
