Comments for Bowden McElroy

Comment on Marketing A Counseling Practice by bowden mcelroy

bowden mcelroy — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:09:46 +0000

For years, the Yellow Pages were our single best referral source. Now, the internet is. But not until we fired the “experts” and took responsibility for our own web site. We use the same dynamic publishing platform (Wordpress) as used on this blog. Wordpress has made it easy to use static pages to create something more professional looking and less blog-looking.

I don’t know why anyone, professional practice or church, would pay huge bucks to have someone else - someone who doesn’t know you or your target audience - to present your public face to the world.

Comment on Marketing A Counseling Practice by Taran

Taran — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:58:26 +0000

Bowden,

At Lakeview, the pastor has recently made the decision not to spend the (obscene) amount of money on a Yellow Pages ad for 2009. We’ll be doing our advertising through Google and probably online in our newspaper as well. There are fewer and fewer people using the Yellow Pages these days. Google is simply easier.

Now, there’s no way (as you suggest) to drive up your own results from Google searches. But you can still advertise on the page that displays those searches. In other words, when “Baptist” or “church” is entered in with our home town, an ad for Lakeview Baptist will appear along the right hand side of the results page.

When we check with our new members, none of them have visited because of the Yellow Pages. We’ll see how this works.

Comment on The Family Who Eats Together… by bowden mcelroy

bowden mcelroy — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:17:13 +0000

Taran,
I’ve been teaching two classes at Tulsa Community College: notes, lectures, and assignments are the same as they’ve been for the last two years; pretty low stress. I’m also helping a friend out at another school: a prof resigned the day before classes began and they desperately needed another adjunct. THAT class is about to push me over the edge. Fortunately, it’s a good group of students.

Meredreth,
Youngest daughter understands the value of proper spelling and punctuation. Middle daughter likes texting shorthand. (”Baby girl” applies to ALL of them; even the 27-year-old.)

Comment on The Family Who Eats Together… by meredreth

meredreth — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:53:06 +0000

How funny! Your daughter, however, is profoundly grammatically correct in her text messaging. I’m amazed at her speed and accuracy.

I’m glad to know I”m not the only one transitioning the family from the dining room table to the living room floor. Some day we are going to reclaim our dining room and the kitchen bar!

Comment on The Family Who Eats Together… by Taran

Taran — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:00:26 +0000

You’re teaching three classes?! No wonder you haven’t had a lot of time to post lately. Have fun these last few weeks of the semester!

Comment on The Family Who Eats Together… by Bob Cleveland

Bob Cleveland — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:23:40 +0000

LOL.

WTG!

Comment on Divorce and ADHD by steven

steven — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:28:14 +0000

So it is the kids fault!

Comment on Advice for Politicians by Oloryn

Oloryn — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:32:44 +0000

That’s certainly better than the usual routine, which seems to be “Acknowledge a fault as little as possible, as it is your job to look as good as possible, regardless of whether or not you’re actually performing up to how you look.”.

Comment on 20 Romantic Things by bowden mcelroy

bowden mcelroy — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:14:08 +0000

Thanks, Rick. It’s fixed, now.

Comment on 20 Romantic Things by Rick Boyne

Rick Boyne — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:16:43 +0000

Bowden,

The link is broken…