Conversion rates are a dead giveaway. If your e-commerce website isn’t turning browsers into buyers, figure out what’s wrong. Usually it’s the copy and/or the appropriateness of the website for the product or service you’re selling! It has happened again. A new client is writhing in agony because she tapped her brother to[…]
Put the pitchforks away! There are a lot of opinions in social media and almost everywhere you go these days, and while visiting friends, as to who should become our next Commander in Chief and our city, state, and Congressional representatives. Not infrequently, the opinions you’ll hear can get downright ugly. And I’ve[…]
The Pacific Northwest’s ONLY 50th Anniversary #Star Trek Convention Features Regional Celebrities and More Proceeds will support Operation: Dog Tag to benefit military veterans with PTSD Spokane WA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today Paula Scarborough of Stardust Entertainment Services announced the upcoming 50th Anniversary Star Trek convention, Starkane, to be[…]
I do my best to avoid talking about bad news here on this blog. But the tragedy in Orlando at The Pulse Nightclub is one of those things I simply cannot ignore. Over 300 people went to a nightclub to dance, interact and have a good time with other kindred spirits. 49 of them[…]
For those of you who missed the #DeForestKelley Q&A sessions on January 10th and June 11th, here’s a treasure trove for you: all of my answers to fans’ questions, all in one place, including the name of the fan who asked each question. ENJOY! (Thank you to Lisa Twining Taylor and Rod Janpol for your[…]
You Can Go Home Again After the DeForest Kelley Q & A Facebook gathering on Saturday, June 11th (the 17th anniversary of his passing), I decided to break out the remastered STAR TREK DVDs that Anne Richardson sent me years ago to watch “a couple” of my favorite episodes that featured Dr. McCoy prominently.[…]
With Hillary Rodham Clinton now (reportedly) “the presumptive nominee” of the Democratic Party establishment–a claim I find both precarious and presumptuous, since Bernie polls far better against so-called anti-establishment (HA HA HA!) Donald Trump than she does–I think it’s time for this idealistic, optimistic “reporter”–me!–to leap into the fray to console and remind the[…]
Confession time: My mom sprung me from school early on February 25, 1964 so Dad could drive me to Seattle to see Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) fight Sonny Liston LIVE on a big screen at the Seattle Center. We never, ever did anything like that, before or after, but I wanted to go in[…]
I got brief views of the aurora borealis in Tacoma overnight. At first there was cloud cover, but toward midnight after the sky was cloud-free and crystal clear, I could see hundreds of stars — perfect conditions for seeing an aurora borealis. Unfortunately, the appearances were so brief that I wasn’t able to catch[…]
In the next few weeks I’ll have a dedicated website to showcase the books I’ve written. Lisa Twining Taylor of Dancing Goat Web Design is working on it as I write this. We’re both very excited. The website address will be YellowBalloonPublications.com. For those of you who read my 2001 book DeForest Kelley A[…]