Author: Chris Calcagno

I’m a hugger.  Grew up in a very affectionate family.  Grandma didn’t just pinch my chubby cheeks.  She’d pinch ‘em and then bite ‘em.  Handshake?  Hell, I was a little man at four years old.  I walked around with a wallet in my diaper and shook hands like a politician.  So of course for me, social...

I’ve watched my compatriots offer everything from websites on discount to media production to air time at a bargain price.  AND YES, even I did it.  SPI made that same knee jerk reaction during this crisis and offered production services for free.  You know what.  That’s dumb.  Businesses are not...

I don’t know if it was the Democrats or Republicans who said that, but first time I heard it I said – “Disgusting!”  But here I am ready to recommend that very notion to you.  Yep, during an economic downturn like we’re facing, during a nasty crisis like we are living in, there’s a sales opportunity...

I worry.  If I don’t have enough to worry about today, I’ll worry about tomorrow.  And if that’s not enough, I’ll worry about years from now.  I like to know I’m getting my money’s worth out of my high blood pressure medication.  Right now, I worry we may forget.   At some point we’ll all get back...

Hey, how ‘bout it for our doctors and nurses out there.  While I’m safe at home in my little hermetically sealed virus-free bubble, doctors and nurses suit-up every day right now and walk into Coronavirus hell.  I’m afraid to touch a box of Corn Flakes in the grocery store and these people are touching,...

I’m in marketing, so I got a kick outta’ this one story I read.  Corona Beer sales are down 38%.  Some people won’t touch it under any circumstances.  The writer said, “those are the same people who think chocolate milk comes from brown cows.”  I for one will stock up on Corona Beer – it’s gotta’...