Peter Gardner to Receive 2014 Westboro Good Scout Award

Peter Gardner, Curry Printing's President &
2014 Westboro Good Scout Awardee

The 2014 Westboro Good Scout Award will be presented to Peter Gardner on Nov. 10 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Westboro. The gathering will begin at 6 p.m., with an Opening Ceremony by the Scouts at 6:55 pm. 

Dinner and the Good Scout Award presentation will follow. 

Increase Your Productivity in 3 Steps

Make sure you're getting the most out of every workday with these unorthodox approaches to productivity.

Keeping your productivity in check is tough—especially with distractions like new T.V. shows, football season and the last days of summer. You become fatigued at your desk, and you forget the task at hand. Improve your endurance and productivity at work in three simple ways:

Negative Online Reviews

12 Steps For Dealing With Bad Online Reviews

For small businesses, online reviews can be a very scary thing. Though they are useful tools for consumers, they also give customers the power to take down a brand. Even just one bad review can cast a shadow over your reputation and deter potential clients.

It might feel like you have no control over what is said about your brand online, but you do have the opportunity to display your excellent customer service and diffuse the effects of any inflammatory comments. Keep these steps in mind when you come across a bad online review of your business:

Content is King

What To Do When Your Content Marketing Consistently Flops.

It’s the painful truth. Your content marketing is more likely to fail than it is to succeed.

As disappointing as that may be, developing content marketing is still a necessary part of your business’s success. But why is no one reading your content even when you pour your heart and soul into creating it?

Social Media Waves

How to Surf the Changing Tides of Social Media

It is a confusing time for social media. It seems like every day, new and conflicting reports come out about the future of different platforms. Is Facebook a sinking ship? Or is it simply being used by a new demographic? Is Instagram the new thing? Or should you be using Snapchat?

In addition to all of the ever-changing buzz, Facebook has recently switched up their algorithms. If you've been watching your business’s page, you've probably noticed a big decline in the number of people your posts are reaching.

Design a Logo

4 Key Questions to Ask Yourself When Developing a Logo

For logistically minded folks, a logo might not really seem all that important. You’ve got a great business plan and excellent customer service, so why worry about a silly little graphic, right? Wrong.

Think of your logo as the first thing that greets a potential customer. It’s supposed to encompass your brand and plays a huge role in whether or not people feel an instant connection to your business. If your logo looks almost exactly the same as your competition’s, you’ve lost your first shot at standing out. Think about it. When most people are shopping for new wine, what’s the deciding factor? The label. Your logo functions in the exact same way. It gives customers something to judge your company on before they really know what you’re capable of.

The Right Way To Do Real-Time Marketing

5 keys to making your real-time marketing work for your company.

Since Oreo’s outrageously successful “You can still dunk in the dark” tweet during the Super Bowl XLVII power outage, several brands have attempted to adopt the quick-and-witty tactic of real-time marketing. 

Unfortunately, there are many more examples of RTM failures than successes. Take U.S. Cellular, for example. Following Adele’s big win for the “Skyfall” theme song in 2013, the company tweeted “What if her lyrics come true?” with a picture that said “The sky may fall, but we won’t drop your call. Punny? Yes. Funny? No.