We have just completed the re-design of the franklin-spirko website and if I might say so myself, it looks fantastic!  We really have something special with this business - how many marketing companies have marketing experts who have also built their own successful companies across diverse fields and really practice what they preach?  Crazy and I were talking about our value proposition and he defined it beautifully - "you would not want us working for your competition", he said!  People still ask me why I call him 'crazy' and I will probably have to devote an entire post to the subject, but I will start the process by saying that anyone who has a collection of over 40 pet snakes is certainly heading toward the 'change' section of the normality barometer!

I have just played in two charity golf tournaments raising monies for local charities here in Dallas.  I was the guest of Bob Lilly Jr, son of the Cowboys legend, Bob Lilly and our team placed third!  This was largely due to us having scratch golfer John Albrecht on the team.  John is the VP of marketing for Magic Video our franklin-spirko video partner and played some fantastic golf!  John is also the agent of tour player, Marco Dawson. Thanks John! 

The second tournament was hosted by insurance brokers MHBT and I was the guest of Vice President Marcus Humphrey.  Now we did not have the benefit of John on our team and I had brought along a guest - Chris Vogeli, Executive Chef and proprietor of the finest steak house in Dallas, Three Forks.  Now our placing was not as spectacular as the other tournament, that is if we even placed at all.  I had to drag Chris away from the rib eye sandwiches on the eighth hole - I think he was trying to hire the lady who was cooking them as they tasted so good and Marcus and his guest, Gene, were doing their best to save the team - "excellent - now we're golfing", said Marcus as he drove his approach shot positively into the lake!  David, our caddy said that he had never experienced such a positive attitude! I did ask David if he would like to caddy for the team in future events - he's coming back to me!

~ Neil

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