Give Freely and Give Often

At a social media/marketing conference a few years back, I listened to a guy tell us to “Give Freely and Give Often.” He continued that there are no trade secrets. He wanted us to throw all secrets out the window and to instead, be engaging. And how are you engaging? By connecting and sharing. So…

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Should We Respond to Non-Viewers?

With some of the anti-hunting groups finding a new place to post unfounded “stats” and vulgar comments about hunting on Facebook, we’ve seen a rise in viewer comments. I should put quotes around the word “viewer” because with Facebook reaching the far depths of our world, these posts are going places our network, and even…

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After the Kill Shot: How “Should” We Respond?

This is something that’s concerned me for some time. And I never thought about it until the network started receiving negative comments about the hunters having “too much fun” on TV. Mainly, they are showing excitement/passion/joy after making a kill shot. I shrugged off the comments as an anti-hunter and how they were going to hate…

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One Year Later – A Review

It has been one year since I moved from Milwaukee to the infamous Twin Cities of Minnesota. And that means its also been one year now that I’ve been working from home. So its time for reflection. What I have learned: 1. I should have started a yogurt franchise because we now have two in our…

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Comments and The Ugliness That Ensues

I’ve always been subjected to hate mail when working with Sportsman Channel. Its standard that we’ll receive a few hateful emails every now and then. And then when Facebook became hot, we found some on there as well. Usually I think nothing of it. Some people are against hunting and there’s nothing I could ever…

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