I went to the food store to but some groceries with my daughter. While we were shopping an older lady about 70 or so started talking to me and my daughter. She was having trouble noticeably so I assisted with getting a few things down off higher shelves. I left her in the deli area after I had completed shopping and headed to get some milk and cheese and then out of stop and shop.

When I got to the check out Sabrina and I unloaded my cart and we paid. I had about 15 items but the total came to 130.56. I looked at the checkout person and told her there must be a big mistake. The woman said that my mother had mentioned that I would be paying for her groceries also.

Now if my mother was still alive I might not have a problem with this. I explained calmly that my mother had passed away quite a few years ago and that anyone pretending to be my mother was a hoax. She called the manager and an argument ensued. My daughter got upset and I tried to comfort her. As I went to do so the manager tried to prevent me from moving towards the exit. I resisted and he reached for me but fell to the ground and as I walked over him and towards my daughter the assistant manager reached up and was hanging on to my shoes, hanging on tight pulling on my leg like I am pulling on yours.

Happy April fools day.

Lets face it, sales and marketing people are working with new budgets (ok no budgets) these days and are looking for ways to get their message to their customers and potential new customers as quickly and cheaply as possible. Enter social media and it’s ability to share the message quickly.

What kind of video do you post?

Well that depends on your company. Is it a service company or product manufacturer? Can you convey your company product or service easily in a minute or 2 or 3? Do your current customers love you? If so would you be able to get their testimonials on video?

As you already know, video is much more engaging then white papers and PDF’s that tell people about your product or service. Having a live person talk about their product or better yet about your product is much more engaging.

UGC video is also on the rise. UGC or user generated content is on the web everywhere you look. If someone has a video camera and can talk in complete sentences chances are good they have created UGC video. Many start out and fail, their first attempts are terrible. But as time goes on they learn and correct and add to their presentations. Video is booming on the internet. Don’t let early set backs stop you, keep making content and keep putting it on the web. Get feedback and tweak and tailor your message to your audience and customers.

Brilliant Video Productions assists it clients in getting well produced video content to the web effectively and on budget. We can help Sales and Marketing people with limited budgets create a one minute story about their business or product, or we can shoot the testimonials of others talking about your products.

We will also assist and consult with companies looking to provide UGC video to their audiences. We can help with video camera, microphone, lighting and editing equipment recommendations to help ensure that your UGC video gets off on solid footing.

Please see our website@ www.brilliantvideoproductions.com/video for more.

My 6 year old daughter had her birthday party today at Whimsy in Framingham. It’s a great place one part plaster fun time, one part build a bear, and one part art studio and party place for kids. The woman who owns and runs it was very nice. The kids had a great time and each kid got to stuff their own bear or animal. We also had pizza coordinated by them and a party for 12 kids was a bargain I think at about 260.00 all together. They also have a mosaic area, and a place where hids can pan for valuable treasure and rocks.

All the kids had a blast, the pizza was pretty good and all went home with a good sized self stuffed animal.

Whimsy is hard to find it’s behind Ski Market on Route 9 accross the street from Trader Joes and Ruby Tuesdays on the East bound side but definitely worth the trip.

Find them online at http://whimsyartsandcrafts.com/