Michael Crooks

Crooks owns Crooks Advertising Alliance, a creative strike-force specializing in creative problem-solving. Born & raised in the "cereal city", Battle Creek, MI (USA), he's an assistant Scoutmaster and enjoys thinking, writing, camping, cooking, shooting and family getaways. Crooks writes a monthly marketing column for Brilliant Results magazine and is internationally recognized as a speaker, author (ReThinking Trade Show Giveaways) and business coach in the field of promotional marketing. Learn more at www.CrooksAdvertising.com and www.PromoReThink.com

Homepage: http://www.crooksadvertising.com


Posts by Michael Crooks

How To Make Employees More Productive

Friday, August 27th, 2010

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Posted in Human Resource Management, Leadership, Planning, The Board Room, The Sales Dept | No Comments

What’s A Burned Business Bridge Smell Like?

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

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Posted in Excellence!, Growth, People!, Risk Management, Starting out in business, The Marketing Dept, The Sales Dept | No Comments

Really? That’s the BEST you can do?

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Posted in Excellence!, Starting out in business, The Customer Service Dept, The Marketing Dept, The Operations Dept, The Sales Dept | 1 Comment

Improve Customer Service: Turn Employees Into Customers.

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

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Posted in Excellence!, Human Resource Management, The Customer Service Dept, The Marketing Dept, The Operations Dept, The Sales Dept | 4 Comments

Hello?! Are You LISTENING?

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Posted in Excellence!, Growth, People!, Personal Development, Starting out in business, The Customer Service Dept, The Marketing Dept, The Sales Dept | 1 Comment

Using Gossip As An Effective Management Tool

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Posted in Excellence!, Growth, Human Resource Management, Leadership, People!, Starting out in business, The Operations Dept | No Comments

Bad Acting Is Bad For Your Business

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Posted in Excellence!, Human Resource Management, People!, Personal Development, Starting out in business, The Customer Service Dept, The Marketing Dept, The Sales Dept | 2 Comments

Pretend Role-Playing Solves Real Problems

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

Posted in Excellence!, Innovation and Creativity, Personal Development, Planning, Starting out in business, The Marketing Dept, The Sales Dept | No Comments

My Article Could Have Prevented A $53 Million Dollar Lawsuit

Friday, November 16th, 2007

Posted in Finance, Growth, Risk Management, Starting out in business, The Customer Service Dept, The Marketing Dept | 1 Comment

You do NOT have my needs!

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Posted in Innovation and Creativity, Starting out in business, The Customer Service Dept, The Marketing Dept, The Sales Dept | 3 Comments