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, 2010Tags: employee happiness, employee satisfaction, Michael Crooks
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, 2008Tags: Burning Business Bridges, Effective Networking
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, 2008Posted 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, 2008Tags: improve customer service, The Customer Service Dept
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, 2007Posted 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, 2007Posted 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, 2007Posted 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, 2007Posted 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, 2007Posted 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, 2007Posted in Innovation and Creativity, Starting out in business, The Customer Service Dept, The Marketing Dept, The Sales Dept | 3 Comments
