• Interesting Stuff
• Postal Rates Rising Again
• Hooked on Drink
• Finding Customers in a Soft Market
• Say It Ain't So, Joe

Seems like postal went up just last year, right? You're right! And now they're going up again. In May, first class postage rises to 42 cents, and some other rates also go up. The good news? "Forever" stamps will still be good. Better stock up now.

It was originally invented as a cure for fallen arches (no, really), and later was sold in a patented package that resembled a woman's pleasing figure. Today it's one of the world's best-known brands, and folks typically like it or hate it, with little in-between.

Those affordable luxuries ($5 coffee and $600 scarves) don't sell like they used to, right? So our own Mr. Marketing provides some insight into how to profitably work the market until sunnier days return to the economy.

Joe Isuzu sold cars to Americans with commercials like this. He made the SUV THE vehicle to own for many. But the character's sponsor ignored their marketing for several years, and won't sell in the states after January, '09. And that's no lie!