by Jan Johnson | Jan 20, 2025 | Consumer Research
Remember all those brainstorming sessions where the leader told you to “think outside the box”? Leaving the conference room, you were often directed to “color inside the lines.” Oh! And remember to “stay in your lane.” The problem...
by Jan Johnson | Dec 20, 2023 | Consumer Research
So, I’ve been showing some relatives around beautiful East Texas over the holidays, and I have to say: Texans go all out for Christmas! If you’re a regular reader, you’ve seen me share pictures and stories of the Athens Christmas Parade, the very cool tree in the...
by Jan Johnson | Sep 5, 2023 | Consumer Research
Why do farmers take so long… to buy into something new?There is an old saying: ”Are you willing to bet the farm on that?”Today, the answer is “no.” And a longer answer is, “If I wait, I might lose a bit, but I will not lose everything.”Farmers’ skepticism...
by Jan Johnson | Oct 31, 2022 | Consumer Research, Farmer Insights
Farmers don’t want tricks; they just want to be treated fairly. I am beginning to suspect that I may be getting more curmudgeonly. There’s a fellow at church I find to be a true curmudgeon. He has a sharp retort for every comment – a perspective...
by Jan Johnson | Nov 29, 2021 | Consumer Research
Fall has been wonderful here in East Texas. Granted, it takes two months for the leaves to fall here instead of two weeks, as it does in Minnesota, but today is a lovely 63 degrees. Snow is falling in Minneapolis, where the high is not expected to get above...
by dashfactor | Oct 25, 2021 | Consumer Research
Be ready. I perform a lot of internet searches for various products that I am helping clients with, so I get trailed by a lot of advertising. And these ads follow me virtually everywhere on the internet, so much so that they often seem ridiculous (I won’t name...
