Michael Helmke

I was feeling a little overwhelmed with work projects so I worked on the marketing project for a bit. I helped Chris with some chores in the garage. I think we watched some TV.

The call with another contact from LinkedIn was especially interesting. It was an experienced marketer working freelance and doing much larger things than I am. He is friends with another super experienced marketer I met in person in February. We … Read More

Today I was pretty angry at the world at large. Mostly due to the utter utter incompetence of the president in washington and his team. (“Only the best people…”, “You’re going to get so tired of winning…”, “There were good … Read More

A couple of days ago I emailed out to someone I spoke with about a month ago. He says he was about to email me anyway based on the strength of my last marketing email. So it was an opportune … Read More

I got an agreement from a website maintenance client to start with him. This was the unusual situation where someone started talking to me on LinkedIn and wanted help running their website. There may be some marketing work in future. … Read More

Aside from the usual I had a call with my potential financial advisor client to make a proposal. He really wants to work with me but my quoted rate is beyond what he can do right now so he’s going … Read More

No snow but it was still a good Mother’s Day. Just wish I could have visited mine. We had a good call though. The egg bake and coffee cake were very good. I realized after the fact that I was … Read More

Chris and I went to Aldi for groceries we needed. I went into the store. Chris stayed in the car to be on hand sanitizer duty when I was done. The store wasn’t that crowded and Aldi shoppers are still … Read More

It may snow on Mother’s Day (Sunday). The snow may not stick but it may fall from the sky. There is also a very minor panic over the fact that it may freeze over night tonight. This is only a … Read More

Had an interesting morning call with the founder of a UK company that makes and sends personalized notecards. Their novelty is they use AI and Machine Learning to simulate handwriting in the writing parts such that no card is the … Read More