Despite her youthful appearance, Alison has been providing small business development, advertising and marketing services for 20 years. She is a busy content writer as well as a humour / humor writer. Writing for the web, social media messaging, scriptwriting for audio, video, podcasts and television is where she is taking her business.
(reprint from the Trentonian 2007) Staring right at me … all slick, sexy and powerful … lying on my desk and silently calling out for my attention … is my new guy … my Blackberry. He’s smart, neatly organized, doesn’t complain about my driving and likes shopping. Trouble is, while he knows everything about me, …
“Do we get to keep the make-up artists?” asks Melanie Harder, a local curler and a hired extra for last weeks’ Canadian Curling Associations national commercial shoot. The high scale production was shot on location at the Trenton Curling Club (TCC). The commercial, planned to air on TSN during this seasons national curling broadcasts, was …
If you’re feeling a little touch of turkey-itis this week, don’t blame it all on the bird. Your fatigue has just as much to do with your Aunt Gertrude’s stuffing and your Uncle Marty’s glass raising cheers of thanks. Everyone blames Tryptophan, the apparent sleep agent in turkey but I did a little carving out …
Go inside any McDonalds and there is a huge, backlit sign showcasing their complete price list. You know what you are getting yourself into financially when you supersize the fries (not that I have ever done that). Wanna buy a car? The sticker price is for the base model and if you want to heat …
Real life is so much funnier than fiction. We can get ourselves into such messes! Family was here from out of town recently and I was talking with Duke. Duke is a formidable guy. Big, solid, as sweet as apple pie and like Superman – he’s stronger than a locomotive. He’s the kind of guy …
How long have men been wearing Capri’s? I’m at a big splash pad with my boys and watching a flock of dad’s chasing their kids around when I notice they are all making the same ¾ length-leg fashion faux pas. Sorry, fella’s, but as far as I’m concerned, only women can pull off the ‘too …
Summer makes being a bossy parent much harder. It’s just too easy for the kiddies to hide in plain sight. “Drewpy, when we get home, I need you to …” “Drew, I need you to …” “Drew, please stop, I need…” “Drewpy, please…” Submerge. Submerge. Under the water he disappears again. My kids go all …
Every once in a while, you hear about some famous person who never fly’s – they travel around by bus. It’s so not cool. Dolly Parton was recently showing off her bus on Oprah. “Here’s my teeny tiny bathtub. Here’s my itty bitty TV screen.” But you were a big sensation, Dolly. Show us your …
I recently had someone hand me a funny ad he had clipped out of a newspaper he picked up on vacation (I am single-handedly responsible for consumers new interest in advertising). It was for a product made of natural ingredients that would aid in ‘cleaning out your system’. The product was called “Crapola” — of …