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Small Business and Politics Don’t Always Mix

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I had a good reminder today as to why it’s not typically a smart idea to discuss politics in a small business setting. I’ve been a practicing chiropractor in Los Angeles for several years, providing care in a community that represents all sorts of different views and opinions when it comes

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It's a Great Day at America's Chiropractic Center

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. How one answers the phone is incredibly important to the success of any small business. In the world of chiropractic, it’s amazing to me how many offices continue to use an unenthusiastic approach when it comes to picking up the telephone. Other offices are a delight to call. I hear receptionists

Read More »

Saturday Whiteboard

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. This post most definitely goes into the thoughts category. It’s not intended to be of any benefit to anyone, but you never know what you can learn by reading somebody’s Whiteboard (a.k.a. dry erase board). It’s Saturday and it’s time to clean the board so I can prepare for the week

Read More »

Going to be more press in upcoming weeks

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. With all the tech related conferences I’ve been attending (and speaking at) these past few months, I’d begin to think that the smarts and energy of people like Chris Winfield at 10e20.com would begin rubbing off on me. When your efforts begin manifesting themselves physically it’s a pretty neat feeling. Things

Read More »

Mixed Martial Arts And Running 5K Events

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I was doing some preparation on a news article that posted today regarding a Las Vegas 5K running event put on by Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) superstar and five-time UFC Champion Randy Couture. I knew Planet Chiropractic had posted running related articles in the past (not running ones practice) but I

Read More »

Community and Participation For Greater Success

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I could have categorized this post in Rants & Raves or Marketing but I figured I’d just go with Thoughts since I’m thinking about this and writing as I go. I love participating with others to build greater community. I love doing it off-line, I love doing it online, and I

Read More »

Spinal Decompression and Possible Misuse of FDA Logo

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I was scanning through some websites this Saturday afternoon and something I came across on a chiropractors web site in Thousand Oaks, California, caught my attention. There was what appeared to be an advertisement for Spinal Decompression Services in the chiropractor’s office. What I found odd was seeing an FDA (Food

Read More »

I Still Like Dry Erase Boards

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I still like using dry erase boards to get my thoughts out where I can view them. I don’t know what it it but the whiteboard still does it for me. I’ve tried mindmaps and other computer based applications but I’m not sold yet. Starting looking online to order a new

Read More »

Collection of Chiropractic Love Stories

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. While preparing an article for this morning’s chiropractic news, I was reviewing about nine years of chiropractic content related to topics like Valentine’s Day, service inside the office, thoughts on the profession, and general topics of love and happiness. With Valentine’s Day 2008 approaching, I thought I’d put together a collection

Read More »

Running to Blow That Writer's Block

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Running is just one of many forms of exercise that can help stimulate your mind and get your fingers moving forward, to unleash thoughts and ideas that may have been stuck somewhere in the back of your blogging head space. Early this morning I noticed a post to twitter from doshdosh

Read More »

Chicago Airport WiFi not Free

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I have to imagine nearly all traveling bloggers love free Wi-Fi, especially when enduring long hours in airport terminals. I arrived at Chicago’s Midway Airport about an hour ago and was excited when I sat down and noticed a sign that read… Sign on to Wi-Fi (see photo below). As you

Read More »

An unknown fatal error occurred

by Michael Dorausch, D.C. I was just checking out one of my favorite social media sites (Digg) and saw an article on the homepage reporting the US medical system as the worst in 19 industrialized nations. I went to vote up some of the comments I liked and the site gave me an error message.

Read More »

California Storms Perfect for Local News Webmasters

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. This post is not about the week and weekend weather that is pummeling California. That information can be viewed via the California storm news article posted earlier today. This article is about how quickly information on the Internet can travel, and how independent news web sites (unlike major outlets like the

Read More »

Things I learned from Guy Kawasaki at Pubcon 2006

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. It’s amazing how many things can change in a single year’s time. About this time last year I was attending an Internet conference at the Las Vegas convention Center in Nevada. The conference is called PubCon and it is attended by thousands of webmasters, SEOs, web marketers, and entrepreneurs. This years

Read More »

Two in the Morning and Your Daily Affirmations

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Going to go through a stack of mail I’ve received in the last two days and offer up some of my thoughts (even if no one’s paying attention). For those of you that are not chiropractors, you’d be amazed at the number of advertisements we receive each and every day. Everyone’s

Read More »

101 Words That Feel Good

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Sticks and stones may break your bones but words can help you to feel good about yourself and those you share them with. Imagine yourself in a situation where you wanted to say something nice about someone. It could be a person right in front of you, it could be somebody

Read More »

Miscellaneous Mail before Thanksgiving

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. The mail never stops. There will likely be a large pile of it in the office on Monday. Received one of those really big boarding pass looking postcards from Southwest Airlines, you probably received one as well. I guess flying Southwest nearly every month for the past six years isn’t worth

Read More »

Cell Phone Use in the Office

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. There was an article in this past Saturday’s Seattle Post-intelligencer regarding the use of cell phones in businesses. According to the article, businesses and organizations are increasingly posting signs and asking people to stop using cell phones during transactions. They mentioned banks, coffee shops, and doctors offices, as places where cell

Read More »

Chiropractors Energy Drink

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Chiropractors tend to be healthy people and you’ll often hear us talking about things like nutrition, vitamins, chlorella, sea salts, exercise, and such. Sometimes people wonder if we ever eat candy, consume alcohol, or eat fast food. It depends on the chiropractor, but most that I know of tend to limit

Read More »

Hypodermic Needles and Blue Balls

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. It was just a couple of weeks ago that I told the story of finding blue balls on the beach, while running in Marina del Rey. I went for a run again on Tuesday but this time I wasn’t expecting to find any blue balls, since it hadn’t rained in the

Read More »

Tuesday Has Not Gone Away

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I’ve got a pile of papers and notes on my desk for things to get done this morning. Thought I’d create a compilation post and cover a number of topics. Local Search Cudahy, California: I recently had someone visit my ADIO chiropractic office that was from this city. Even though it’s

Read More »

Jenn Brown hosts High School Cheerleader show on CMT

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Earlier today, I bumped into my friend Jenn Brown, in the Marina del Rey area of Los Angeles. I hadn’t seen her in some time, and she shared a bit of what she’s been up to the past few months. You’ve probably seen Jenn on ESPN, as she has hosted a

Read More »

Elizabeth Hurley does a GOD Whammy!

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Elizabeth Hurley is getting some press this week and having her name appear in Google Hot Trends. I’m not yet quite sure why but I just noticed a dailystab blogpost of Hurley in a t-shirt she was photographed wearing, earlier last week. Elizabeth is my favorite Chirodelic Chiropractor, appearing as Dr.

Read More »

No Human Bones in AP News Photos

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. There was a photographer from the Associated Press (AP) at my Los Angeles chiropractic office earlier today who was taking photos for an article that is going to appear somewhere in the news in the next couple of weeks. I had to get to the office early and move some items

Read More »

Real Webmasters Eat Cheeseburgers

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I was about to do a post about going local when having a website built for a chiropractic office when I located this cheeseburger photograph in my Picassa2 browser. That’s no ordinary cheeseburger. I forget how big the hamburger patty was but it looks a half pound or more to me.

Read More »

Matt Cutts Deserves Chiropractic

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Like many people involved in SEO, Matt Cutts is a hard-working individual. Matt works for Google and he is currently the head of the company’s website spam team. I suspect it’s not easy being the #2 Matt in the world (Matt Mullenweg of WordPress is #1) but that’s not likely the

Read More »

Chiropractic Television

An interesting pattern has been emerging on the major television networks in the USA. According to a news report on Planet Chiropractic, Monday night featured 3 prime time TV shows that involved actors playing roles as chiropractors. The shows (in order they appeared for broadcast) are Everybody Hates Chris, The New Adventures of Old Christine,

Read More »

Potential Content is Everywhere

Yesterday I posted an article to Planet Chiropractic News titled Live Subluxation Free or Die Hard. The article was about Bruce Willis, his 4th Die Hard film (opening tomorrow), and chiropractic. People sometimes ask where I get this stuff. Do we call an agent for Bruce Willis? Did someone from his promotional office call us?

Read More »

Small Business and Politics Don’t Always Mix

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I had a good reminder today as to why it’s not typically a smart idea to discuss politics in a small business setting. I’ve been a practicing chiropractor in Los Angeles for several years, providing care in a community that represents all sorts of different views and opinions when it comes

Read More »

It's a Great Day at America's Chiropractic Center

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. How one answers the phone is incredibly important to the success of any small business. In the world of chiropractic, it’s amazing to me how many offices continue to use an unenthusiastic approach when it comes to picking up the telephone. Other offices are a delight to call. I hear receptionists

Read More »

Saturday Whiteboard

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. This post most definitely goes into the thoughts category. It’s not intended to be of any benefit to anyone, but you never know what you can learn by reading somebody’s Whiteboard (a.k.a. dry erase board). It’s Saturday and it’s time to clean the board so I can prepare for the week

Read More »

Going to be more press in upcoming weeks

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. With all the tech related conferences I’ve been attending (and speaking at) these past few months, I’d begin to think that the smarts and energy of people like Chris Winfield at 10e20.com would begin rubbing off on me. When your efforts begin manifesting themselves physically it’s a pretty neat feeling. Things

Read More »

Mixed Martial Arts And Running 5K Events

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I was doing some preparation on a news article that posted today regarding a Las Vegas 5K running event put on by Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) superstar and five-time UFC Champion Randy Couture. I knew Planet Chiropractic had posted running related articles in the past (not running ones practice) but I

Read More »

Community and Participation For Greater Success

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I could have categorized this post in Rants & Raves or Marketing but I figured I’d just go with Thoughts since I’m thinking about this and writing as I go. I love participating with others to build greater community. I love doing it off-line, I love doing it online, and I

Read More »

Spinal Decompression and Possible Misuse of FDA Logo

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I was scanning through some websites this Saturday afternoon and something I came across on a chiropractors web site in Thousand Oaks, California, caught my attention. There was what appeared to be an advertisement for Spinal Decompression Services in the chiropractor’s office. What I found odd was seeing an FDA (Food

Read More »

I Still Like Dry Erase Boards

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I still like using dry erase boards to get my thoughts out where I can view them. I don’t know what it it but the whiteboard still does it for me. I’ve tried mindmaps and other computer based applications but I’m not sold yet. Starting looking online to order a new

Read More »

Collection of Chiropractic Love Stories

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. While preparing an article for this morning’s chiropractic news, I was reviewing about nine years of chiropractic content related to topics like Valentine’s Day, service inside the office, thoughts on the profession, and general topics of love and happiness. With Valentine’s Day 2008 approaching, I thought I’d put together a collection

Read More »

Running to Blow That Writer's Block

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Running is just one of many forms of exercise that can help stimulate your mind and get your fingers moving forward, to unleash thoughts and ideas that may have been stuck somewhere in the back of your blogging head space. Early this morning I noticed a post to twitter from doshdosh

Read More »

Chicago Airport WiFi not Free

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I have to imagine nearly all traveling bloggers love free Wi-Fi, especially when enduring long hours in airport terminals. I arrived at Chicago’s Midway Airport about an hour ago and was excited when I sat down and noticed a sign that read… Sign on to Wi-Fi (see photo below). As you

Read More »

An unknown fatal error occurred

by Michael Dorausch, D.C. I was just checking out one of my favorite social media sites (Digg) and saw an article on the homepage reporting the US medical system as the worst in 19 industrialized nations. I went to vote up some of the comments I liked and the site gave me an error message.

Read More »

California Storms Perfect for Local News Webmasters

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. This post is not about the week and weekend weather that is pummeling California. That information can be viewed via the California storm news article posted earlier today. This article is about how quickly information on the Internet can travel, and how independent news web sites (unlike major outlets like the

Read More »

Things I learned from Guy Kawasaki at Pubcon 2006

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. It’s amazing how many things can change in a single year’s time. About this time last year I was attending an Internet conference at the Las Vegas convention Center in Nevada. The conference is called PubCon and it is attended by thousands of webmasters, SEOs, web marketers, and entrepreneurs. This years

Read More »

Two in the Morning and Your Daily Affirmations

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Going to go through a stack of mail I’ve received in the last two days and offer up some of my thoughts (even if no one’s paying attention). For those of you that are not chiropractors, you’d be amazed at the number of advertisements we receive each and every day. Everyone’s

Read More »

101 Words That Feel Good

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Sticks and stones may break your bones but words can help you to feel good about yourself and those you share them with. Imagine yourself in a situation where you wanted to say something nice about someone. It could be a person right in front of you, it could be somebody

Read More »

Miscellaneous Mail before Thanksgiving

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. The mail never stops. There will likely be a large pile of it in the office on Monday. Received one of those really big boarding pass looking postcards from Southwest Airlines, you probably received one as well. I guess flying Southwest nearly every month for the past six years isn’t worth

Read More »

Cell Phone Use in the Office

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. There was an article in this past Saturday’s Seattle Post-intelligencer regarding the use of cell phones in businesses. According to the article, businesses and organizations are increasingly posting signs and asking people to stop using cell phones during transactions. They mentioned banks, coffee shops, and doctors offices, as places where cell

Read More »

Chiropractors Energy Drink

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Chiropractors tend to be healthy people and you’ll often hear us talking about things like nutrition, vitamins, chlorella, sea salts, exercise, and such. Sometimes people wonder if we ever eat candy, consume alcohol, or eat fast food. It depends on the chiropractor, but most that I know of tend to limit

Read More »

Hypodermic Needles and Blue Balls

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. It was just a couple of weeks ago that I told the story of finding blue balls on the beach, while running in Marina del Rey. I went for a run again on Tuesday but this time I wasn’t expecting to find any blue balls, since it hadn’t rained in the

Read More »

Tuesday Has Not Gone Away

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I’ve got a pile of papers and notes on my desk for things to get done this morning. Thought I’d create a compilation post and cover a number of topics. Local Search Cudahy, California: I recently had someone visit my ADIO chiropractic office that was from this city. Even though it’s

Read More »

Jenn Brown hosts High School Cheerleader show on CMT

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Earlier today, I bumped into my friend Jenn Brown, in the Marina del Rey area of Los Angeles. I hadn’t seen her in some time, and she shared a bit of what she’s been up to the past few months. You’ve probably seen Jenn on ESPN, as she has hosted a

Read More »

Elizabeth Hurley does a GOD Whammy!

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Elizabeth Hurley is getting some press this week and having her name appear in Google Hot Trends. I’m not yet quite sure why but I just noticed a dailystab blogpost of Hurley in a t-shirt she was photographed wearing, earlier last week. Elizabeth is my favorite Chirodelic Chiropractor, appearing as Dr.

Read More »

No Human Bones in AP News Photos

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. There was a photographer from the Associated Press (AP) at my Los Angeles chiropractic office earlier today who was taking photos for an article that is going to appear somewhere in the news in the next couple of weeks. I had to get to the office early and move some items

Read More »

Real Webmasters Eat Cheeseburgers

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. I was about to do a post about going local when having a website built for a chiropractic office when I located this cheeseburger photograph in my Picassa2 browser. That’s no ordinary cheeseburger. I forget how big the hamburger patty was but it looks a half pound or more to me.

Read More »

Matt Cutts Deserves Chiropractic

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Like many people involved in SEO, Matt Cutts is a hard-working individual. Matt works for Google and he is currently the head of the company’s website spam team. I suspect it’s not easy being the #2 Matt in the world (Matt Mullenweg of WordPress is #1) but that’s not likely the

Read More »

Chiropractic Television

An interesting pattern has been emerging on the major television networks in the USA. According to a news report on Planet Chiropractic, Monday night featured 3 prime time TV shows that involved actors playing roles as chiropractors. The shows (in order they appeared for broadcast) are Everybody Hates Chris, The New Adventures of Old Christine,

Read More »

Potential Content is Everywhere

Yesterday I posted an article to Planet Chiropractic News titled Live Subluxation Free or Die Hard. The article was about Bruce Willis, his 4th Die Hard film (opening tomorrow), and chiropractic. People sometimes ask where I get this stuff. Do we call an agent for Bruce Willis? Did someone from his promotional office call us?

Read More »