I haven't done a 'Ravings' post for sometime. If you are new to these highly intellectual pages, 'Ravings' are a bunch of totally disjointed thoughts bouncing around in my head that haven't fit into any recent posts. 

First, the biz stuff.

Last weekend was a short 3 game home stand of the Pnats at Pfitzner Stadium. With the heat, which was brutal all weekend, I wasn't counting on doing many funnel cakes but assumed our fresh squeezed lemonade would rock. What I didn't count on was that the heat would keep attendance numbers well below expectations and presold tickets.  That, in fact, is what happened as actual fannies in the seats was off almost 50% for the 3 games. As a result, the home stand was not great. Did I mention the heat? On Big Red with all three fryers going, the air temperature hit 131.

Justin, who usually is my hawker in the stands was outstanding as he came up with a bunch of witty sayings for lemonade that the fans enjoyed. Nigel handled the hawking duties on Saturday and was outstanding in his first effort at that job.

My major disappointment was our second stand on the third base side that we opened on Saturday. It absolutely bombed and I don't think we'll do that again until next summer for the 4th of July.

This week is off so I've spent my time in the pool, working on next week, and catching up on administrative junk for the fall, like health department permits, price boards for football games and some changing  menus.

Next week is awful as I will be stretched to the max. Monday starts a 7 game home stand in Woodbridge. I'll work the first two games then head to Watkins Glen, NY for the NASCAR races. Tank will take over the PNats games.

At the Glen, I'll have two locations and the second one has been moved to a much higher volume location. So, I'm expecting my volume to be up considerably. I just hope we have good weather, not only for the business, but because we're camping there and I'd hate to see my tent over Vermont due to a storm. As I was writing this, my menu was changed again at that location to include chicken tenders and fries and some other things if I can work it out this late.

For some unknown reason, the past couple of weeks has seen an unprecedented increase in my followers on Twitter. I find this a bit odd as I'm not doing anything differently and quite frankly, I'm not known for anything more than an occasional laugh or two and to keep those few people who know me aware of what is happening in my crazy world. So, if you are new to my Twitter stream, and therefiore new to Big Red, I have a couple of rules that I adhere to at all times. First, I follow back anyone that follows me and love to engage in any direct conversations when I'm in my office. This is more difficult when I'm on the road as I still don't have a laptop and use my phone for postings.

Second, if you are what I call a Blaster, one who sends multiple tweets via an automatic program, I'll unfollow you in a heartbeat. If a get six or eight tweets at once, no matter what the content, you're gone. Beyond that, I'm open to anything. 

My son, known to many of you as @JasonFalls, is soon to join several other members of the Falls clan as a published author. Great granddaddy Wille (Shakespeare) and Cuz John (Grisham) are amazed at his efforts with Eric Deckers. Seriously, No Bullshit Social Media, the All-Business, No-Hype Guide to Social Media Marketing, will be in the book stores in October. But, it can now be ordered through Amazon.com or via the website, www.nobullshitsocialmedia.com. Please check it out and order lots of copies.

I'll be posting a lot via my phone to both Twitter and Facebook during the week and will recap everything when I get back.

The All-Business,
No-Hype Guide
to Social Media Marketi