On March 12, with a prize-drawing event that rewarded two practices with an iPad2® and two additional practices with a $250 Amazon® gift card, VisionWeb officially kicked off the latest installment of their Money Madness Sweepstakes Winners of an iPad 2 for Enrolling Before March 10th Central Oregon Eyecare, Redmond, OR Parkway … [Read more...]
We all have our own spin on Vision Expo - what we are looking for, what we do for a living, what we like etc. As we are optical bloggers with a sales and marketing perspective, plus sponsors we like to see what is new and interesting from as many angles as possible. We will be doing several posts on what we saw and we think our readers will be … [Read more...]
Enter the Argyleculture Sweepstakes for a chance to win a trip to the Hamptons! Two winners will be selected to attend the exclusive 13th Annual Art of Life East Hampton Benefit at Russell Simmons’ private East Hampton estate. Each winner will receive a weekend in the Hamptons, airfare, transportation to and from the event for them and a guest … [Read more...]
San Diego, Calif., March 7, 2012 – AllAboutVision.com is partnering with First Vision Media Group (FVMG) to create All About Vision – The Magazine, a patient-education, reception-area magazine to be distributed via FVMG’s Vision Care Product News. The Vision Council will be the exclusive sponsor of the first two issues, scheduled for May and … [Read more...]
This was a hard decision, last month we ran a What Do You Track contest sponsored by The Edge and I am finally proud to announce the winners. (sorry this is late) Personally speaking, I was quite impressed with everybody who responded and who have incorporated retail tracking into their daily activities. The Winners Are Sharon Cahill … [Read more...]
The Opticians Association of America (OAA) is pleased to announce that Diane Charles, HFOAA of Shoreline, Washington has been named OAA’s State Leader of the Year. Presented annually at the Opticians Association of America’s Leadership Conference, the award represents the highest honor the association can bestow upon an individual. The … [Read more...]
ESO optician Guillaume Blanchard captured this marvellous wide-angle photo of Comet Lovejoy on 22 December 2011. Comet Lovejoy has been the talk of the astronomy community over the past few weeks. Full Story Comet Lovejoy from the VLT, Chile from Gabe Brammer on Vimeo. … [Read more...]
No matter what your political views or opinions about the new health care insurance laws that have taken effect, it has to be good for the optical industry that nearly 2.5 million more young adults are getting health coverage and some of them vision insurance as well. The Obama administration says the number of young adults going without … [Read more...]
I am an alumni of Signet Armorlite and so was very pleased and honored to be invited to attend Jan Kubiak's retirement luncheon. Jan made a short but poignant speech! She has been a Signet Armorlite employee for decades. Therefore, she has worked with many different owners and been through many changes which she spoke about. She likened the … [Read more...]
The SECO folks know how to have opti-fun. Recently, SECO 2012 ran a Student Party Contest to name the SECO Optometry Student Party and Theme. The results are in! 1st Place: Blake Dornstauder of NOVA (Southeastern University College of Optometry) with the theme "Bling Your Eyez". Whether it's … [Read more...]
Proposed to Congress on September 12, 2011, the jobs proposal and deficit reduction plan aims to cut the federal deficit by $3.2 trillion over the next 10 years and includes nearly $1.5 trillion in revenue provisions. Some of these provisions could potentially affect your optical business. On October 11, the Senate failed to pass the jobs … [Read more...]
I am very inspired by both Amy and Jim Schneider, founders of Eyes of Faith Optical, the hope-inspired, designer eyewear brand. Cathy and I met them both when each of our companies was just starting up a couple of years ago. We have continued to be impressed with how this company walks the talk plus they produce beautiful eyewear…Jim returned a … [Read more...]
Thanks to The Vision Council for supplying so much statistical information. We are sharing some of the good news with you as the data shows the Contact Lens market rebounding, especially for the independent optical retailer. These are some highlights from the recent Statistics Committee Contact Lens Presentation by Steve Kodey for the twelve months … [Read more...]
Ellen Troyer of Biosyntrx wrote an eye-boggling Pearl, in one of her weekly newsletters. Every single one of us has the power to turn this around. Every single one of us can donate old eyeglasses, participate in Vision Walk, World Sight Day, Give Back Programs, InfantSee, Homeless, "Never doubt the power of small groups to change the world; … [Read more...]
Congratulations to our Optical Vision Site sponsors honored by the Optical Labs Association (OLA) 2011 Awards of Excellence. These prestigious awards mean that your optical peers have given the winners a major vote of confidence - OLA members determine the final Award winners: DRESS FRAMES: Zyloware Eyewear Corporation for Randy Jackson … [Read more...]
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