Thursday, February 22, 2007

Fastener Magazines

Which of these publications do you get? Better yet, which one is the best? Which one do you go to for current news? Which one for seeing pictures of yourself (that answer is easy!)? Which gives you the best technical information?

LINK www.linkmagazine.com

American Fastener Journal www.fastenerjournal.com

FIN www.fastenernews.com


What other magazines do you receive related to the fastener industry.

Here's another question -- are there any other fastener blog locations that you log on to?

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Fastener Blog Searching

First, if you happen to be checking out this blog -- thanks. As a thank you gift I have posted a YouTube video on the post below. Click on it. It is very funny and what is even more interesting is that the dialogue is not in English. It's worth the two minutes it takes to watch.

Next, I am trying to figure out how I can get people directly linked to this Fastener Blog if the type "Fastener Blog" on google. If you type that in it takes you to some site that, as far as I can tell, has nothing to do with the fastener industry. On the other hand, if you type "fastenerblog" as one word, you get connected to this site.

I am hoping that this eventually becomes a site where people within out industry can leave messages with rumors, opinions, and other interesting things related to our fastener industry. I need to figure out how to move this up in the google search engine. Any advice anyone?

Monday, February 12, 2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH0awSk7i8Q

Fasteners Fasteners

If you are employed in the fastener industry, please log in and note what city and state you are from.

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Fastener Movers and Shakers

OK, in my previous post I asked you to rate the best suppliers in our industry. How about this...Who are the most influential people in our industry? Who are the movers and shakers? Think about it. Is it the CEO of Fastenal and their 1,000+ stores? How about the management of a company like ILS? Maybe the most important people come from the supplier side. The owner of Star Stainless? Nucor management?? Barry Porteous? Bob Sachs? The owner of Brighton? How about Mike McGuire and the team behind the Fastener Shows and the American Fastener Journal? Leo Coar from Link? FIN? No one communicates more to our industry than those publications. So, who are the most important people from our industry??

Let's hear your thoughts.