{"id":292,"date":"2009-06-11T09:39:36","date_gmt":"2009-06-11T15:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.bluecotton.com\/?p=292"},"modified":"2025-04-17T11:20:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T16:20:48","slug":"bluecotton-in-the-media-spring-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/articles\/bluecotton-in-the-media-spring-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"BlueCotton in the Media: Spring 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The old adage \u201cApril showers bring May flowers\u201d has never been truer here in Bowling Green.\u00a0 The spring of 2009 was extremely wet and even approached soggy!\u00a0\u00a0 Climate data by the University of Kentucky indicates rain on seventeen of April\u2019s thirty calendar days.\u00a0 April\u2019s 4.4 cumulative inches of rain resulted in some very lush (read: overgrown) lawns and gorgeous spring flowers all over the SouthCentral Kentucky area.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, BlueCotton was showered with several significant press recognitions and appearances this spring.\u00a0 The April 2, 2009 USA Today Lifestyle cover featured the Favorite t-shirt survey we conducted back in February.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-293\" title=\"USA Today Snapshot 04.02.09\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/usatoday.jpg\" alt=\"USA Today Snapshot 04.02.09\" width=\"326\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/usatoday.jpg 326w, https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/usatoday-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On April 11th, our fearless leader Mike Coffey went live on Barry Moltz\u2019 podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/barrymoltz.com\/small-business-radio-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cBusiness Insanity Talk Radio\u201d<\/a> to discuss t-shirts as the original microblog.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to listen!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mike was interviewed for Business Week\u2019s publication Small Biz.\u00a0 In the April\/May issue, \u201cTurn On, Tune In, Tweet Out,&#8221; Mike discusses Twitter\u2019s impact on our customer interaction. 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