Warning this post is written to be Googlelicious and contains an above average content of sarcasm. (Hey, it's the weekend and I feel like having some fun.) I try not to obsess over my web stats (OK, that's a lie but I'm a blogger so cut me some slack). So after obsessing over my web-stats for … [Read more...]
Industry Meeting Displays Power of Many
Earlier this week I attended two days of meetings focused around graphic communications industry specifications, standards and best practices. There is nothing glamorous about this work. Almost 30 of us crammed into a small conference room. Not at a fancy hotel but graciously offered at no cost by … [Read more...]
Idea Factory
Setting out to produce 31 posts in the month of March has resulted in the unintended consequence of turning me into an idea factory. Napoleon Hill wrote about the importance of ideas in Think and Grow Rich. His premise, which I share, is that you become what you think about. I think about helping … [Read more...]
Transparency is the Key to Honest Communication
I read this Chris Brogan post over the weekend and it reinforced the importance of transparency in honest communications with your community. I write a blog about real, authentic and sustainable, yet I reached a point yesterday when I knew my current schedule was no longer sustainable. I've enjoyed … [Read more...]
Karma Yields an Extra Day
I set my alarm for 3am this morning so I could get up and drive 325 miles to committee meetings that began at 9am. Well, they do start at 9am but tomorrow. There was a time I'd have been none to happy about this calendar failure. I picked up the phone and called my wife laughing about it. After … [Read more...]
Internal Mastermind Group Provides Answers
When faced with a tough decision, I often ask myself What would _________ do in this situation? Or better yet I pull together a group or four or five really smart people in my head to form an internal mastermind group. I first read about the internal mastermind concept in Napoleon Hill's classic … [Read more...]
Social Media 101 (by Chris Brogan) Book Review
I just finished reading Chris Borgan's Social Media 101. This is a must have book for anyone who has a blog, a web-site, a Twitter account or even just an email account on the internet. Chris covers it all. It's been a long time since I used this many post-it page markers and highlighter ink … [Read more...]
Social Media Is Killing Traditional Sales
The traditional sales prospecting model is becoming increasingly ineffective over time. Five times in less than two weeks I have been solicited by voice mail message or email. Wait, by the same person! This is downright annoying. Obviously I have the tools to filter this noise out of my … [Read more...]
Measure Your Way To Success
A proper measurement methodology is how to gauge success. How can you know where you are going and if you have arrived, when you don't even know where you are? Want increased sales? Determine an accurate way to measure sales today. Using sound business principals calculate what sales need to be … [Read more...]
Business Must Sharpen The Saw Continuously
As I checked into a brand new Hampton Inn earlier today, it struck me that this is not the same hotel chain I started staying at over 20 years ago. Hampton Inn has done a great job applying Stephen Covey's seventh habit, Sharpen the saw. While Mr. Covey's focus is on personal self-renewal, Hampton … [Read more...]
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