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Unique Small Business Community

February 22, 2010 By Jim Raffel 4 Comments

Today Sunshine Suites houses 1400 "shiners" (they don't call them tenants) representing 600 small businesses. Recently I had the opportunity to have a conversation with Cheni Yerushalmi who co-founded Sunshine Suites 8-1/2 years ago with Joseph Raby. From the beginning it was clear to Cheni and Joe … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, new media Tagged With: business, community, entrepreneur, new york city, shiners, shoplocal, sunshine suites, Third Tribe

Radical Thinking Results In More Time

February 20, 2010 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

This is a follow-up to the action item at the end of my More Time Through Radical Thinking post. Action Item: On a quiet morning grab a cup of coffee and a blank sheet of paper. Write a list of ten things you would stop doing “if you could.” It does not matter how impossible it seems to stop doing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, motivation, personal development, sales Tagged With: action items, coffee, human interest, radical

Twitter Works: Dining Like a Local

February 18, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

On my home turf of Milwaukee Twitter has significantly changed my social life. With Twitter as the enabling technology my wife and I have found a whole new group of friends with interests similar to our own. We have also tracked down local places like AJBombers, Streetza Pizza and Water Buffalo … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Shop Local Tagged With: AJ Bombers, atlanta, dining, fox theater, milwaukee, Resturants, shoplocal, Soclai Media, Travel, Twitter, water buffalo

Patience, Criticism and Apologies

February 16, 2010 By Jim Raffel 7 Comments

A day in the life of the struggle to live a real, authentic and sustainable life. Yesterday I signed up for a cool new tool for on-line copywriters. It's called ScribeSEO and it analyzes your blog posts and web pages to make sure you are getting the best possible placement is search engines like … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging Tagged With: Apology, Brian Clark, CopyBlogger, Criticism, Patience, ScribeSEO

Reputation Matters

February 15, 2010 By Jim Raffel 3 Comments

My reputation is determined in part by my writing about and living a real, authentic, and sustainable life on this blog. Reputation is everything, it can't be bought, it must be earned and once earned it must be guarded with your life. You can lose your reputation in an instant. If you do be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, sustainability, Twitter Tagged With: ColorMetrix, Facebook, Reputation, Twitter

Smile and Put Your Patience On

February 13, 2010 By Jim Raffel 5 Comments

You and only you get to decide what kind of day you are going to have. Real smiles backed up by patience and offered authentically to people serving you in less than ideal circumstances, will result in a lasting and sustainable desire to help you and others. I woke up this morning in a hotel room … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging Tagged With: Heroes, Patience, Smile, Travel

Feature Post: Printing (on paper) vs. Google

February 10, 2010 By Jim Raffel 7 Comments

Authors Note: If you do not work in the printing industry, read this post from the perspective of accepting change in your industry and recognizing who your real competitors are. Your competition is not the printer down the street. Your competition is Google. Right now, they are kicking your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: calibration, color, GRACoL, process capability, sales, sustainability Tagged With: GRACoL, Printing, Sustainabilty

A Real Thank You to the Greatest Generation

February 9, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

I've had the honor to know and meet many members of the greatest generation. Their greatness comes from their humility which is at the core of living a real, authentic and sustainable life. Thank you to all the men and women (and their families) who have served and continue to serve. To those who … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Giving

What Is Your Criticism Style?

February 8, 2010 By Jim Raffel 6 Comments

I went to bed last night thinking about some nasty comments on Chris Brogan's blog related to Third Tribe (a fee based community for like minded marketers on the internet that Chris helped found). I'm not worried about Chris, he's a big boy and can take it. (price of fame and all) It got me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging Tagged With: critisism, Third Tribe, Trust

9 Books That Inspire Me

February 7, 2010 By Jim Raffel 12 Comments

I assembled this list of nine books to provide a sense of the sources of inspiration that have led me to write about real, authentic and sustainable living. One book is queued up and ready to be read. Two are in various states of being read at the same time which has led to several interesting blog … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Books

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