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My Why

April 21, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

"Do you love your job? Why?" That's what my friend Jill Felska threw out there as a Facebook status the other day. I didn't even have to think about my answer it was almost as if my fingers typed "Because it's not a job, it's my life" out of reflex. This caused Jill to ask me a few followup … [Read more...]

Filed Under: personal development Tagged With: Facebook, friend, jill, jill felska, jobs, life, perspective, question, questions, three questions, why

What's the value of a recurring question?

February 9, 2011 By Jim Raffel 3 Comments

In business and in life, you have probably noticed that some questions are recurring. I'm not sure what questions you hear because our circle of business associates and friends is different. In my world, I am often asked why standardized color systems never seem to solve the problems they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marketer Tagged With: business associates, data collection, deep dive, human communication, listen, question, questions, recur, strategic leadership, value

End emails with a question

January 10, 2011 By Jim Raffel 5 Comments

A couple weeks ago, a good friend sent an email that ended with a question and I replied to that email with an answer. The funny thing is, that as I read the email I couldn't believe how badly my friend was baiting me. I remember thinking - I can't wait to delete this horse crap. The pop psychology … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Small Business 101, Writing Tagged With: emails, green bay packers, new york giants, pop psychology, question, questions, questions ask, quick response, reply, response, subject

Creativity and Coloring

November 27, 2010 By Jim Raffel 3 Comments

When you were young how did you color? Did you color inside the lines? Did you color the grass green and the sky blue? Did you color the background or just the object? How would you color today? I believe we can find answers to our creative outlook in questions like these. Photo Credit … [Read more...]

Filed Under: personal development Tagged With: cognition, color, coloring, colors, creativity, outlook, problem solving, psychology, questions, sky blue

How to contribute to Linkedin groups

November 22, 2010 By Jim Raffel 7 Comments

As I increase my Linkedin activity I'm noticing things I like but also some user habits I find annoying. Folks with the need for real answers to real questions get attacked by sales people trolling in the groups. Before you get your underwear in a bundle - yes, I am also there to potentially connect … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marketer, social media Tagged With: contribute, groups, linkedin, question, questions, sales people, social media

The answer is yes, what is the question?

November 16, 2010 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

Could your organization live up to this informal motto? Recently, I spent three days at the Naples Grand resort and I assure you they can. Back in 2006 before becoming a member of the Waldorf Astoria collection of hotels, the employees began including "The answer is yes, what is the question?" as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: customer service 101 Tagged With: employee communication, motto, naples grand, naples grand resort, question, questions, the answer, waldorf astoria hotel, yes

7 blog post topic ideas

October 25, 2010 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

Do you sometimes have trouble coming up with topics for your blog posts? Here are seven topics categories of recent posts on this blog. 1. Answer questions. As your network grows the number of questions you will be asked via various social media channels will grow. You can answer those questions … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Writing Tagged With: blog, blog post, blogging, creativity flow, ideas, post, questions, topic, topic ideas

Inspire Me Project

September 29, 2010 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

I was recently interviewed for the Inspire Me project. Take a peek at the video below and then head on over to their site for some more mid-week inspiration. Katie has come up with three fun, yet insightful questions. 1. What inspires you? 2. What makes you smile? 3. What super hero would you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, new media, personal development Tagged With: insight, inspire me, inspired, questions, super heroes

Asking Twitter vs Googling for it

September 3, 2010 By Jim Raffel 6 Comments

Recently I asked this question of my social media network "Do you sometimes "ask Twitter" instead of "Googling for what you are looking for?" Yes, I see both the irony and the lack of scientific method in asking this question of the people who follow me on Twitter. Regardless the responses are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: new media, social media, Twitter Tagged With: googling, online social networking, question, questions, search engines, social media, social media network, Twitter

Your Turn – Question For My Readers

August 20, 2010 By Jim Raffel 14 Comments

This week I have shared four of the actions I take to get readers here and to keep them coming back once they find me. Here's a recap of those activities: Why Images in Posts Work Consistency and Reliability Gain Readers Use as Many Channels as You Can Don't Forget email I've been watching … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, personal development, sustainability, WordPress, Writing Tagged With: consistency, human interest, questions, readers, reliability, techniques

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