Weekend Favs February Two
My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they...
View ArticleBuilding a Consistent Blog Readership
Many bloggers dream of writing that epic blog post. One that drives so much traffic, links and shares that the front page of Reddit is a foregone conclusion. photo credit: Ed Yourdon via photopin cc...
View ArticleHow and Why I Use Workflowy to Keep Organized
I’ll admit it; I’ve looked high and low for just the right tool to keep me organized, on task and up to date on all my to-do lists and projects. There are seemingly hundreds of tools and systems that...
View ArticleWill Facebook Remain Relevant?
Marketing podcast with Ekaterina Walter With over a billion users, a place in the everyday life of over 60% of Internet users and a track record as one of the fastest growing companies in history, the...
View ArticleWill No Saturday Mail Delivery Hurt Business?
As you’ve likely heard the U.S. Postal Service has proposed ending 1st class mail delivery on Saturdays. It’s also no secret that the Post Office is hemorrhaging money and needs to find ways to stem...
View ArticleHow to Be Quiet and Why You Must
A few weeks ago I started a series of posts I’m calling Recover You. The series is focused on practices and habits that I believe lead to a healthier mind, body and spirit, a healthier business and...
View ArticleWeekend Favs February Nine
My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they...
View ArticleThe 6 Disciplines of the New Sales Professional
The art of selling has evolved tremendously over the last few years. This is in large part because markets have immediate and deep access to the kind of information once delivered as a primary function...
View ArticleWould Anyone Care If Your Business Disappeared?
Marketing podcast with John Mackey The title of this blog post is the gut wrenching, eye-opening question that every business must consider if they are to make a difference. photo credit: phill.d via...
View ArticleGet Good at What You Love and the Money Will Follow
You’ve certainly heard all the talk about the need for passion in your work. There’s no doubt that doing what you love is essential, but getting really good at what you love is how you turn it into a...
View ArticleIn a Time When Authors Rule the Web
About a year and a half ago I warned bloggers and content creators to take author markup and authority and Google+ seriously. Google was making under the hood noise about attaching authority to content...
View ArticleWeekend Favs February Sixteen
My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they...
View ArticleThe Best Lead and Referral Generation Tool Is . . .
I suspect I’ve uttered the sentiment in the image below several thousand times over the past few years. It sounds so simple, but it isn’t always easy. The greatest way to generate more referrals is to...
View ArticleThe 7 Essential Practices of the New Sales Professional
photo credit: Official GDC via photopin cc Last week I wrote about what I called the Disciplines of the New Sales Professional. What I was describing more than anything was a mindset shift or maybe...
View ArticleWhy Playing It Safe May Be the Riskiest Path of All
Marketing podcast with Randy Gage Back when I started my own business, some twenty-five years ago, I was a bit of rebel. I was taking a leap and doing something that many considered terribly risky....
View ArticleWeekend Favs February Twenty Three
My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they...
View ArticleYour Stuff Is Probably Good Enough
Small business owners and entrepreneurs create new stuff everyday. And the feeling that a business, product or service is their “baby” leads to constant fussing over making it good enough, better or...
View ArticleHow to Get Your Customers to Compete With Each Other and Why You Should
So, I’m thinking the title of this post may have brought you here out of curiosity if nothing else, but I assure you the following concept possesses immense opportunity for the creative thinking...
View ArticleHow Do You Keep Your Vision Alive
Marketing podcast with Martha Beck It’s a tough enough thing to scratch out a vision for your business and perhaps even tougher to keep it alive. photo credit: Mozzer502 via photopin cc As the owner of...
View ArticleWeekend Favs March Two
My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they...
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