| small|businesses|york|loan|slow|program| | 8/12/2009 | Rusin was denied a small business emergency loan designed to help people as part of the stimulus package. ^ |
| business|small|hear|surge|percent|portsmouth|wednesday|maine|new|shaheen|owners||snowe| | 8/12/2009 | Snowe, Shaheen hear from small business owners - WGME
Snowe, Shaheen hear from small business ownersWGMESmall Business Administration chief Karen Mills was among those testifying at the field hearings Wednesday in Portland, Maine, and Portsmouth, NH Snowe pointed out that there has been a 225 percent surge in Maine and a 290 percent surge in New ...Senate Small Business Committee hearing in Portsmouth on Wednesday Seacoastonline.comShaheen: Small Business Owners Need More Help to Weather Econo |
| small|business|owners|snowe|shaheen|hear| | 8/12/2009 | Snowe, Shaheen hear from small business owners - WGME
Snowe, Shaheen hear from small business ownersWGMEOlympia Snowe of Maine and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire convened a pair of hearings in their home states to learn from small business owners about the successes and failures of the federal government's response to the recession. ^ |
| business|small|harlem|clinton|pushes|package|structured|budget|nearly|doubling|dwarfed|committed|...
|government|$180|billion|market|reuters
reutersbill|hurtsreutersthe||bill|hurts|administration|recharge|lending|year|$730|million| | 8/12/2009 | Bill Clinton pushes Harlem as small business hurts - Reuters
ReutersBill Clinton pushes Harlem as small business hurtsReutersThe US Small Business Administration got $730 million this year to recharge the small business lending market, nearly doubling its budget. ^ |
| business|small|harlem|clinton|pushes|package|structured|budget|nearly|doubling|dwarfed|committed|...
|government|$180|billion|market|reuters
bill|hurtsreutersthe||bill|hurts|administration|recharge|lending|year|$730|million| | 8/12/2009 | Bill Clinton pushes Harlem as small business hurts - Reuters
Bill Clinton pushes Harlem as small business hurtsReutersThe US Small Business Administration got $730 million this year to recharge the small business lending market, nearly doubling its budget. ^ |
| wear|zeal|ride|15|miles|bicycles|wife|wink|hop|toned|couple|...
|tanned|office|today|drive|jackson|glassescnnmoney.comboulder|fortune|small|cnnmoney.com
ready|ready|glasses||boulder|mornings|michael|breaks|business|bright|day| | 8/12/2009 | Ready to wear Zeal glasses - CNNMoney.com
Ready to wear Zeal glassesCNNMoney.comBOULDER (Fortune Small Business) -- Another bright day breaks in Boulder. ^ |
| wear|zeal|ride|15|miles|bicycles|wife|wink|hop|toned|couple|...
|tanned|office|today|drive|jackson|glassescnnmoney.comboulder|fortune|small|cnnmoney.com
ready|ready|glasses||boulder|mornings|michael|breaks|business|bright|day| | 8/12/2009 | Ready to wear Zeal glasses - CNNMoney.com
Ready to wear Zeal glassesCNNMoney.comBOULDER (Fortune Small Business) -- Another bright day breaks in Boulder. ^ |
| small|york|new|research|business|america|small-business| | 8/12/2009 | America's (Very Small) Small-Business Sector - New York Times
America's (Very Small) Small-Business SectorNew York TimesBy Catherine Rampell The Center for Economic and Policy Research, a liberal research organization in Washington, recently published a study looking at the rates of small business employment around the world. ^ |
| small|york|small-business|research|rates|study|looking|washington|recently|published|business|“by|measure|...
|employment|world|finding|organization|times
america|sectornew|timesby|sector||new|catherine|policy|america|liberal|rampell|center|economic| | 8/12/2009 | America's (Very Small) Small-Business Sector - New York Times
America's (Very Small) Small-Business SectorNew York TimesBy Catherine Rampell The Center for Economic and Policy Research, a liberal research organization in Washington, recently published a study looking at the rates of small business employment around the world. ^ |
| businesses|york|research|small|study|looking|published|washington|recently|rates|“by|measure|...
|employment|world|finding|organization|times
small|self-employmentnew|timesby||new|self-employment|economic|policy|liberal|catherine|rampell|center| | 8/12/2009 | Small Businesses and Self-Employment - New York Times
Small Businesses and Self-EmploymentNew York TimesBy Catherine Rampell The Center for Economic and Policy Research, a liberal research organization in Washington, recently published a study looking at the rates of small business employment around the world. ^ |
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| health|care|32|million|providing|pays|system|coverage|substantial.
|cost|uninsured|americans|american|winners
there|average|reform|looking|hard|fundamentally|change|legislation|joe.
this|massive| | 4/6/2010 | Looking Hard For Health Care Reform Winners
There are a few and it's not the Average Joe.
This massive legislation will fundamentally change the American health care system and who pays for it. ^ |
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|used|chocolate|diet|heartburn|tips|le||| | 4/6/2010 | Heartburn Diet Tips | ^ |
| district|states|united|bridgeport|sentenced|luis|sanchez|announced|jose|39|judge|janet|c.
|today|formerly|voight|street|years|federal|prison|man|nearly|13|dannehy|attorney|connecticut|dealing|cocaine
nora|r| | 4/6/2010 | Bridgeport Man Sentenced to Nearly 13 Years in Federal Prison for Dealing Cocaine
Nora R. ^ |
| afghan|abused|raped|beat|rukhma|handed|watched|helplessly.
|toddler|death|jail
trafficked|across|women|end|3-year-old|son|border|pakistan| | 4/6/2010 | Abused Afghan women often end up in jail
Trafficked across the border from Pakistan with her 3-year-old son, Rukhma was handed to an Afghan who raped and abused her, then beat the toddler to death as she watched helplessly.
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| hide|thought|boys|planned.
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the| | 4/6/2010 | Bedsheet Break-In's No Myth for Police
The trick Fairfield boys thought would hide them from cops didn't work as planned.
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| chicken|recipe|l'orange|network|night|missing|something.
|pretty|feel|food|d'arabian....heard|show|l'orange
|melissa|dollar|dinners|called|10| | 4/6/2010 | She has a show called "10 Dollar Dinners" on the Food Network. ^ |
| roman|catholic|$3|cost|church|faced|perpetrators|fraction|billion|prison|punish|covered|little|crimes.
|abuse|billion
chicago|child|sex|—|crisis|nearly|pedophile|priest| | 4/6/2010 | Child sex abuse cost US Roman Catholic church $3 billion
CHICAGO — The pedophile priest crisis has cost the US Roman Catholic church nearly $3 billion, but only a fraction of the perpetrators faced prison and little has been done to punish those who covered up the crimes.
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| steroid|plead|guilty|manufacturing|anabolic|illegal|year.
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two|2|charges|criminal|tuesday| | 4/6/2010 | 2 Plead Not Guilty In Steroid Case
Two people pleaded not guilty Tuesday to criminal charges in connection with an illegal anabolic steroid manufacturing ring that was busted last year.
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| finalist|cordova|national|awards|civic|says.
|league|city|big|rancho|award
rancho|all-america|2010| | 4/6/2010 | Rancho Cordova Finalist For Big Award
Rancho Cordova is a finalist for the 2010 All-America City Awards, the National Civic League says.
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| earth|changes|pattern|geologist|discovered|lisiecki|barbara|lorraine|connects|cycle|climate.
|regular|orbital|santa|record
in|analysis|climate|discovers|long-term|years|uc|million|past|1.2| | 4/6/2010 | Geologist discovers pattern in Earth's long-term climate record
In an analysis of the past 1.2 million years, UC Santa Barbara geologist Lorraine Lisiecki discovered a pattern that connects the regular changes of the Earth's orbital cycle to changes in the Earth's climate.
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| job|referred|given|come|cold|requests|help...
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like|advice|seekers|people|call|vc|firm| | 8/18/2010 | Advice for Job Seekers that Engage with VCs
Like any other VC firm, we get a lot of people that call us looking for their next job. ^ |
| tell|themselves|details|opportunity|local|companies|given|myself|scv|and...
|introduced|here|part|quickly|entrepreneurs
i|glad|guest|ask|vc|firm|differentiators|tech|meetup|three|new|speaker|week|rtp| | 8/3/2010 | For a VC Firm's Differentiators, Ask their Entrepreneurs
I was glad to be the guest speaker last week at RTP New Tech Meetup. ^ |
| durham|triangle|provide|across|feature|startups|resources|needed|like...
|area|entrepreneurs|think|goal|shoeboxed.com|aaron|mingos|downtown|startups
taylor|houghton|downtowndurhamstartups.com|site|launched|preation|together| | 7/9/2010 | The site's goal is to feature startups in Durham and across the Triangle and provide resources to entrepreneurs. ^ |
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|hat|1998-2000|remember|work|help|home|relationships
working|increased|company|transparency|spouse|paid|needing|startup|cause|friction| | 6/30/2010 | Increased Company Transparency May Help Home Relationships
Working for a startup can cause some friction with a spouse. ^ |
| internet|report|online|trends|morgan|stanley| | 6/10/2010 | Morgan Stanley Internet Trends
The guys at Morgan Stanley sent me a really good report on internet trends that I thought would be good to share. ^ |
| here|zift|investment|saas|read|company|marketing...
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we|scv|new|excited|week|solutions|announce| | 6/4/2010 | New Investment for SCV: Zift Solutions
We were really excited to announce our investment in Zift Solutions this week. ^ |
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a|scv|portfolio|week|quickly|share|thought|interesting|new| | 5/19/2010 | Open Positions at SCV Portfolio Companies
A few of our companies talked with us this week about some interesting, new open positions and I thought I'd quickly share them here in case it helps us find some good candidates. ^ |
| reston|va|baltimore|running|months|atlanta|raleigh|our...
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thanks|everyone|carolina|q&a|north|came|entrepreneur|breakfast|scv|yesterday|morning| | 5/18/2010 | Q&A With North Carolina Entrepreneurs
Thanks to everyone that came out yesterday morning for the SCV Entrepreneur's Breakfast. ^ |
| triangle|startup|here|starting|building|worked|chris|heivly|networking|area....
|helping|tsf|supportive|post|back|factory
i|digital|merges|launchbox|nc|factory|january|launch| | 4/13/2010 | LaunchBox Digital Merges with Triangle StartUp Factory
I had a post back in January about the launch of Triangle Startup Factory here in NC. ^ |
| spark|nc|getting|together|month|group|local|entrepreneurs|mentoring|consists|mostly...
|networking|peer|support|night|bill|current|fundraising|discusses|senator|dodd|capital|invited|speak|environment
mark|rostick|intel| | 4/9/2010 | This is a group of local entrepreneurs that have been getting together once a month for networking, peer support and mentoring. ^ |
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| neutrality|network|advocates|continue|industry|deal|forge|stickiest|regulators|issues|whether|unclear|making|private|legislators|groups|cash|generate|manage|infrastructure.
|invest|flow|wireless|100%|demand|ability|providers|broadband|after|center|front|recent|stoked|flare-up|finish|stalled|permanently|debate|long-running|line?
the|panned|plan|seven-point|players|cheered|net|jointly|proposal|policy|verizon|google|developed| | 9/1/2010 | Is Network Neutrality Permanently Stalled at the Finish Line?
The long-running network neutrality debate is once again front and center after another flare-up, this one stoked by a recent policy proposal jointly developed by Google and Verizon. ^ |
| taiwan|china|computers|world|monitors|already|desktop|85%|taiwanese|stunning|mainland|factories|example|rapidly|challenges|evolving|integration.
|economic|laptop|90%|knowledge@wharton|pace|looks|collaboration|military|diplomatic|twists|and the|turns|compatriots|computer|draw|closer
despite|economically|island|information|field|technology|extent|full|fast|countries|becoming|vital|virtually| | 9/1/2010 | Computer Compatriots: Taiwan and China Draw Economically Closer
Despite the diplomatic and military twists and turns between China and the island of Taiwan, the two countries are fast becoming virtually one in the vital field of information technology. ^ |
| dell|win|3par|company|diversification|high-margin|foothold|enterprise|technology|bigger|part|expected|ambition|ongoing|services|expert|products|asks|transformation?"
|sees|billion|$53|chasing|lackluster|consumers|hp|rivals|sheets|hewlett-packard|wrangle|continue|dollar|late|short?'
it|balance|battle|data|known|storage|war|bidding|right|day|acquire|little|strategy| | 9/1/2010 | Dell's Diversification Strategy: 'A Day Late and a Dollar Short?'
It has been a battle of the balance sheets as rivals Dell and Hewlett-Packard continue to wrangle over who will win the right to acquire 3PAR, a little known data storage company. ^ |
| banks|wal-mart|retail|main|services|insist|unbanked|reach|aim|u.s|sold|products|officials|company|stores|street|traditional|usa|worry?
|reason|giant|type|underbanked|low-cost|reputation|cemented|public|pilloried|lately|ca|banker|money
despite|aisle|financial|nine|run|gives|bad|largest|world|retailer|array|expanding|announcements|thinking|executives|recent|flurry|months| | 9/1/2010 | Company officials insist that their main aim is to reach the "unbanked" and "underbanked" with the type of low-cost services that cemented Wal-Mart's reputation as a retail giant. ^ |
| deals|roche|genentech|merger|company|vice|senior|cfo|president|talked|executive|francisco|san|wharton|former|krognes|steve|2008|beginnings|amid|deal.
|aftermath|recession|pursue|decision|pharma|capital|raise|efforts|ownership|full|acquired|billion|$46.8|year|friendly|become|hostile|holding|right?'
when|end|biotechnology|valley|silicon|presentation|recent|anatomy|relationship|20-year|culmination|giant|pharmaceutical|swiss| | 9/1/2010 | Anatomy of a Merger: 'Hostile Deals Become Friendly in the End, Right?'
When Roche Holding acquired full ownership of Genentech last year, the $46.8 billion deal was the culmination of a more than 20-year relationship between the Swiss pharmaceutical giant and the Silicon Valley biotechnology company. ^ |
| employees|older|managing|cappelli|discrimination|finds|new|says|worker| | 9/1/2010 | 'Upsetting the Natural Order': Managing Employees Old Enough to Be Your Parents
If one looks at the research on older workers, one finds what Peter Cappelli, director of Wharton's Center for Human Resources, calls "an incredible amount of discrimination, bigger even than discrimination against race or gender." ^ |
| super|angels|google|firms|investors|gap|funding|filling|vc| | 9/1/2010 | VC 'Super Angels': Filling a Funding Gap or Killing 'The Next Google'?
A new crop of small, nimble and tech-savvy venture capitalists are trying to bring back into vogue a more entrepreneurial, forward-thinking and risk tolerant model for investing in start-ups. ^ |
| human|rights|ends|economist|bank|world|argue| | 9/1/2010 | 'A Clash of Expertise': Adding Human Rights to the World Bank's Agenda
Are human rights an intrinsic value, a set of universal freedoms to be protected as ends in themselves? ^ |
| leadership|leaders|forum|discussion|world|global|fellows|ethics|economic|today|program| | 8/18/2010 | The Complicated Lives of Today's Leaders: Why Being at the Top Is Harder Than Ever
For insights into the ethics, values and competencies required of today's global leaders, Knowledge@Wharton recently coordinated a Wharton Executive Education roundtable discussion with four fellows from The World Economic Forum's Global Leadership Fellows Program. ^ |
| choice|iyengar|book|bring|sheena|knowledge@wharton|offers|viewers|abundance|responsibilities|opportunities|presentation|video|lead|distract|decisions.
|unwise|tend|separate|perspective|uplifting|meaningful|columbia|professor|school|business|want
in|power|2010|march|published|including|people|navigate|able|art|titled|interest|says, reflects| | 8/18/2010 | The book, she says, reflects her interest in how people make choices, including how they are able to navigate both the opportunities and responsibilities that an abundance of choice can bring. ^ |
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| setting|sure|–|shred|shredder|wasn’t|good.”
i|“shred|fire|ok?”
i’m|kidding|puree
|morefrom|small|business|iread|barring|trendsshredder|process|manager|day|stack|came|cartoons|puree
occasionally|you.
one|handed|lots|there’s|info|price|“mark,”|paper|favor|“would| | 9/3/2010 | Shredder Setting: Puree
Occasionally cartoons are just handed to you.
One day my manager came to me with a stack of paper. ^ |
| business|small|news|startup|resources|thinking|guide|helpful|creatively|roundup|particularly|hope|venture|morefrom|planningread|guide
|trendssmall|inspire|venture.
first|steps|entrepreneurs|steps
six|trends|great|people|created|you’ve|guide
so|start|decided|bring|collection|fact|collected|we’ve|needed|information|everyday|grow| | 9/3/2010 | In fact, the collection of resources we’ve collected for this small business roundup may be particularly helpful in your new venture. ^ |
| business|small|cut|year|health-care|costs| | 9/2/2010 | Can You Cut Your Health-Care Costs by Self-Insuring?
Although the results of the health-insurance reform passed earlier this year will take years to fully work out, there’s one way your small business might be able to save on health insurance right now, reports CFO Magazine: Do what a growing number of small businesses are doing, and self-insure.
Large companies have used self-insurance for a long time, but until recently, the conventional wisdom held that was only a good fit for businesses wit |
| social|time|streamline|tools|5|activity|hootsuite|management| | 9/2/2010 | It’s About Time: 5 Tools to Streamline Your Social Media
Whenever I speak about social media, the biggest question I get is “How much time do you spend on it?” My response? ^ |
| seo|i’m|search|expert|engine|pay|giving|content|smb|common|&|fix|mistakes| | 9/2/2010 | But even though I’m not an expert, that doesn’t mean I’m not careful to pay close attention to SEO best practices when creating and publishing content. ^ |
| social|business|media|small|news|look| | 9/2/2010 | Small Business News: Social Media Power!
If you haven’t figured it out, gotten on board, jumped on the bandwagon (pick your own expression)…well, we’re not going to try to talk you into it. ^ |
| business|owners|financial|risk-takers|research|smaller| | 9/1/2010 | Conventional wisdom says yes, but a recent research report from the Kauffman Foundation, Business Owners, Financial Risk, and Wealth, suggests otherwise.
Author Tami Gurley-Calvez studied 1989 to 2007 data from the Federal Reserve Board, Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) to research three questions:
1.) Are business owners generally more or less financially conservative than their non-business-owning counterparts?
2.) Do business owners accumulate more wealth?
3.) Do business owners hold a small |
| writing|better|tips|you’re|content|business|improve| | 9/1/2010 | Sure, you worked hard to write it, but you’re a business owner, not a professional writer. ^ |
| business|small|entrepreneurs|resources|news|economic|entrepreneurship| | 9/1/2010 | Small Business News: Resources For Rebirth
No matter how bleak the economic outlook, here at Small Business Trends we’ve always believed in the power of small business and entrepreneurship to change the world. ^ |
| green|employees|sustainability|strategies|new|bolster|businesses|steps|building|effective| | 8/31/2010 | 5 Steps to Building an Effective Green Team
Small businesses with more than 12 or 20 employees have a big opportunity when it comes to sustainability: They can tap their employees’ expertise to find new and better strategies for going green.
A so-called “green team” is a committee of employees that meets regularly, typically during work hours, to help their employer bolster sustainability. ^ |
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[via|learn|recovery|american|offered| | 8/18/2010 | Small Business Assistance Programs through ARRA
[via SEDC]
Are you a small business owner? ^ |
| small|business|employees|number|operated|[…]
|volume|low|owned|privately|template
a|people|group|individual| | 7/16/2010 | A Small Business Template
A small business is that privately owned by an individual or a small group of people. ^ |
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setting|day|child|play| | 6/21/2010 | Small Business Accounting
Setting up small business is not a matter of a day or a play of child. ^ |
| business|small|development|center|owners|contracting| | 5/27/2010 | Small Business Owners Get Contracting Info
Over 75 small business owners attended the Small Business Development Center and the Center for International Trade Development (SBDC and CITD) “Grow Your Small Business: Financing & Contracts […]
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| business|small|india|consultancy|matter|basically|[…]
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providing|setting|hindrances| | 5/21/2010 | Small Business Consultancy
Providing consultancy for small businesses in India about setting up the business without any hindrances is really a crucial matter. ^ |
| business|small|india|consultancy|matter|basically|[…]
|crucial|consultancy
providing|setting|hindrances| | 5/21/2010 | Small Business Consultancy
Providing consultancy for small businesses in India about setting up the business without any hindrances is really a crucial matter. ^ |
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|millions|expands|coverage|reform
president|obama|&|healthcare|signed|legislation|brings|law|reform| | 5/4/2010 | Your Small Business & Healthcare Reform
President Obama has signed into law health reform legislation that brings down health care costs for American families and small businesses, expands coverage to millions of Americans and […]
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many| | 5/4/2010 | 6 Ways to Avoid Failure in small business
Many Entrepreneurs who easily give up in response to a failure in a business, and most of them do not even think to open a small business. ^ |
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open|opportune| | 4/29/2010 | [Small Business] Tip#1: Don't be a Small Business, Be a Smart Business
Open Opportune is in the business of bringing success to small business owners through strategic marketing and design direction. ^ |
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|market|reach|big|business
there|small|doing|common|optimization|tips|understanding| | 4/20/2010 | Tips On Doing SEO For Small Business
There is a common understanding that SEO or search engine optimization is just for big businesses and corporations who want to extend their market reach online. ^ |
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well|here|months|old|routine|cooler| | 9/2/2010 | With this in mind, are you dreading your old routine and the cooler months ahead? ^ |
| online|help|retailers|5|facebook|tools| | 9/2/2010 | 5 Facebook Tools to Help Online Retailers Sell More
Just about every online retailer out there is looking for ways to utilize Facebook as a channel to enhance their online shopping experience and acquire more customers. ^ |
| celebrity|gifting|company|suites|survival|tips|attending| | 9/1/2010 | A celebrity fan or customer gives your brand credibility in the marketplace and makes your company newsworthy. ^ |
| pr|paid|money||results|unhappy|questions|hear|works?”
yes|isn’t|folks|url|http://www.startupnation.com/blogs/index.php/2010/08/26/get-pr-results-not-rip-offs/|});
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“we|took|ran.”
“i|media|hired|freelance|copywriter| | 8/26/2010 | Get PR Results - Not Rip-Offs
“I just paid a small fortune to a big, PR agency and have nothing to show for it!”
“We hired a freelance copywriter, and he took our money and ran.”
“I paid a lot of money for media placements. ^ |
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this|heart|thoughts|finally|know|crazy|world|possibly|launches|childrenswear|designer| | 8/25/2010 | Inspiration to StartUp: Should YOU Follow Your Passions?
This question has been in my heart and thoughts lately as my pet project, FitandFearLESS.tv, finally launches. ^ |
| i’m|lose|morning|writing|computer|tv|bed|making| | 8/19/2010 | I just put three loads of laundry into the washing machine, and I’m now tackling several, SEO writing assignments in addition to this blog. ^ |
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enticing|book|aromas|barbeque| | 8/11/2010 | You sit back in your lawn chair with a cold beverage in one hand, and your favorite book in another. ^ |
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you|cut|freshly|fall|start|it’s|asleep.
ah…summer|pool|nice|sip|beverage|cool| | 8/5/2010 | The Secret Weapon to Stay Ahead of the Competition
You smell the freshly cut grass and the tangy barbeque sizzling on the grill. ^ |
| invention|girl|bikini|reads|spotlight|month|august|| | 8/3/2010 | Invention In The Spotlight - august (girl in bikini reads book)
No, the invention of the month is not the girl in the bikini; ^ |
| press|new|business|create|ways|5| | 7/29/2010 | 5 Ways to Create News
As a new business owner, it’s easy to rush through publicity efforts in order to concentrate or core business activities and priorities. ^ |
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| afraid|people|team|way|contribute|exercise|silly|speak|helps|update|morning|start|circle|check| | 9/3/2010 | It's not a silly exercise, in that it helps people speak up and it communicates forward motion.
Another way, probably a better one, is to have each member of the team announce what they're afraid of. ^ |
| buy|i'll|competition|time|comparing|hire|treat|yourself|doing|consulting|services|particulary|continue|luxury|b2b|sales| | 9/2/2010 | Better than nothing (is harder than you think)
Most of the time, particulary in b2b and luxury sales, the competition is nothing.
"I will buy this treat or I will buy nothing, because I don't really need anything."
"I will buy your consulting services, or I'll continue doing what I'm doing now on that front, which is nothing."
None of the above.
"I will vote for you or I'll do what I usually do, which is not vote."
"I'll hire you or I'll hire no one."
While you think your competition is t |
| help|workbook|worked|readers|write|project|find|retail|pack|details|jump|right|here|page|buy|ready|ago|put|months|five|shipit|hundreds|people|testing|together|linchpin| | 9/1/2010 | Launching the ShipIt Workbook
Six months ago, I put together a workbook that would help Linchpin readers ship.
After testing it out on hundreds of people, it's now ready for retail sale.
You can find details here, or jump right to the buy page. ^ |
| take|turns|responsbility|rarely|offered|instead|people|struggle|work| | 9/1/2010 | Responsibility and authority
Many people struggle at work because they want more authority.
It turns out you can get a lot done if you just take more responsbility instead. ^ |
| store|tail|long|people|ipad|getting|vook| | 8/31/2010 | Meaning there's a little worse than a one in a thousand chance that your app will appear in front of someone interacting with the store at the first level.
I have no doubt that as Apple sees revenue increase from this source, they'll do a much better job of crosslinks and browsing. ^ |
| work|people|organizations|abdicated|hurt|here|tools|available|power|ever|policy|corporate|conscience|means|time|department|job| | 8/31/2010 | The corporate conscience
There isn't one.
Corporations don't have a conscience, people do.
That means that every time you say, "It's just my job," or "My department has a policy," or "All I do is work here," what you've done is abdicated responsibility--to no one.
It's convenient and even comfortable to blame the anonymous actions of many working in concert on a evanescent brand or organization, but that starts you on an inevitable race to the bottom. ^ |
| someone|love|professionals|shows|feel|category|hire|work|charge|ask|amateurs|worth|costs| | 8/30/2010 | A talented person willing to trade income for the chance to do what he loves, with freedom.Please, though, don't hire someone who just thinks it's a job. ^ |
| signs|destination|looking|traveler|wanders|circles|green|color|naturally|imagine|easier|going|expensive|reasonably|minneapolis|find|airport|monochromatic|result|tired|thoughtful| | 8/29/2010 | Don't forget about color
The airport in Minneapolis is expensive and reasonably thoughtful in its design.
But the signs are monochromatic. ^ |
| signs|destination|looking|traveler|wanders|circles|green|color|naturally|imagine|easier|going|expensive|reasonably|minneapolis|find|airport|monochromatic|result|tired|thoughtful| | 8/29/2010 | Don't forget about color
The airport in Minneapolis is expensive and reasonably thoughtful in its design.
But the signs are monochromatic. ^ |
| sync|little|know|going|keep|email|right|edge|important|blog|farmville|easier|ever|devices|bag|reap|sow|stay| | 8/28/2010 | A little out of sync
All those devices in your bag make it easier than ever to stay in sync.You can reap what you sow in Farmville, keep up with your email, know what's going on on every important blog, be in the right room at the right time earning badges, etc. ^ |
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| paper.li|flipboard|magazine|format|turn|newspaper|information|click|great|source|released|companies|weeks|services|take|enable|tweets| | 8/25/2010 | How to Make Paper.li and Flipboard Rock
In the last few weeks two companies have released services that enable you to take tweets and turn them into a newspaper or magazine format: Paper.li and Flipboard.
Alltop is a great source of information for both Paper.li and Flipboard newspapers. ^ |
| personal|enchantment|example|moment|macintosh|story| | 8/19/2010 | I am looking for examples of how people, products, services, organizations, ideas, or causes swept you off your feet.
Specs:
Written from your personal experience, not an external, academic view.
150-200 words
Ideally, all the basics would be in your essay: who, what, when, why, and how.
As an example, here is how something enchanted me:
The second most enchanting moment of my life occurred in 1983 when Mike Boich showed me a Macintosh prototype. ^ |
| client|iphone|best|twitter|check|you’d|ipad|post|open|express|american|i’ve|months|searching|twitbird|conclusion|come| | 8/17/2010 | Best Twitter Client for IPhone and iPad
After searching for months, I’ve come to the conclusion that Twitbird is the best iPhone and iPad Twitter client. ^ |
| free|macintosh|book|available|i’ve|way|find|hope|here|freed|wants|back|rights| | 8/2/2010 | How to get a free copy of my first book, The Macintosh Way
Information wants to be free, and I just freed some. ^ |
| book|luckily|important|write|stumbled|help|works|across|applications|i’m|addicted|explain|confess|addiction|increases|twitter|email| | 7/28/2010 | If you’re have a tough time prying yourself away from online fun, they could really help.
Let me confess: I’m addicted to Twitter and email, and my addiction increases the more I have to do something important like write a book. ^ |
| examples|enchanting|movie—wizard|oz|computer—macintosh|city—istanbul|i’m|range|categories|looking|wide|below|please|comments|area|car—1966|mustang|tell|find| | 7/25/2010 | Examples of Enchanting Things
In the comments area below, please tell me some things that you find enchanting. ^ |
| money|worse|it’s|spending|wrong—too|little|expands|raised|explain|level|you’ve|key|success|entrepreneurs|believe|think|they’re|adequate|capital| | 7/20/2010 | Why too much money is worse than too little
Many entrepreneurs believe that they key to success is adequate (or more) capital. ^ |
| tony|interview|gang|zappos|rest|chance|tour|new|tome|book|love|shoes|happiness|explained|job|hsieh|admire|you’ve| | 7/20/2010 | Happiness explained by @Zappos
Whether you love shoes or not, you’ve got to admire the job that Tony Hsieh and the rest of the Zappos gang has done. ^ |
| immigration|process|decode|business|people|obtain|helping|provided|visanow|company|information|visanow.|investor|here.
|learn|know|visas|garage|disclosure|posted|recently|american|explanation|you’re|process
if|u|confused|c|robert|ceo|meltzer|open|express|blog|forum| | 7/19/2010 | How to decode the US immigration process
If you’re confused by the U. ^ |
| lost|way|getting|phone|posted|back| | 7/19/2010 | You’d have to go to the Apple store, buy a phone, get it hooked up to your number, sync it with iTunes (you did back it up, right?), and then tweak it to just the way you like it.
Over at the American Express Open Forum I posted an article about two ways to increase the likelihood of getting your phone back if you lose it or it gets stolen with two simple apps. ^ |
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| email|signature|brings|content|tape|marketing|duct|lifethis| | 9/2/2010 | WiseStamp Brings Your Email Signature to Life
WiseStamp Brings Your Email Signature to LifeThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing
WiseStamp Brings Your Email Signature to LifeThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing On the spectrum of really big marketing tactics, the email signature isn’t terribly sexy, but this little touch can say a lot about what you do and how you connect. ^ |
| boutique|businesses|duct|click|marketing|tape|businessthis|content| | 9/1/2010 | Creating a Boutique Business
Creating a Boutique BusinessThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing
Creating a Boutique BusinessThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing Marketing podcast with Sarah Petty (Click to play or right click and “Save As” to download – Subscribe now via iTunes The term boutique is often associated with fashion or beauty related businesses, but it’s a concept that can apply to any business. ^ |
| tape|duct|marketing|going|coaching|business|small|content|alonethis| | 8/31/2010 | Duct Tape Coaching or Going It Alone
Duct Tape Coaching or Going It AloneThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing
Duct Tape Coaching or Going It AloneThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing One of my long-term missions is to build a network of small business marketing consultants that are equipped to install the Duct Tape Marketing system and essentially bring an end to all small business struggles. ^ |
| database|ways|tape|duct|marketing|create|build|content|customersthis| | 8/30/2010 | 5 Ways to Make a Database For Your Customers
5 Ways to Make a Database For Your CustomersThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing
5 Ways to Make a Database For Your CustomersThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing Standard marketing CRM type practice suggests that you should create and supplement a database of customers and prospects with the idea that you build more and more information to use to help build deeper relationships and create additional selling opportunities. ^ |
| twenty|post|august|content|favs|duct|tape|eightthis|weekend| | 8/28/2010 | Weekend Favs August Twenty Eight
Weekend Favs August Twenty EightThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing
Weekend Favs August Twenty EightThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. ^ |
| page|wasted|tape|marketing|millions|duct|webthis|content| | 8/27/2010 | The Most Wasted Page On the Web
The Most Wasted Page On the WebThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing
The Most Wasted Page On the WebThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing Among the millions and millions of web site pages out there, one kind of page is often wasted space just begging for some marketing think. ^ |
| ways|rockin|reviews|duct|tape|content|reviewsthis| | 8/26/2010 | 5 Ways to Get Rockin Reviews
5 Ways to Get Rockin ReviewsThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing
5 Ways to Get Rockin ReviewsThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing Reviews and testimonials have always been a nice way to offer third party proof that your company does what it says it does and that your customers are happy campers and willing to talk about it. ^ |
| page|landing|increase|tape|marketing|click|duct|conversionthis|content| | 8/25/2010 | How To Increase Landing Page Conversion
How To Increase Landing Page ConversionThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing
How To Increase Landing Page ConversionThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing Marketing podcast with Rick Perreault and Oli Gardner of Unbounce (Click to play or right click and “Save As” to download – Subscribe now via iTunes Landing pages, those web pages you create and use to entice visitors to take a single action, have [...]
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| tape|book|marketing|seth|godin|duct|content|onthis| | 8/24/2010 | Mooing On
Mooing OnThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing
Mooing OnThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing Linchin will likely not be the last book Seth Godin publishes in a traditional way. ^ |
| engagement|lead|automate|duct|tape|content|systemthis| | 8/24/2010 | How to Automate a Lead Engagement System
How to Automate a Lead Engagement SystemThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing
How to Automate a Lead Engagement SystemThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing Technology has allowed us to move past the days when we simply drove a prospect to our website, captured their name and email address, and started them in a drip system in hopes that at some point they would click on a link [...]
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|basic|portable|adds|multimedia|masterpiece
plextor|turn|laptop|px-b120u|blu-ray|drive|external|usb-powered| | 9/2/2010 | Turn Any Laptop Into a Multimedia Masterpiece
Plextor's PX-B120U external, USB-powered Blu-ray drive adds data backup and high-def video capabilities to even the most basic portable PC.
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|magic|file|tech|all-inclusive|business|solution
sutus|phone|combine|devices| | 9/2/2010 | Your Business's All-inclusive Tech Solution
Sutus and other devices combine phone, file, e-mail and Web servers into 1 magic box.
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4| | 9/2/2010 | Why Straightforward Salespeople Close More Deals
4 tips to help you 'tell it like it is' with your clients
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heed|online| | 9/2/2010 | Secrets of Crafting a Top-Notch Online Video
Heed these tips and you'll boost SEO and connect with more customers.
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6|sure|making|tips| | 9/1/2010 | Getting an Accurate Picture of Your Business
6 tips for making sure your business reports deliver succinct, measurable insights
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| small--and|consumers|affordable--taste|
|life.
|couture-hungry|loan
high-fashion|luxury|rental|giving|entrepreneurs| | 9/1/2010 | Luxury on Loan
High-fashion rental entrepreneurs are giving couture-hungry consumers a small--and affordable--taste of the good life.
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|revitalize|beat|employees|helping|ways|blues
10|end-of-summer| | 8/31/2010 | Helping Employees Beat the End-of-Summer Blues
10 ways to deal with mid-year burnout and revitalize your team
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|web.
|never|multibillion-dollar|outdoors--online
john|great|selling|laramie|taking|adstruc|cohorts| | 8/28/2010 | Selling the Great Outdoors--Online
John Laramie and his cohorts at ADstruc are taking the multibillion-dollar industry of outdoor advertising where, inexplicably, it's never gone before: to the Web.
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these|world|globetrotting|turning|entrepreneurs| | 8/27/2010 | When the World Is Your Office
These globetrotting entrepreneurs are turning their passion for travel into successful businesses.
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do|business|kick-start| | 8/26/2010 | 5 Easy Ways to Kick-start Your Business Planning
Don't know where to start with your plan? ^ |
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|clear|compelling|brand|deal
when|create|non-perfect|website
there|officially|granted|permission|conversations|blog|posts.
this|them.
here’s|coaching|clients|become| | 8/25/2010 | You are officially granted permission to create a non-perfect first website
There are a few conversations I have so often with my coaching clients that they must become blog posts.
This is one of them.
Here’s the deal
When you first start out in business, experts from all over the planet tell you that you must have a targeted niche, a clear and compelling brand and a snappy unique [...]
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connectors|chapter|entrepreneurs.
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malcolm|contributed|great|secret|connectors|mavens|salesmen|books|blink|outliers.
but |changed|years|ideas|business|stream| | 8/23/2010 | Connectors, Mavens and Salesmen: The secret to your success
Malcolm Gladwell has contributed many great books and ideas to the business stream over the years with Tipping Point, Blink and Outliers.
But Tipping Point has changed the way that Charlie Gilkey, Michele Woodward and I do our work with job seekers and entrepreneurs.
In Chapter Two of Tipping Point, Gladwell describes three special types of people:
Connectors: [...]
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|course|earning|money.
in|challenging|parts|getting|selling|services|sleazy
one|comfortable|young|know|bit|sales|looked|smartest| | 8/9/2010 | Selling services without being sleazy
One of the most challenging parts of being a new entrepreneur is getting comfortable with sales. ^ |
| fight|within|amanda|brilliant|courageous|recovery”|project|wang’s|months|panel.
a|wrote|ago|documentary|bpd|disorder|[...]
|condition|personality|raise|producing|borderline|awareness|word!
kiera|spread|gelder|van|–|support|sprint|us”|“the|wang|spoke|convention|women|“courageous|ill|national|speakers|mentally|alliance| | 7/28/2010 | Final sprint to support “The Fight Within Us” – spread the word!
Kiera Van Gelder and Amanda Wang, speakers at the National Alliance for Mentally Ill Convention. ^ |
| plant|interview|arizona|coming|play|full|patty|16|july|here.
plant|[...]
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i|rounder|jealous|old|famous
robert|bitter|read|conducted|robert|rogers |larry|led|fantastic|member|zeppelin| | 7/20/2010 | How not to get old, jealous and bitter once you are famous
Robert Plant, Photo Credit Rounder Records
I read a fantastic interview with Led Zeppelin member Robert Plant, conducted by Larry Rogers in the Arizona Republic on July 16. ^ |
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first|crew|phoenix|photo|#1|alumnus|serious|wonderful|ivan|martinez| | 7/19/2010 | A small group of committed people
First Lift Off crew, Phoenix, Arizona, February, 2010. ^ |
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i|try|throat|joy|find|starting|terror|someone|speaking|opening|constantly|jackhammer|attention|outside|pounding| | 7/2/2010 | Find joy in the terror of starting something new
I cleared my throat to try to get their attention. ^ |
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who|leader|great|privilege|attending|are?
in|march|year|lee’s|event|wealthy|speaking|andrea|j| | 7/2/2010 | Who do you think you are?
In March of this year, I had the great privilege of attending and speaking at Andrea J. ^ |
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in|juárez|days|morélia|19|year|college|right
when|note|younger|self|lived|family|city|time|mexico|state|michoacán| | 6/25/2010 | Note to younger self: you were right
When I was 19, I spent a year of college in Mexico, in the state of Michoacán. ^ |
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today|coach|video|tweeted|work|based|slide/presentation|expert|design|media|[...]
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i|kick|duarte|presenters|advice|against|rage|powerful|create|presentations|effective|yesterday|week|webinar|participated| | 6/23/2010 | Great advice for presenters: Rage Against the Slideument
I am on a Nancy Duarte kick this week. ^ |
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| business|small|index|august|news|job|employment| | 8/31/2010 | Small Business Employment, Confidence Stalled
The Intuit Small Business Employment Index for August showed a slowing rate of small business job growth. ^ |
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|come|diverse|backgrounds|term|hear|serendipity|linking|innovation
"accelerated|generation|business|increases|community|belief| | 8/30/2010 | Linking Coworking and Innovation
"Accelerated serendipity" is a term you hear often in the coworking community. ^ |
| small|together|leaders|thinkers|early|brought|design|fields|disciplinary|issues|ted...
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tedis|non-profit|focused|20|ted|talks|fostering|name|technology|entertainment|ideas|new|information| | 8/27/2010 | 20 TED Talks for Small Business
TEDis a small non-profit focused on fostering ideas and new information. ^ |
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|basically|outsource|firms|tutoring|booms
one|trends|despite|recession|private|find|small|personal|companies|interesting|continued|growth| | 8/26/2010 | Despite Recession, Private Tutoring Booms
One of the trends I find really interesting is the continued growth of small personal services companies. ^ |
| advertising|forecasting|overall|increase|2011|online| | 8/25/2010 | Local Online Advertising to Increase 18% in 2011
Borrell Associatesis forecasting a solid increase of 14% in online advertising in 2011. ^ |
| social|new|magazines|online|personalize|organize|customize|network|ton|of...
|feeds|flipboard|known|entrants|flipboard?
flipboard|best|space|allow|users|described|applications| | 8/24/2010 | What are Social Magazines and Flipboard?
Flipboard is the best known of the many new entrants in a space being described as social magazines. ^ |
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investing|venture-backed|friends|family|founder|employee| | 8/23/2010 | You had to be a founder, employee, a "friends or family" investor, or a venture capital or private equity firm to buy stock in high growth private companies. ^ |
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good|wire|engine|developing|countries|articleon|internet|covers|mobile|going|focuses| | 8/19/2010 | Developing Countries: The Engine of Global Economic Growth
Good article from Nielsen Wire articleon going global. ^ |
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with|unemployment|nice|businesses|create|know|kinds| | 8/17/2010 | Job Creation Confusion
With unemployment high and job creation weak, it would be nice to know what kinds of businesses create new jobs. ^ |
| japan|china|q2|gdp|trillion|largest|2nd|passes| | 8/16/2010 | China Passes Japan - Now 2nd Largest Economy
China's economy out produced Japan's and became the world's 2nd largest in Q2. ^ |
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| stories|plans|true|visions|help|business| | 9/2/2010 | The 3 Most Often Overlooked Pieces of the Business Plan
Yes, it is true that plans are stories and stories drive plans, but that’s not stories as visions of the future and plans as managing and steering to make those visions true; ^ |
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damn|it’s|…|know|tomorrow|car|didn’t|start| | 9/1/2010 | It’s been a long day, some of my sites got hacked, a car didn’t start, and … well, you know how that goes. ^ |
| allen|paul|patents|microsoft|gates’|partner|bill| | 8/31/2010 | Say it ain’t so.
Last week wired.com reported Paul Allen Files Patent Lawsuits Against Entire Web … Except Microsoft. ^ |
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true|beautiful|sat|outside|table|1996|late|spring|day| | 8/30/2010 | Is Your Business Either Growing or Dying?
True story: there were six of us at lunch together on a beautiful late spring day in 1996. ^ |
| think|branding|personal|book|dan|i’m| | 8/27/2010 | Is Personal Branding Really Impersonal Faking?
Don’t get me wrong: I think the thinking behind it, the advice wrapped around the idea of personal branding, is excellent. ^ |
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that|[...]
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remember|you’d|announcer’s|voice|pan|egg|frying| | 8/26/2010 | No, Your Brain on Computers.
Remember the “your brain on drugs” commercials? ^ |
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trends|search|million|hits|tell|google|let’s|23| | 8/25/2010 | You tell me: is there a marketing meeting brainstorming web opportunities that doesn’t include an online community? ^ |
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| business|physics|momentum|overcome|it’s|easier|maintain| | 8/24/2010 | It should have been:
In business, just as in physics, and in life in general, it’s easier to maintain momentum than to overcome inertia.
My two best examples are neither physics nor business: diet and exercise. ^ |
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i|ago|blog|using|weeks|doesn’t|anymore|couple| | 8/23/2010 | 5 Danger Signs of Frozen Thinking
I posted Beware of What Used to Work But Doesn’t Anymore a couple of weeks ago on this blog, using a change in coffee shop trends to point out the danger of frozen assumptions. ^ |
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| network|business|technology|virtual|rules|guidelines||tech| | 9/2/2010 | Learn, Go Deep & Boost Profits
Six Tech Guidelines and Rules For Technology SUCCESS In Your Business - Adrian's Network Virtual Networking Event
September 16th, 8am
Join Ramon Ray on this month's virtual networking call to learn WHY it's important to INVEST in technology; ^ |
| business|crm|social|media|small|series|leary|keeping| | 9/1/2010 | Brent Leary (CRM Essentials) - Context, Not Content, Is King (Taste of Technology Series Video)
On the occasion of the June 22 Taste of Technology Small Business Series, The Lies of Twitter and Facebook 3 experts in social media gathered to speak about how businesses can leverage the power of social media for their businesses.
Laura P. ^ |
| social|media|dell|business|series|small|thomas| | 9/1/2010 | Laura Thomas (Dell) - Social Media Lessons From Dell (Taste of Technology Series Video)
On the occasion of the June 22 Taste of Technology Small Business Series, The Lies of Twitter and Facebook 3 experts in social media gathered to speak about how businesses can leverage the power of social media for their businesses.
Laura P. ^ |
| media|social|technology|business|series|hubspot|dan|facebook|small|twitter|lies|zarrella|taste|video|starts| | 9/1/2010 | Thomas, Dell Global Small Business Creative Experience Team
Dan Zarrella, HubSpot Marketing Product Owner and Social Media Scientist
Brent Leary, CRM Essentials
In this next series of posts, we'll bring you their presentations.
Here's the video and below is the video summary/transcript:
(Ramon is opening the event and then Dan starts at abut 8:53 minutes into the video)
Ramon Ray, Editor and Technology Evangelist, Smallbiztechnology.com started the discussion.
Talking about technology |
| *|businesses|events|small|list|create|webinars|facebook|conferences| | 8/30/2010 | Events, Conferences and Webinars this Fall
Labor Day is almost here and summer's winding down, but there are lots of great upcoming events to help you learn, connect and jump into Fall.
This list of events, conferences and webinars for growing small businesses and entrepreneurs is brought to you every other week by Small Business Trends and Smallbiztechnology.com.
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Advanced Facebook for Business
August 31, 2010, 8:00pm EDT, Webinar
Delve deeper into the world of Facebook for busin |
| following|twitter|linkedin|tweeting|information|created| | 8/30/2010 | In fact, this information network brims with such abundant variety that it helps to have a guide.
We've recently created a selection of tools to help you discover the accounts that are creating the information you want. ^ |
| forms|simple|created|iphone|apple|pandaform| | 8/30/2010 | Things just work.
I started using it to create a form for Smallbiztechnology.com and unlike all the scripts and FTPing one would normally have to do to build a form, I created a simple with (with Captcha capabilities) in a few minutes, with no need to read the user manual.
PandaForm.com is not designing something revolutionary, forms, contact database, and payments are not new or complicated. ^ |
| mobile|business|percent|workers|tools|employees| | 8/30/2010 | Are small business workers as mobile as their enterprise counterparts, and how do they stay productive while on the move?
According to a recent survey by Citrix Online, 54 percent of SMB employees have become more mobile in their work habits in the past five years and 41 percent have become at least 50 percent more mobile. ^ |
| phone|tower|cell|at&t|mossberg|mini-cell|bad|coverage| | 8/30/2010 | He says the device has some significant limitations, but more importantly, it raises the question of why you should have to pay to fix a service for which you're already paying.
Verizon, Sprint and AT&T all have started selling gadgets that act as mini-cell towers, broadcasting wireless phone service just like a real cell tower does, though over a much smaller area: a single house.
I've been testing one of these devices, AT&T's $150 MicroCell, in two very different homes—my own house in |
| social|media|ibm|communications|variety|plan|business| | 8/27/2010 | 6 Social Media Lessons from IBM's Social Media Guru: What, Who, How and more...
Sandy Carter has spent close to 10 years helping IBM navigate the world of social media. ^ |
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| moscow|fires|russia|weeks|air|country|smog|—| | 8/16/2010 | I headed for my mother's dacha — an old wooden house with an irregular water supply, composting toilet, and a painfully slow internet connection — located near the village of Dubosekovo, which is in the opposite direction to the fires. ^ |
| moscow|fires|russia|weeks|air|country|smog|—| | 8/16/2010 | I headed for my mother's dacha — an old wooden house with an irregular water supply, composting toilet, and a painfully slow internet connection — located near the village of Dubosekovo, which is in the opposite direction to the fires. ^ |
| —|changed|google|technology|digital|ideas|evolved| | 8/12/2010 | The changing nature of technology is driving us to consume a greater number of ideas today in less depth.
Throughout history, societies have evolved around new technologies — the plow, the printing press, the telephone. ^ |
| —|changed|google|technology|digital|ideas|evolved| | 8/12/2010 | The changing nature of technology is driving us to consume a greater number of ideas today in less depth.
Throughout history, societies have evolved around new technologies — the plow, the printing press, the telephone. ^ |
| slater|story|stressed|allegedly|summer|passenger| | 8/11/2010 |
We're growing increasingly infatuated with Steven Slater, a 38-year-old flight attendant who pulled his career ripcord on August 10th, after allegedly unleashing a string of profanities toward at least one passenger after his flight from Pittsburgh to NYC landed, grabbing a couple of beers from the galley and sliding down the emergency chute while the plane taxied to its gate at Kennedy Airport. ^ |
| slater|stressed|story|allegedly|summer|passenger| | 8/11/2010 |
We're growing increasingly infatuated with Steven Slater, a 38-year-old flight attendant who pulled his career ripcord on August 10th, after allegedly unleashing a string of profanities toward at least one passenger after his flight from Pittsburgh to NYC landed, grabbing a couple of beers from the galley and sliding down the emergency chute while the plane taxied to its gate at Kennedy Airport. ^ |
| younger|—|older|work|managers|boss| | 8/10/2010 |
One of the chief takeaways from Cappelli's book is that you don't have to significantly alter your talent-management best practices to accommodate one generation over another: The incentives that appeal to older managers like my former boss — a sense of mission, social relationships, and work-life balance, for instance — by and large will appeal to a younger cohort, as well. ^ |
| younger|—|older|work|managers|boss| | 8/10/2010 |
One of the chief takeaways from Cappelli's book is that you don't have to significantly alter your talent-management best practices to accommodate one generation over another: The incentives that appeal to older managers like my former boss — a sense of mission, social relationships, and work-life balance, for instance — by and large will appeal to a younger cohort, as well. ^ |
| android|iphone|apple|smartphone|device|20| | 8/3/2010 | Apparently, These Are the Droids You're Looking For
New Nielsen research shows Google's Android smartphone operating system surging in the U.S.
In the past two quarters, Android phones' share of the U.S. smartphone market jumped from four percent to 13 percent. ^ |
| android|iphone|apple|smartphone|device|20| | 8/3/2010 | Apparently, These Are the Droids You're Looking For
New Nielsen research shows Google's Android smartphone operating system surging in the U.S.
In the past two quarters, Android phones' share of the U.S. smartphone market jumped from four percent to 13 percent. ^ |
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| tire|pax|michelin|failed|markets|makers|experience|broken|product|flat-run|chain|spare|advantage|cars|find|investment|lead|customers|replacing|luggage|wrong|think|successful|company|instructive|examine|firms| | 8/13/2010 | Anatomy of a Failed Launch — The Michelin PAX Tire
It is always instructive to examine how successful firms can go wrong, even in markets that they think they understand well. ^ |
| innovation|ge|resource|project|processes|idea|seem|executives| | 8/9/2010 | Resource Scavenger — A Common Innovation Job
Once executives get beyond the well-understood processes of exploiting a core business, many seem to have absolutely no clue how to institutionalize other critically important leadership tasks. ^ |
| aol|gives|bebo|billion|time|services| | 7/12/2010 | Among their issues, according to TechCrunch:
The concerns of the senior executives who actually run AOL (and reportedly were not consulted on the top-secret acquisition) include: the general difficulty of making money placing ads on social networks (see Google's missed quarter), "flattening traffic growth at Bebo" (see chart below), overly-rosy revenue projections for Bebo that might have been three times too high, and the likelihood of losing Bebo's most talented employees (the founders are a |
| risks|organizations|—|ash|systems|thinking| | 7/7/2010 | Most organizations are heavily biased toward risk prevention: we create systems so risk-averse that we truncate learning, sometimes even increasing the very risks we're trying to avoid.
Three recent events serve as a reminder that building resilience into organizations — in effect, thinking the unthinkable and preparing to face it — may serve us better than risk avoidance. ^ |
| innovation|politics|companies|leaders|practices|martz|great| | 6/24/2010 | And do you support those critical middle managers without whom innovations linger and fade away?
One of the great things about my job is that I get to observe the practices of many companies. ^ |
| failure|learning|intelligent|managers|uncertain|executives|plan|right| | 3/26/2010 | Sitkin's criteria for intelligent failures are:
They are carefully planned, so that when things go wrong you know why They are genuinely uncertain, so the outcome cannot be known ahead of timeThey are modest in scale, so that a catastrophe does not resultThey are managed quickly, so that not too much time elapses between outcome and interpretation Something about what is learned is familiar enough to inform other parts of the business.
I would add a couple of other criteria:
Underlying assumpt |
| content|—|payment|new|ecosystems|way|access|micropayments| | 2/22/2010 | Why I Hate Micropayments
With the New York Times announcing that it will charge for some content, the Wall Street Journal having resisted the move towards 'free' all along, and other journals experimenting with various forms of payment for their content, will micropayments for pieces of content be their salvation? ^ |
| ipad|—|devices|people|click|know| | 2/5/2010 | The iPad's Unlikely Markets
It has been fascinating to watch the unfolding competition around tablet-style devices such as the Kindle, Barnes & Noble's Nook, and, of course, now the iPad. ^ |
| kraft|buffett|cadbury|proposed|target|prices| | 1/8/2010 | Buffett made a highly unusual public statement opposing Kraft's proposed issuance of shares to help fund the deal, stating that "the share issuance proposal, if enacted, will give Kraft a blank check allowing it to change its offer to Cadbury."
And now the speculation begins. ^ |
| experience|product|vertical|integration|services|companies| | 12/2/2009 | Why Vertical Integration Is Making a Comeback
As a recent article in the Wall Street Journal noted, a spate of companies in the high technology/high-end services space has rediscovered the joys of vertical integration — you all remember (or at least those of you of a certain age remember) the excited discovery of "M" form organizations and the power of giving product divisions everything they needed to go to market under one roof. ^ |
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| king|burger|sold|huffington|help|franchise|bk|video|post| | 9/2/2010 | Burger King has well over 12,000 franchise locations globally, and according to The Huffington Post, it's earnings have taken a hit ever since it's main customer base, (young men between 18 and 34) have become one of the most unemployed demographic in the last year or so. ^ |
| king|burger|sold|huffington|help|franchise|bk|video|post| | 9/2/2010 | Burger King has well over 12,000 franchise locations globally, and according to The Huffington Post, it's earnings have taken a hit ever since it's main customer base, (young men between 18 and 34) have become one of the most unemployed demographic in the last year or so. ^ |
| care|population|elderly|years|franchises|senior| | 9/2/2010 | I'm not a mathematician, (and, I'll never even pretend to be) but if let's say that next year, there are 40, or even 50 franchises that are offering senior-care related services-not just home health care, but other niche services like this one, will the senior care sector of franchising be too crowded? ^ |
| care|population|elderly|years|franchises|senior| | 9/2/2010 | I'm not a mathematician, (and, I'll never even pretend to be) but if let's say that next year, there are 40, or even 50 franchises that are offering senior-care related services-not just home health care, but other niche services like this one, will the senior care sector of franchising be too crowded? ^ |
| |laura|business|days|entrepreneur|group|365| | 9/1/2010 | It's Time For 356 Days Of StartUps!
I "met" Laura Petrolino over at an amazing group that I'm a paid member of. ^ |
| |laura|business|days|entrepreneur|group|365| | 9/1/2010 | It's Time For 356 Days Of StartUps!
I "met" Laura Petrolino over at an amazing group that I'm a paid member of. ^ |
| mexican|new|england|best|restaurant|margarita| | 8/31/2010 | "We want to thank our loyal guests and friends of the company for their overwhelming support and to each and every one of our team members who have helped us create the ultimate guest experience, "said John Pelletier, founder of Margaritas Mexican Restaurants. ^ |
| mexican|new|england|best|restaurant|margarita| | 8/31/2010 | "We want to thank our loyal guests and friends of the company for their overwhelming support and to each and every one of our team members who have helped us create the ultimate guest experience, "said John Pelletier, founder of Margaritas Mexican Restaurants. ^ |
| wife|franchise|husband|thinking|start|job| | 8/30/2010 | Next Steps Before this prospective franchise owner jumps online, and starts looking for franchises at any one of a number of quality franchise directories, he should continue his conversation with his wife, and get some of the more uncomfortable issues out of the way. ^ |
| facebook|privacy|making| |friends|here|know|daughter| | 8/27/2010 |
I'm resentful of the fact that I have to constantly look for posts about Facebook's newest privacy intrusions.
I'm resentful of the fact that at least once a month, I have to log on to my daughter's Facebook account, and pretend that I really am a web geek, and figure out what to include and not include on her privacy settings.
I'm resentful that the selfish little executives at Facebook don't let any of us "opt in" to their new additions. ^ |
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|completely|shift|reorder|move|back|the damn|wish|issue
welcome|#799|“move|it”|email|subscribers|received|issue|thought|text|great| | 9/2/2010 | This is text of the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. ^ |
| travelers|chargers|beneficial|easy|saves|butt|stressed|power|course|sell|share:
|relevant|strip|real|cost|brookstone|store|airport|store
the|give|reason|stop|offers|great|offer|incredibly|free|recharge|dead|phone| | 9/1/2010 | Give them a reason to stop in your store
The Brookstone store at the airport offers to recharge your dead phone for free. ^ |
| fries|given|instantly|amazing|quantity|filling|bag|crazy+awesome|special. |you’re|talking|going|[...]
|experience. |impression|guys|order|burger|five|awesome|greasy|way.
go|mound|fries. |overflowing|obscene|you’ll|great|burger. | | 8/31/2010 | You’ll get a great burger. And an obscene mound of fries. Fries overflowing, fries filling the bag. ^ |
| survive|preparing|you’ll|impossible|childish|overridden|zombies|seem|ready|able|lift|[...]
|simple|improbable|keys|z-day|city|gym|zombiefit|puts|revolution?
this|going|train|zombie|insane|woke|tomorrow|find|classes|spin|standard|fitness| | 8/29/2010 | ZombieFit puts an insane spin on standard fitness classes: What if you woke up tomorrow to find your city overridden with zombies, would you survive? ^ |
| dewalt|tools|great|worry|site|bringing|charger|job|lesson|think|[...]
|radios.|move|give|away|don’t|box|charges|batteries|part|system
this|boom|power|keep|buying|match|radio|you’re|going| | 8/28/2010 | Make it part of a system
This boom box also charges the batteries for DeWalt power tools. ^ |
| question|book|start|using|read|ultimate|concept|immediately|word|mouth|[...]
|course|love|it’s|score|important|ask|—|likely|recommend|friend?
that|business|reichheld‘s|net|promoter|innovation|decade|fred| | 8/27/2010 | How likely are you to recommend us to a friend?
That question may be the most important question you can ask — and the business innovation of the decade. ^ |
| newsletter|focus|builds|brands|right.]|using|handy|form|better|everyone|[...]
|customers|earns|fans|distractions|yourself|the damn|wish|thought|back|#798|“focus”|issue
welcome|subscribers|received|sign|email|text|great|issue| | 8/26/2010 | Sign yourself up using the handy form on the right.] Focus is what builds brands and earns fans. ^ |
| review|ask|after|take|look|great|reminder|email|order|example|clear|call|[...]
|costco|sent|give|send|build|customer|trust|customers|sale
reviews|website|increase|companies|products|well-recommended|sales|we’d|buy| | 8/24/2010 | Ask your customers to review you after every sale
Reviews on your website build customer trust and increase sales. ^ |
| email|cab|focused|remember|confirmation|didn’t|order|earning|app|phone|[...]
|install|sale|coupons|invitation|buyer|long-term|customer
i|one-time|great|follow-up|turns|experience|people|company|do-it-and-forget-it|called|new|town| | 8/23/2010 | Great follow-up turns a one-time buyer into a long-term customer
I called a cab in a new town, which is a do-it-and-forget-it experience for most people. ^ |
| nice|work|window|forest|outside|result|share:
|better|stop|doing|natural|expensive|pain|lawn?
it’s|companies|mow|headquarters|—|mcdonald’s|butt|meeting| | 8/22/2010 | Why do companies mow the lawn?
It’s expensive and a pain in the butt. ^ |
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| considered|profession|trusty|honourable|contest…|banking|compared|community.
well|[...]
|fleece|bastion|ago|enigma|sales|years|started|profession
when|selling|whether| | 8/7/2009 | An Honourable Profession
When I first started out in sales many years ago there was always an enigma around selling and whether it could be considered an honourable profession or not. ^ |
| crm|sales|week|moment|clients|results|unimaginable|working|years|goodness|[...]
|arrived|blind|obvious|take|back…|future|best|reasons|crm
i|contributed|six|efficiency|sales…|amount|value| | 7/27/2009 | The Six Best Reasons to use CRM
I take it all back… CRM is the future of sales… the amount of value that CRM has contributed to sales efficiency and sales results is unimaginable. ^ |
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|apt|post…|“sales|interesting|post|mentioned|poll|treat|people|entrepreneurs
my|put|reps|succeed|doing…|linkedin||important| | 7/2/2009 | Treat Sales People as Entrepreneurs
My last post mentioned the poll I put up on LinkedIn - What is the most important thing for sales reps to succeed in doing… and I had some very interesting results and a good number of comments. ^ |
| polling|important|big|although|created|linkedin|participate|[...]
|wish|political|controversial|national|determine|absence|day|arrived
in|share|details|thought|government|uk| | 6/24/2009 | Polling Day has arrived
In the absence of a national poll to determine the next government of the UK, I thought I would share the details of a Poll that I have just created on LinkedIn. ^ |
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currently|focus|individual|insanity…
“doing|expecting|definition|albert|einstein| | 6/23/2009 | Focus on the individual not the organisation.
Currently, one of my favourite quotes is often attributed to Albert Einstein and his definition of insanity…
“Doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.”
The reason why I find this quotation so appealing is that it is for our times… most of the world is in recession and therefore for many organisations [...]
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|pieces|site|couple|time|dust|thought|i’m|back!
i|keys|fingers|finger|keyboard|put| | 6/17/2009 | I’m Back!
I thought it was about time to dust down my keyboard and put finger to keys, or two fingers in my case, and write a post. ^ |
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it|longer|listen|sales||popularity|increasing|years|way|although| | 5/1/2009 | Sales Podcasts - listen and learn
It seems blogging is no longer good enough and Podcasting is the way to go. ^ |
| qualification|analysis|–|download|business|looks| | 4/24/2009 | Qualification – what’s the second question to ask?
On the Firstborder site we have three eBooks for free download: Business Imperative Analysis; ^ |
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|realise|going|badly|back|posts|warned|today’s|tip
if|look|called|18|months|recession|depression|whatever| | 3/9/2009 | Today’s Top Tip
If you look back through my posts you will see that I warned about this recession, depression or whatever it is called some 18 months or so ago… it did not take a rocket scientist, which is just as well because I’m not one, to realise some things were going badly wrong with the money [...]
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|i’m|find|funny|side…|introduced|alan|walmsley…|time|alan’s|thought|day
it|intrepid|field|selling|software|experience|friend|colleague|years| | 2/24/2009 | Alan’s thought for the day
It was time I introduced you all to Alan Walmsley… an intrepid friend and colleague who has many years of experience in the field of selling software solutions with implementation services. ^ |
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| time|hurd|board|employees|fired|new|according|interview|report|h.p|“the|ellison|$20,000|crazy|cutting|ideas|business|job|innovation|back|hire|h.p.’s|probably|best|company| | 8/14/2010 | Hurd's out, perhaps innovation is back in.
“If you hire honest, smart people, they will likely do a good job for you.1” It seems that somebody forgot to tell H.P.’s Board of Directors. ^ |
| hertz|display|60|3-d|lens|tv|shows|cameras|watch|light| | 7/4/2010 | Will two people watch different shows on the same TV at the same time?
From the NY Times:"...Microsoft has created a prototype for an auto-stereoscopic display that viewers needn’t adjust by hand to find the sweet spot. ^ |
| manager|leader|question|thinks|word|containing|competition|launch|after|“how”|you’re|sure|customer|brain|“we”|sentence|out-loud|clever|howie|leadership|choice|ask|behaving| | 6/19/2010 | Howie Leadership
Howie Leadership I gave a talk recently to a room full of soon-to-graduate MBA students. ^ |
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|radio|internet| | 6/13/2010 |
Listen to internet radio with SpencerConnect on Blog Talk Radio
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| robots|ideas|people|process|build|parts|kill|finished|worth| | 6/6/2010 | “If the work allows people to prove their worth to themselves, you have a winning formula.” By taking apart the finished robots, the experimenters took away this sense of worth, obviously the finished product had no worth, since it was immediately disassembled.The same thing happens in companies that employ tools like a stage-gate process that “puts discipline around vetting ideas”. ^ |
| financial|engagement|employee|data|tracks|results| | 6/4/2010 | Proof: Higher employee engagement results in better financial performance.
Yesterday I sat down with an executive in transition over coffee and in the course of our conversation he described a study he’d participated in at a former employer -- a national fast-food chain. ^ |
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|pres|new| | 5/31/2010 | New Press Release
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| people|problem|hr|skills|solvers|company|emotional|valuable|learn| | 5/18/2010 | At one end are those who naturally possess high EI skills, at the other are those who naturally lack them.While it is true that at the top of corporate organizations you will likely find people with the ability to understand other people, to work well with others and to influence people, HR would serve the company better by understanding that not every valuable employee needs to be that kind of person. ^ |
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|pres| | 5/16/2010 | Press Release
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| role|leader|decisive|inviting|consensus|finally|recommendation|unequivocal|valid|keeping|participation|objective|recognizing|sight|goal|vesting|motorola|ceo|galvin|30+years)
|moments|best|privilege|others|increasingly|robert|decisions.”|learn|leaders|decision-making|attention|away|progressively|moves|critical|called|leadership
“a|power|thrive|choices|command|evocative|maintain|create|atmosphere|stimulating|situation|prime|leader’s|required|direct|decide|responsibility| | 5/11/2010 | Leadership
“A leader is decisive, is called on to make many critical choices, and can thrive on power and the attention of that decision-making role. ^ |
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| visa|rewards|mcdonalds|program|brands|unique|brightkite|teams| | 9/3/2010 | Brightkite Teams With McDonalds & Visa For Unique LBS Rewards Campaign
Brightkite has teamed with McDonalds and Visa to power a unique rewards program centered around checking-in to McDonalds locations to earn a $5 Visa gift card. ^ |
| messages|text|adults|send|survey|72%| | 9/2/2010 | SMS Isn’t Just For Kids, 72% Of Adults Routinely Send Text Messages Too
A new survey out by Pew Research suggests American adults are just as addicted to text messaging as the younger generation, with the amount rising substantially over the past year. ^ |
| marketing|mobile|mma|better|association|members|press|release|list|stronger|benefits|growing|enhancing|association’s|[...]
|aimed|issued|yesterday|move|recently|beginning|reposition|announced|“repositions”|serve|industry
the|global|opportunity”|provide|enable|within|industry|“promote| | 9/2/2010 | Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) “Repositions” To Better Serve The Industry
The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) announced recently that its beginning to reposition itself within the mobile marketing industry to better “promote and enable the global mobile marketing opportunity” and provide stronger benefits to its growing list of members. ^ |
| app|checkins|foursquare|shout-outs|allows|android|vlingo|voice-based| | 9/2/2010 | Vlingo App For Android Brings Voice-Based Checkins And Shout-Outs For Foursquare
If the act of whipping out your cell phone to checkin on Foursquare has gotten to be too much of a hassle, Vlingo has you covered. ^ |
| apps|store|mobile|android|market|nokia’s|ovi|world|ipad|apple|blackberry’s|iphone|palm’s|states|united|[...]
|similar|2010|windows|catalog|july|marketplace|across|continue|prices|startup|rise
distimo|ios|free|60%|29%|vs|detailing|report|ecosystem|distimo|latest|providing|focused|published|analytics| | 9/2/2010 | 29% Of iOS Apps, Prices Continue To Rise
Distimo, a startup focused on providing app store analytics, has published its latest report detailing the mobile app ecosystem across the Apple App Store for iPad and iPhone, BlackBerry’s App World, the Android Market, Nokia’s Ovi Store, Palm’s App Catalog and the Windows Marketplace for Mobile for July 2010 in the United States. ^ |
| anime|advertising|network|ivdopia|mobile|funimation|entertainment|using|word|roots|japanese|[...]
|genre|it’s|engaging|fans|distributor|princess|set|sights|corpse|show|targets|smartphones
the|smart|dvd|september|14|coming|phones|series|name| | 9/2/2010 | The anime series of the same name is coming out on DVD September 14, and distributor FUNimation Entertainment is using the mobile advertising network iVdopia to get the word out. ^ |
| sms|gupshup|users|million|figures|new|india| | 9/1/2010 | Mobile Still Thrives In India, SMS GupShup Hits 35M Users, 1M New Users Monthly
Mobile is immensely popular in India, as evident in new figures out by SMS GupShup that indicate the text-based social network has reached 35 million total users while adding over 1 million each and every month. ^ |
| beyond|new|define|addition|checkins|“highlights,”| | 9/1/2010 | Gowalla Debuts “Highlights,” A Solution That Goes Beyond Checkins To Define Places
Gowalla has long had an interest in stepping beyond the confines of the ubiquitous “checkin” to leverage location in other useful and unique ways. ^ |
| fact|engagement|“fcu|checker’s|mobile|universal|chacha|series| | 9/1/2010 | NBC Universal And ChaCha Turn On Mobile Engagement For “FCU: Fact Checker’s Unit”
NBC Universal Digital Studio has teamed with human-powered answering service ChaCha for a unique mobile engagement initiative for NBC’s new “FCU: Fact Checker’s Unit” series. ^ |
| apple|steve|jobs|coming|francisco|simultaneously|fact|store|california|indication|ipods|line|[...]
|premiered|rolling|addition|refreshed|entirely|machine|right|today|rumor|unveils|revamped|tv
the|ceo|center|arts|san|buena|took|stage|yerba| | 9/1/2010 | Apple Unveils Revamped Apple TV
The rumor machine was right. ^ |
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please|blog:
www.jeffchavez.wordpress.com
looking|there.
jeff
|seeing|forward|friends…thanks|moved!
dear|i’ve|stopping|here|i’m|again…but| | 4/2/2010 | I’ve Moved!
Dear Friends…thanks for stopping by again…but I’m not here! ^ |
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while|time|stages|thoughts|recover|[...]
|decline”|particularly|motivated|book|jim|collins|back|up
in|latest|organizations|quickly|dramatically|fall, collins carefully|great|thriving| | 7/2/2009 | How The Mighty Fall, And Get Back Up
In the latest book by Jim Collins, How the Mighty Fall, Collins carefully outlines how great, thriving organizations can quickly and dramatically fall from prominence.
While he spends a lot of time outlining what he calls the “Five Stages of Decline”, I was particularly motivated by his thoughts on what those who fall, and then recover, have in [...]
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| task|perfection-ism|yourself|saying|you’ll|time|right!”|find|hard|able|juggle|multiple|[...]
|efficient|productive.
successful entrepreneurs|wings|waiting|suck|syndrome
i|address|that lurks|in…and|syndrome|
“i|can’t|it’s|real productivity|killer| | 4/29/2009 | Perfection-ism Syndrome
I want to address something that lurks in the wings, waiting to suck you in…and it’s a real productivity killer: Perfection-ism Syndrome. ^ |
| right|paralysis|
that’s|thing?”|stuck|staring|“is|days|weeks|[...]
|analysis|know|hours|you’re|flooded|information|avoid|analysis
in|business|interest|eventually|simply|marketers|experts.
some|piques| | 4/7/2009 | Avoid Paralysis of Analysis
In business you’re flooded with information from marketers and experts.
Some of it piques your interest but eventually you simply get stuck staring at all of it; ^ |
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whether|“skate|job|people|difficult|radar|hide|starting|business|[...]
|work|running|company|looking|stephen|m.r|covey.
so|trust”|trust
i’ve|reading|“the|covers|times|uncertainty|it’s|today.
in|extremely|relevant|especially| | 3/12/2009 | Covey.
So much of what he covers is extremely relevant. ^ |
| exercise|brain|increase|programs|“head|finally|we’re|ages|seeing|capacity|mental|[...]
|keeping|facilities|health”|increasing|focus|america|sometimes.
we|try|take|forget|how’s|brainpower?
it’s|funny|care|fact|needs|
as|overlook|bodies|seem|altogether| | 2/9/2009 | How’s Your Brainpower?
It’s funny how we forget about our brain sometimes.
We try and take care of our bodies with exercise but seem to altogether overlook the fact that our brain needs exercise too. ^ |
| account|assignment|asking|students|summertime|school|teacher|following|important|vacation|
after|[...]
|summer|lessons|taught|self-reliance|james|paramore|give|listened|challenge|it?
in|1998|speech|re-told|true|business|talk|entitled|“life|challenge.”| | 2/5/2009 | Are You Up To It?
In 1998, I listened to James Paramore give a speech entitled, “Life Will Be a Challenge.” In that talk, he re-told a true account about a school teacher who was following up on a summertime assignment by asking her students what important lessons they were taught about self-reliance during their summer vacation. ^ |
| michael|productivity|yourself|time|successful.”
phew|outlined|“4|give|it’s|suggestions|useful|[...]
|mouthful|thought|simple|rise|agora|learning|masterson
my|friends|early|great|business.
recently|masterson|wrote|tips|advice|life| | 2/3/2009 | Productivity with Michael Masterson
My friends at Early To Rise (Agora Learning) have a lot of great tips and advice about life and business.
Recently, Michael Masterson wrote about Productivity and outlined, “4 Things You Can Do to Give Yourself Lots More Time to Be Lots More Successful.”
Phew! ^ |
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|block.
as|painful|end|trimmed|ventures|trim|northstar|block
over|weeks|gut-wrenching|process|companies|costs|hunker| | 1/15/2009 | The Chopping Block
Over the last several weeks at Northstar Ventures we’ve had to trim our costs and hunker down just like so many other companies. ^ |
| thousands||+|=|catalyst|gajshost| | 12/18/2008 | : "http://www.");
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There are two central ingredients to success: Risk and Persistence. ^ |
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| blog|person|question|business|bloggers–myself|great|sound|alike.”|sometimes|regular|basis|[...]
|included–run|promotions|products|helping|writes|“when|tell|internet|marketers|fail
richard|sales|vs|truly|making|money|affiliate| | 8/26/2010 | Why Most Internet Marketers Fail
Richard writes in with a question: “When can a person tell a blog is just about making money with affiliate sales vs. ^ |
| sums|blog|doing|it’s|i’m|enjoy|sharing|area|life|[...]
|easy|already|successful|compared|money|—|money
manifest|manifest|large|huge|irony|post|delicious|here’s|smile| | 8/20/2010 | How to Manifest Large Sums of Money
Manifest money — even huge sums! ^ |
| believe|post|flip|belief|popular|blog|she’s|crying|today|[...]
|head|spent|hours|business|someone|else|life|failure|manifesto
i|think|worry|money|successful|that’s|“easy”|doesn’t| | 8/12/2010 | The Failure Manifesto
I think some of us want to believe that somewhere out there, someone else has a life that’s “easy”. ^ |
| traffic|great|after|web|piece|think|demoralizing|months.|reads|product|service|[...]
|bloggers|quit|content|site|simple|site’s|traffic
increase|tips|crank|increase|break|website| | 8/5/2010 | How to Increase Your Web Site’s Traffic
Increase web site traffic with these simple tips. ^ |
| business|ideas|starting|know|don’t|post|enough–or|hear|[...]
|turn|you!
first|definitive|guide|step-by-step|guide
starting|hung|feel|none|“idea|phase”| | 7/30/2010 | Do you feel like none of your ideas are good enough–or do you have so many ideas and don’t know which one you should turn into a business? ^ |
| domain|.com|name|extension|google|register|dollars|.biz|search|whether|not?
in|[...]
|engine|ranks|affected|difficult|questions|answered|choosing|best|business
choosing|pay|hundreds|thousands|choose|business|important| | 7/22/2010 | Choosing The Best Domain Name for Your Business
Choosing a domain name: Your difficult questions answered! ^ |
| goals|quarter|here|second|3-5|major|set|new|welcome|year|progress|2010.)
let’s|[...]
|publicly|blog|update|reached|end|2010…and|2010|update
|we’ve|blockbuster|income|you.
(if|you’re|i’m|excited|share| | 7/9/2010 | 2010 Second Quarter Goals Update
We’ve reached the end of the second quarter of 2010…and what a blockbuster quarter it was! ^ |
| cheese|cooking|decided|organic|richard|goodies|gotten|recently|hamburgers|cheddar|slices.
i|[...]
|pick|dinner|walked|section|recently…by|stymied|local|cheese.
i|customers|warning|think!
|stupider|produce|meat|gluten-free|pile|grocery|high-end|buying|store| | 7/1/2010 | Warning: Your Customers May Be Stupider Than You Think!
I was stymied recently…by cheese.
I was at a local high-end grocery store buying meat, produce, and a pile of gluten-free goodies. ^ |
| “how|knew|business|to”|biggest|won’t|help|world|beliefs|information|fact|stopping|[...]
|succeed|ingrained|successful.
but|believe|more–more|be…you?
|obstacle|success|social|networking–that|seo|blogging|tweeting| | 6/25/2010 | Could the Biggest Obstacle to Your Success Be…You?
Often, we believe that if only we knew “how to” do more–more blogging, more Tweeting, more SEO or social networking–that our business would be successful.
But all the “how to” information in the world won’t help your business succeed. ^ |
| business|start|workshop|price|low|felt|others|niche|response|“well|people|told|[...]
|so.
her|helping|friend|recently…giving|story|strangle|business
i|setting|writing|teach|advice|coaching|pricing| | 6/11/2010 | How Writing a Story Can Strangle Your Business
I was helping a friend out with her business recently…giving her some advice and coaching on pricing. ^ |
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| business|owner|part|making|leave|fit|mould|feeling|vote(s)
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defining|style|real|2|essential|call|try|developing|identity| | 9/3/2010 | What Is a "Real" Business Owner Part 2
Defining one's style as a business owner is essential. ^ |
| una|amazing|detail|little|word|difficult|attention|vote|prizes!16|vote(s)
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|&|post|win|intimidated|
another|great|hpsugartone|it’s|simple|count|says|carried|away|entry|time|coleman| | 9/3/2010 | How to be amazing: it’s the simple things that count
Another great HPSugartone entry and this time is comes from Una Coleman. ^ |
| whatswhat.ie|put|set|hard|help|right|vote(s)
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|success..17|path|future|involved|successful|
i|back|basics|020|recently|worked|years|london|six| | 9/3/2010 | Back to Basics
I have been involved with the successful 020 London for the last six years and recently I have worked hard to help set up Whatswhat.ie and put that on the right path for future success..17 Vote(s)
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| demand|sales|long|specific|list|lay|results|generally|reluctant|leader|top-notch|vote(s)
|monthl18|requirements|
|common|single|youngblood|spe|blog
the|todd|shut|forecast|–|best|tend|expect|terms|work|managers|executives|pleasure| | 9/3/2010 | Shut Up And Do Your Forecast – Todd Youngblood's "SPE" Blog
The best of the sales managers and executives I've had the pleasure to work with tend to demand very few things. ^ |
| startup|help||starting|success|full|person|ignore|people!
ultimately|vote(s)
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|i16|here|based|dreams|people|excited|
when|count|anyone|beyond|wildest|rich|myriads|ways| | 9/2/2010 | When Starting Your Startup, Don't Count on Anyone to Help You - Except You
When you're starting a startup, there are a lot of people who will get you excited by the myriads of ways they can help you, and make you rich beyond your wildest dreams. ^ |
| amazing|linkedin|15|here|doing|
|vote(s)
|help.......16|time|
invest|look|demonstrate|profile|developing| | 9/2/2010 |
Invest more time in developing your LinkedIn profile and demonstrate why you are "Amazing" at doing what you do! ^ |
| obvious|already|knows|sometimes|audience|speaker/writer|vote(s)
|concept|
|genuinely|practice|best|actually|novel|practice16|–|todd|youngblood|1|2|3|merely|verbalizing|group|spe|blog
sometimes|stating| | 9/2/2010 | Are You In Group 1, 2, Or 3? ^ |
| sales|–|people|proactive|pride|today|never|move|highlight|weeks|starting|five|past|proactive16|truly|
|vote(s)
|take|reactive|opportunities|advantage|
there|pipeline|characteristics|common|exchange|part||60|attributes|specific|couple|possess|great|separate|acronym|crowd| | 9/2/2010 | PRIDE – Part I – Proactive – Sales eXchange – 60 - The Pipeline
There are some common characteristics that separate great sales people from the crowd. ^ |
| employees|keep|paying|actually|gainfully|
|vote(s)
|employed16|time|think|
your|complain|remind|home|taking| | 9/2/2010 |
Your employees make a lot more than they think they do. ^ |
| results|calling|cold|here|five|list|
|vote(s)
|better!16|efforts|tips|quick|5|limited|getting|
tired| | 9/2/2010 |
Tired of getting limited results from your cold calling efforts? ^ |
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| business|buy|obtain|parts|raw|directly|china|enables|money|research|check|materials|[...]
|bulk|costly|cut|middleman|transactions|china
it|tends|expensive|entrepreneur|venture|already|applies|purchasing|starting| | 9/2/2010 | How To Buy From China
It tends to be less expensive to cut out the middleman in business transactions. ^ |
| –|watched|doing|“girls”|sat|personally|take|hook|pulled|iphone|[...]
|entrepreneurship|favorite|hobby|thinking|fished|marketing|learned|fishing
i|ever|needed|know|spent|michigan|wife|daughter|week|august|northern| | 9/2/2010 | All I Ever Needed To Know About Marketing – I Learned From Fishing
I spent a week this August in Northern Michigan and watched as my wife and daughter fished. ^ |
| daven|cool|found|virtual|assistants|2|experience|past|va|personally|used|couple|days|[...]
|service|launched|business|great|opportunity|touch|base|them
i|–|&|hire|entrepreneurs|hassles|i’ve|helping|michaels|created|company| | 9/2/2010 | Virtual Assistants – What They Do & How to Hire Them
I had a cool opportunity to touch base with Daven Michaels who has created a really cool company helping entrepreneurs with their virtual assistant hassles. ^ |
| sounds|entrepreneur|little|perfectly|miracles|budget|madness|millions|decide|[...]
|world|reasonable.
in|fact|day|bootstrap
for|concept|launching|entrepreneurship|101|understanding|business|instincts|ability|work|venture|capital|trusting| | 9/2/2010 | Entrepreneurship 101: Understanding How to Bootstrap
For most of us, the concept of launching into a business venture with little or no capital, and trusting to our instincts, and the ability to work miracles on little or no budget, sounds like madness. ^ |
| internet|grown|multi-billion|dollar|shopping|games|came|online|business|saw|potential|commerce|people|[...]
|wasn’t|long|amazing|watch|evolution|entrepreneurs
it’s|three|rising|young|couple|information|progressed|e-mail|share|decades|started|way| | 9/2/2010 | Three Rising Young Entrepreneurs
It’s been amazing to watch the evolution of the Internet over the last couple of decades. ^ |
| entrepreneur|young|jain|means|create|mogul|business|talking|naveen|introduce|i’d|[...]
|five|change|real|conversation|inspired|son|25
as|shared|week’s|stars|spotlight|5|rising|post|the kairos|society|collegiate|founder|recently|dinner|with ankur| | 9/1/2010 | Entrepreneur Spotlight: 5 More Rising Stars Under 25
As I shared in last week’s post, I recently had dinner with Ankur Jain, founder of the Kairos Society of collegiate entrepreneurs and son of business mogul Naveen Jain, and we got to talking about young entrepreneurs and what it means to create real change. ^ |
| blogs|business-changing|young|decisions|knowledge|apply|discussion|experiences|entrepreneurs|plan|break|[...]
|taboo|don’t|practices|considered|advice|tend|full|business|hire|friends|peril)
most|stale|guest|for young|entrepreneur, is|goal|common|sense|puffery| | 8/31/2010 | My goal, as a guest blogger for Young Entrepreneur, is to apply my knowledge and experiences to the discussion of many business-changing decisions young entrepreneurs make or don’t make. ^ |
| ability|8|business|right|importantly|people|acumen|marketing|hire|handle|don’t|put|[...]
|growing|stress|lead|team.
when|economy|team?
i|imagine|entrepreneurship|–|championship|ball|club|football|defense|consists|competition|opposing|game|company|offense| | 8/31/2010 | Is Your Business a Championship Ball Club or an 8 – 8 Team?
I imagine entrepreneurship as a football game where your company is on offense and your opposing defense consists of your competition, the economy, your marketing acumen, your ability to hire the right people and, most importantly, your ability to handle stress and lead a team.
When growing a business, you don’t have to put on a [...]
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| real|mai|tim|has…|pirates|robbed|adventure|life|ever|he’s|star|[...]
|ripe|age|11|guy|refugee|estate|entrepreneur
i|–|fishing|boat|know|fellow|entrepreneur|happy|chance|interview| | 8/30/2010 | Tim Mai – From Fishing Boat Refugee to Real Estate Entrepreneur
I am so happy to have had a chance to not just interview Tim Mai but get to know him as a fellow entrepreneur. ^ |
| business|paths|success|technology|hype|give|comprehend|simply|permeates|ideas|[...]
|industry. |exposed|involve|rarely|entrepreneurship|stocks?
the|lead|complex|difficult|bankruptcy|discouragement. | | 8/30/2010 | Success in the Technology Business: Entrepreneurship or Stocks?
The technology business can involve different paths to success, but most of those paths rarely lead anywhere except to bankruptcy and discouragement. These businesses are so complex and difficult for many of us to comprehend that we often simply give in to the hype that permeates the industry. We are exposed to ideas in the [...]
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| press|releases|businesses|cost-effectively|ever|online|far|help|promote|today’s|forget|seo|[...]
|don’t|tools|services|available|relations|bcbusiness|blog|offers|humphreys|drive|traffic|website
tommy|size|write|public|medium|simple|tips|small| | 8/31/2010 | How to Write Press Releases that Drive More Traffic to Your Website
Tommy Humphreys of BCBusiness Blog offers simple tips for small and medium size businesses on how to use public relations and press releases to help promote your business. ^ |
| small|important|big|changing|world|live|wants|makes|compelling|case|believe|require|reality|expensive|solutions|[...]
|problems|stuff
fantastic|keynote|rory|sweating|buying|behavior|means|sutherland|12min|30sec|fast.
he|watch|ted|“sweating|stuff”| | 6/18/2010 | This is a must watch at 12min 30sec that goes by fast.
He makes a compelling case that the world we live in wants to believe that big, important problems require big, important, and expensive solutions. ^ |
| number|limited|world|talk|google|sip|hardware|h.323|skype|iax|small|presents|budget|[...]
|major|operating|businesses |resources|internationally|ddi|called|virtual|/|number
a|phone|getting|abroad|presence|landline,mobile|forwarded|software|voip|code|telephone|local|area|selected| | 6/15/2010 | Getting a Phone Presence Abroad With a DID Number
A DID number (also called DDI / virtual number) is a local telephone number in a selected area code that is forwarded to a landline,mobile, VoIP software or hardware, SIP, H.323, IAX, Skype or Google Talk anywhere in the world. ^ |
| storage|store|web|per|unlimited|affordable| | 6/2/2010 | Cloud Storage An Affordable Place to Store All Your Web Files
PEER 1 Hosting just launched CloudOne Storage, a very affordable, pay-as-you-go unlimited online storage product for all your web files and media. ^ |
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1|listings.
there|couple|know|sales|weeks|click|[...]
|cycle|longer|2|organic|results
many|small|businesses|pitfalls|deliver|poor|revert|offset|deficiencies|seo|google|adwords|forms| | 5/12/2010 | These Paid Search Pitfalls Deliver Poor Results
Many small businesses will revert to Google AdWords or other forms of paid search to offset any deficiencies in their SEO, or organic listings.
There are a couple of things you need to know first, before you embark on a paid search campaign. ^ |
| ipad|internet|game|apple|change|way|consume|year|francisco|forever|changer|reinvigorate|argument|—|[...]
|main|gasping|publishing|industry|tech|fad|changer?
after|funky|makes|packaged|consumable
is|listening|keynote|adtech|san|anderson’s|wired|magazine|chris| | 5/12/2010 | Apple iPad Makes Internet More Packaged and Consumable
Is the Apple iPad a funky tech fad or a game changer?
After listening to Wired Magazine Chris Anderson’s keynote at adtech San Francisco this year, the iPad is not only a game changer and will forever change the way we consume the Internet, but will also reinvigorate the gasping publishing industry. ^ |
| storage|tool|self|recently|moishe’s|online| | 5/3/2010 | Moishe’s Storage Creates Online Tool for Self Storage Customers
Revolutionizing the way customers choose self storage units, Moishe’s Moving Systems recently announced the launch of its Storage Space Estimator and Online Reservations System.
Combined with the recent redesign of Moishes.com, this user-friendly interactive tool allows visitors to the website to simply drag and drop icons of items they plan to store, by room type, into [...]
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social|small|watch|economy|exclusively|video|media|don’t|relationships|[...]
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business|101|shares|guide|owners|great|grow|ways|planning|checklist| | 5/1/2010 | 101 Ways to Grow Your Business and The Business Startup Checklist and Planning Guide shares some great tips for business owners in this economy. ^ |
| f5|expo|video|recap|2010|7th|canada.
|vancouver|novustv|vancouver
here’s|april|held| | 4/14/2010 | Video Recap of F5 Expo in Vancouver
Here’s a video recap by NovusTV of the F5 Expo held April 7th, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada.
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the|april|wednesday|spotlight|turns|courtesy|internet
photos|7th|powerful|well-attended|best-selling|keynote|event|tremendous|content|rich| | 4/9/2010 | F5 Expo Turns Spotlight Onto The Internet
Photos courtesy of www.jeremylim.ca
The F5 Expo held Wednesday, April 7th was a tremendous event. ^ |
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| seth|startup|create|doing|following|people|customers|insights|remarkable|tweetable| | 9/1/2010 | 23 Tweetable Startup Insights From Seth Godin
Regular readers of this blog know that I’m a long-time admirer of Seth Godin. He’s one of those “big thinkers” that has the added talent of being able to articulate high-level concepts in an immensely approachable way. That’s a very rare, and dare are I say remarkable intersection of abilities.
The following is a list of short, pithy insights that I’ve been collecting from Seth’s Blog over the past few months. They were |
| project|startup|new|—|case|interested|helping|survey|grow|hubspot|capital|hope|inspired|launch|though|-my|founding|long|i’m|announcing|working|ambitious|recent| | | 8/26/2010 | You’re not getting any younger -My Mom”. “Listen to your mom.” -My Dad. Though the sample size for these surveys is not statistically representative, seems like finding early interest in the project will be easy. Then, using lean startup principles, we’ll iterate from there based on what we learn.
As is the case with any new, early-stage effort, we’re likely to make mistakes. The hope is that in the the long run (and in this case, it’s a really long run), we will have created somethin |
| customers|software|building|business|notes|marketing|early|sales|time|risk|product|people|sell| | 8/23/2010 | Video From Business Of Software 2009: Building Great Software Businesses
Of the several conferences I attend or speak each at each year, my favorite is the Business of Software conference organized be Neil Davidson (of Red Gate) and Joel Spolsky (of Fog Creek). There are several reasons for this. The speakers are great and have enough stage time to really get into the topic they’re passionate about. There’s no no “sponsor fluff”. You can’t pay your way into a s |
| e-mail|trial|users|sales|daily|come|signup| | 8/20/2010 | 6 Simple Selling Tips For Software Entrepreneurs
The following is a guest post by David Mytton founder of Boxed Ice, which provides software for server monitoring. Deep down inside, many software entrepreneurs really dislike selling. This article provides some practical tips for “selling without selling”. That is, ways to avoid having to be that stereotypical "sales guy". ^ |
| startup|someone|founding|marketing|great|sales|—| | 8/16/2010 | Sales Person. If there’s a fourth founder on the team (which I’m not a big fan of by the way), it might be useful to have a sales person. And, remember, startups don’t need a VP of Sales — they need actual sales.
The reason I put the designer above the inbound marketer is simple: If the designer is exceptional, half the marketing battle is already won. Ecstatic users do much of your marketing for you. Today, a great product with good marketing usually wins over a good product with gr |
| business|la|dead|model|grateful|created| | 8/3/2010 | Could you use Amazon’s mechanical turk system (an online arena that connects those who have relatively small tasks with people who can perform them) to dramatically lower costs or deliver new value?
Are there societal changes happening that you might take advantage of in your industry, such as empty nesters moving back into cities, more people working from home, a shift to outsourcing to rural America than overseas, or increased interest in low carbon footprint lifestyles for companies an |
| work|people|hubspot|hours|company|folks|employees|article|culture|sitting| | 7/26/2010 | Startup Culture Lessons From Mad Men
The following is a guest post by Brian Halligan who is my co-founder and CEO at HubSpot (which means he gets to do most of the really hard work).
I recently did a lecture at a Babson MBA summer class on Entrepreneurial Leadership. I got a lot of questions from students about how and why HubSpot won the Boston Business Journal’s #1 place to work award….hmmm….good question.
At the highest level, we are trying to create a “post-modern |
| saas|it’s|costs|customers|software|businesses|—|you’re| | 7/19/2010 |
In any case, let’s jump right in.
7 Non-Obvious SaaS Startup Lessons From HubSpot
1. You are financing your customers. Most SaaS businesses are subscription-based (there’s usually no big upfront payment when you signup a customer). As a result, sales and marketing costs are front-loaded, but revenue comes in over time. This can create cash-flow issues. The higher your sales growth, the larger the gap in cash-flows. This is why SaaS companies often raise large amounts of capital.
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Imagine you’re having some big, high falutin’ meeting. Perhaps it’s a board meeting. Or, if you don’t have a board, perhaps it’s a man |
| product|features|buyable|it’s|startup|easy|customers|think|market| | 6/21/2010 | From Minimally Viable To Maximally Buyable Product
I’m a big fan of Eric Ries and the lean startup movement that he’s championing at Startup Lessons Learned. I think many of the fundamentals behind the lean startup are things you likely have been practicing for a while. But, seeing it articulated so well and establishing a common vocabularly for us to talk about it is immensely valuable.
One of the key parts of the lean startup is the concept of a “minimally viable |
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|president|moneda|chile’s|glass|santiago’s|post|chile
pictures|armas|santiago|sights|towers|mirrored|reflection|armas. |notice| | 8/23/2010 | Plaza de Armas, Santiago de Chile
Pictures of Santiago’s cathedral, post office and other sights in and around Plaza de Armas. Notice the reflection of one of the Cathedral towers on the mirrored glass of a modern office building. The last picture in the series is Palacio de La Moneda, where the office of Chile’s president is located. ^ |
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|moral|likely|“sure|that’s|hundreds|order|coke. |doesn’t|ok?
photo|credits|waferboard
go|carry|“is|ok?” |i’ve|coke|waiter|ask| | 8/16/2010 | Is Pepsi OK?
Photo Credits: waferboard
Go to a restaurant and order a Coke. If the restaurant doesn’t carry Coke, the waiter will then ask you: “is Pepsi OK?” I’ve heard this hundreds of times through many years and haven’t once heard anybody make a big deal about it. Most likely, the answer is: “sure, that’s OK”.
The moral [...]
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| | 8/15/2010 | Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, FL
See the full gallery on posterous
Posted via email from Mario Sanchez Carrion | ^ |
| brazilian|bridge|friends|pointing|iranduba.
most|small|locality|side|project|white|dismiss|[...]
|quick|ago|visited|weeks|nowhere
a|couple|city|build|mainland|picture|manaus|took| | 8/2/2010 | The bridge to nowhere
A couple of weeks ago I visited the Brazilian city of Manaus and took this picture of the bridge that is being build between the mainland and the small locality of Iranduba.
Most of my Brazilian friends, pointing out that there was nothing on the other side, were quick to dismiss the project as a white [...]
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| hotel|hundred|fans|congregated|pictures|arrival|pauses|snap|seem|gesture|[...]
|trivial|welcome|outside|small|them.
this|band|video|found|recent|aerosmith’s|customers|treating|stars?
i|rock|tyler|steven|vocalist|legendary|lima|visit|shows|peru| | 5/24/2010 | Are you treating your customers like rock stars?
I found this video of Aerosmith’s recent visit to Lima, Peru. ^ |
| problems|hotel|people|couldn’t|check|order|disrupt|schedule”|customer’s|problem
b. turn|[...]
|fast|choice|could:
a. make|staying|week|sign|turning|opportunities
the|elevator|30|minutes|check-out|read|“please|allow| | 5/3/2010 | Turning Problems into Opportunities
The elevator at the hotel I was staying last week had a sign that read: “Please allow 30 minutes for check-out in order not to disrupt your schedule”. ^ |
| presentation|zen|book|presentations|didn’t|offer|delivery|stages|effective|actual|fact|“a|[...]
|design|phase.
while|praised|enjoyed|original|garr|review|design
i|read|reynolds|job|explaining|planning|felt|missing|great| | 4/10/2010 | Book review: Presentation Zen Design
I read and enjoyed the original Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds, but felt that something was missing. ^ |
| small|business|e-myth|brand|passionate|sarah|fictional|story|uses|mistake|technician|[...]
|owners|entrepreneur|struggling|curse|remind|gerber|dna|uncover|organization’s|book|review|dna
brand|genetic|systems|author|michael|code|competitive|advantage| | 4/7/2010 | Book Review: Brand DNA
Brand DNA: Uncover Your Organization’s Genetic Code For Competitive Advantage is to small business branding what E-Myth is to small business systems. ^ |
| paul|gaultier|clothes|name|target|selling|’90s|recently|started|remain|seen|[...]
|brand|walmart…).
while|effects|move|garde|designer|best|avant|jean|target
jean|french|worn|madonna|shows|costumes|known|creating|sculpted| | 4/3/2010 | Jean Paul Gaultier in Target
Jean Paul Gaultier, the French avant garde designer best known for creating the sculpted costumes worn by Madonna during her shows in the ’90s, recently started selling clothes under his name in Target (well, at least it was not in Walmart…).
While the effects of such a move on his brand remain to be seen, we [...]
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|return|dubrovnik|morning|early|walked|back|miami|wednesday|sightseeing|ago|wife|visited|impossible|says?
a|years|croatian|sunday|night|plan|island|korcula|arrived| | 3/25/2010 | The plan was to do some sightseeing on Monday, and return to Dubrovnik on Tuesday so we could take the flight back to Miami Wednesday morning. ^ |
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|the shoulder.
some|style|pat|feel|valued
catch|way|here’s|quick|leaving|sure|know|“i|end|day| | 5/6/2009 | Here’s a quick way to make an employee feel valued
Catch an employee as he or she is leaving at the end of the day, and say, “I just want to make sure you know how much I appreciate you and all that you do for the company.” Accompany with a genuine smile and if it’s your style, maybe a pat on the shoulder.
Some may react [...]
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| day|administrative|professional’s|glass|hammer|online|post|quoted|yesterday|blog|services|law|[...]
|financial|community|women|executives|invaluable employees.
i|think|singling|secretaries|starting|yesterday’s|last?
yesterday|i’m|best|way|honor|workers|receptionists|assistants|clerical| | 4/23/2009 | Should yesterday’s Administrative Professional’s Day be the last?
Yesterday was Administrative Professional’s Day. ^ |
| domino’s|told|youtube|showing|employees|13|video|posted|doing|preparing|customers|[...]
|disgusting|food|appeared|so…but…i|you so.
i’ll|explain|dear|so
dear|hate|moment|ago|today|april|let’s|recap|week| | 4/20/2009 | One week ago today, on April 13, a video was posted on YouTube showing a few Domino’s employees doing some really disgusting things with food, as they appeared to be preparing it for customers. ^ |
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|choices|chronically|300-some|people|happy|post|wrote|meeting|blog|key|great|leadership
in|delightful|“how|choose|happy.”|book|foster|authors|must-read| | 4/3/2009 | The Key to Great Leadership
In my last blog post, I wrote about meeting the delightful Rick Foster, one of the authors of a must-read book, “How We Choose To Be Happy.” More than 10 years ago, Rick and co-author Greg Hicks interviewed 300-some chronically happy people and found that every one of them made the same nine choices in [...]
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|stories.”|choices|9|happy|extremely|write|going|you’re|today|leader
everyone|must-read|i’m|book|boss|ago|years|choose|“how|absolutely|leader…you|ten|this book.
about| | 3/25/2009 | And if you’re a boss or a leader…you absolutely must read this book.
About ten years ago, “How We Choose To Be Happy,” was published and pretty much became an overnight bestseller. ^ |
| leaders|attitude|outstanding|set|elitist|cynicism|full|environment|mistrust|pick|guarantee|feelings|[...]
|disdain|employees|feel|absolutely|example|oversee|10|ways|examples
bosses|create|unhealthy|work|bosses|“do|do”| | 3/19/2009 | 10 ways outstanding leaders can set outstanding examples
Bosses absolutely must set an example for those they lead and oversee. ^ |
| negativity|workplace|environment|work|win|every time.
it’s|[...]
|rare|true|bring|everyone|person|you’re|put|excellent|quote|read|contagious
can’t|remember|stuck|hardworking|employee|positive|take|cheerful| | 3/11/2009 | Negativity is contagious
Can’t remember where I once read this excellent quote about negativity in the workplace, but it stuck with me: Take a cheerful, positive, hardworking employee and put them in a negative work environment, and the work environment will win every time.
It’s so true. ^ |
| it’s|absolutely|gossiping-and|management|advise|at examiner.com.
i|refrain|employees|gossip. |remember|colleagues|[...]
|reputation|harmful|involved-and|harm|today|extremely|damaging|workplace|believe|gossip
i|hate|gossip|i’m|careers|column|published|level|quoted|topic|entry| | 2/26/2009 | I’m quoted on this topic in the Entry Level Careers column published today at examiner.com.
I always advise employees to refrain from gossiping-and those in management absolutely must not gossip. It’s harmful to all involved-and the harm may be to your reputation. ^ |
| give|employee|money|i’ll|product|company|i’m|service|planning|transaction|[...]
|aborted|trained|inappropriately|brand
one|inadequately|placed|awhile|employees|of damage.
to|wit| | 2/24/2009 | Employees and your brand
One inadequately trained (or inappropriately placed) employee can do a lot of damage.
To wit: Once in awhile, I’ll really want to give my money to some company, because I want their product or service. ^ |
| words|three|employees|followers. |leader’s|esteem|eyes|hear|loyal|[...]
|become|boss|typically|obama|recently|it!
president|screwed|admit|cry|significantly|elevate|meaning|joy|opinion| | 2/16/2009 | Admit it!
President Obama said three words recently that almost made me cry with joy. ^ |
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| networking|never|happen|drink|red|attended| | 9/3/2010 | Sales Tip of the Day: RED RED WINE
I attended a classy networking affair at a beautiful historic building, with catering and a hosted bar. ^ |
| sell|great|urgent|purchase|making|puts|obviously|perceive|break|buy|product|day|don’t|service|presentation|prospect|treatment| | 9/2/2010 | Sales Tip of the Day: URGENT
You have a great product, service, or treatment, and a great presentation, and your prospect still puts off making a purchase? ^ |
| help|giving|sales|haven’t|chances|introductions|referrals|experience|precisely|lacking|right| | 9/1/2010 | Sometimes it doesn’t happen precisely on my time schedule, but it usually comes through for me at the precise moment when it’s needed most.
You get what you give, so start giving out introductions and referrals everywhere you can.
Trust me, it will come back to you.
© 2010 YOU ROCK!™ Communications
SEE BOB BURG LIVE! ^ |
| selling|believe|true|sales|don’t|worse|treatment|product|service|understand|spirit|doesn’t|working|firm|day|people|experiencing|hear|lovin’|minute|achieve|reason|find|themselves|whatever| | 8/31/2010 | Sales Tip of the Day: LOVIN’ EVERY MINUTE OF IT
Sometimes I hear from sales people who are experiencing frustration.
For whatever reason, they find themselves selling a product, service or treatment they don’t really believe in or, worse, working for a firm that doesn’t understand the true spirit of customer service.
Most of the time, my response is the same: find something else to sell.
Every day should be a joy at the opportunity to serve others and really make a positive difference |
| time|customer|mad|reason|wrong|twice|model|charges|showed|credit|explain|probably|details|card...for|whatever|ask|didn’t|arrive|shipment|try|calls|color|size|transit|product|damaged| | 8/30/2010 | Sales Tip of the Day: SURRENDER
A customer calls and complains.
The shipment didn’t arrive on time, the product was damaged in transit, the size, color, or model is wrong, the charges showed up twice on their credit card...for whatever reason, they are mad and feel the need to dress you down for the problem.
You could immediately try to explain or justify the problem. ^ |
| know|listen|you’ve|prospects|sell.
•|customers|fair|important|expect|fade|items|market|#1| | 8/27/2010 | Sales Tip of the Day: NOT FADE AWAY
If you really want to be #1 in your market, you’ve got to know what prospects and customers expect from you.
Here’s just a few important items on their want list:
• They want you to really listen to them and not just blab on and on about you or what you sell.
• They want to know you really care about helping them solve their problems.
• They want you to be a knowledgeable resource so you can guide them through the process.
• They want to know you will c |
| know|listen|you’ve|prospects|sell.
•|customers|fair|important|expect|fade|items|market|#1| | 8/27/2010 | Sales Tip of the Day: NOT FADE AWAY
If you really want to be #1 in your market, you’ve got to know what prospects and customers expect from you.
Here’s just a few important items on their want list:
• They want you to really listen to them and not just blab on and on about you or what you sell.
• They want to know you really care about helping them solve their problems.
• They want you to be a knowledgeable resource so you can guide them through the process.
• They want to know y |
| save|time|demonstrate|offering|address|time-saving|aspect|low|details|commitment|ease|reduced|important|‘saving|money’|focus|sales|presentations|today’s|increasingly|world|benefit| | 8/26/2010 | Anything you can do to demonstrate an ease of use, reduced time commitment, or low personal involvement with the details of your product or service will go a long way towards making it easy for prospects to say “yes” to you.
Your approach should virtually be, “here is what we can do for you, this is how much it costs, and if you agree, I will take care of everything for you.” These powerful words may be just what you need to give your sales an immediate boost.
So, how much money can you save |
| time|save|offering|demonstrate|address|time-saving|aspect|ease|sales|details|low|reduced|commitment|money’|benefit|‘saving|presentations|focus|world|important|increasingly|today’s| | 8/26/2010 | Anything you can do to demonstrate an ease of use, reduced time commitment, or low personal involvement with the details of your product or service will go a long way towards making it easy for prospects to say “yes” to you.
Your approach should virtually be, “here is what we can do for you, this is how much it costs, and if you agree, I will take care of everything for you.” These powerful words may be just what you need to give your sales an immediate boost.
So, how much money can you |
| treatment|help|sell|send|mousetrap’|solution|‘better|relations|specialist|public|local|media|truly|service|sales|product|revolutionary| | 8/25/2010 | If you treat them like customers, you will have a much better chance of actually getting included in their publication.
When the story comes out, make copies of the article and send it to all of your prospects and tell them, “here is the news about our solution; ^ |
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| small|program|recovery|loan|plan|worth| | 1/28/2010 | As a part of last year's billion-dollar recovery act, this program seemed like a good plan in helping small business recover, but turned out to be more trouble than it was worth for many. ^ |
| new|businesses|owners|small|sales|clients|winning|tips|growth| | 1/22/2010 | and 3) Using online tools to provide useful, educational content to prospects.
One of the tips I would add—and something I always heard from the hundreds of small business owners I've talked to over the years—is to dedicate some time every day to sales efforts. ^ |
| anxiety|manage|staff|quickly|here|keep|calm|jobs|cash|employees|flow| | 1/19/2010 | How to Manage Anxiety in the Workplace
The more your employees hear about cash flow problems and recession-level unemployment rates, the more anxious they grow about losing their own jobs. ^ |
| business|rural|small|town|owners|local|here|news| | 1/14/2010 | Rural Small Business Trends
When it comes to the latest news in the small business world, rural entrepreneurs don't need to know everything that goes on in the big city. ^ |
| work|home|businesses|article|guide|check|flexible|maximize|arrangements|essential|wrote|entire|
actually|remotely|manual|issue|mybusiness|topic|current|coffee|rules|follow|virtual|workforce|at-home|more.
|pointers|interviewing|lobby|yourself|shop|hotel|tips|managing|employees|features|connection|fact|explains|street|journal|home-based.
laid|start|52|percent|new|hotbed|office|is
the|boasts|wall|entrepreneurial|activity|physical|location|sense|
even|fast|internet|tools|necessary|tri | 1/11/2010 | Home Is Where the Office Is
The home is the new hotbed of entrepreneurial activity, boasts this Wall Street Journal article. ^ |
| business|year|small|owners|tips|resolutions|fresh| | 1/5/2010 | If you're still pondering goals for your business in 2010, check out Entrepreneur.com, which offers advice from 10 experts on the bottom line-boosting resolutions small business owners should make—and keep—this year. ^ |
| marketing|time|budget|social|balancing|media| | 1/4/2010 | Balancing Your Marketing Budget
With the new year upon us, it's time you take a serious look at your marketing budget -- but that doesn't mean you have to break the bank. ^ |
| hope|year|latest|back|new|small|wonderful|holiday!
|reading|business|everyone|we'll|mybusiness|editors|mybusiness
your|seasons|greetings|break—starting|planning|holiday|taking|much-deserved| | 12/24/2009 | Seasons Greetings From MyBusiness
Your MyBusiness editors are taking a much-deserved holiday break—starting now. ^ |
| media|social|time|facebook|small|online|customers|setting|twitter| | 12/21/2009 | When and How to Use Social Media in Small Business
A lot of small businesses are jumping on the social media bandwagon, opening Facebook groups and Twitter accounts to reach out to current and potential customers online. ^ |
| customers|business|new|owners|pay|small| | 12/17/2009 | Getting Customers to Pay Up
With Christmas around the corner and a new year ahead, revenue is more important than ever, so what should you do if your customers are delinquent on payments, or worse, not paying at all? ^ |
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| you’ve|covered|new|prospect|case|for…
|bases|convincing|smarter|follow-up|land|projects|solid|proposal|steps
you’ve|prepared| | 9/3/2010 | How to Land More Projects with Smarter Follow-Up Steps
You’ve prepared a solid proposal for a new prospect. ^ |
| client|finally|day|nights|machine…
|—|arrived|sleepless|now!
it’s|sale|machine|work|hard|months| | 9/2/2010 | The Client Machine is On Sale Now!
It’s been months of hard work and many sleepless nights, but the day has finally arrived — The Client Machine…
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|work|can’t|fitness|exercise|&|expert|biggest|tousignant)
as|scott| | 9/1/2010 | Why & How Freelancers Should Exercise (from Fitness Expert Scott Tousignant)
As freelancers, our biggest assets are our minds and bodies. ^ |
| develop|write|jobs|design|consult|and…
|manage|bill|it
when|you’re|working|business|yourself|doing|freelancer|find| | 8/31/2010 | Working on Your Business, Not Just in It
When you’re a freelancer, you often find yourself doing several jobs. ^ |
| child|school|grade|what…
|grow|able|strengths
it’s|success|finding|dream|goal|ultimate| | 8/30/2010 | Finding Success Through Your Strengths
It’s the ultimate goal and dream of every grade school child. ^ |
| encounter|handle|someone|agree…
|doesn’t|freelancer?
if|sport|work|freelancers|online| | 8/29/2010 | Are You a Good Sport Freelancer?
If you work online (and most freelancers do), how do you handle it when you encounter someone who doesn’t agree…
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| words|better|current|clients…
|help|special|clients|differently
what| | 8/27/2010 | Two Special Words that Will Make Your Clients See You Differently
What if there were two words that you could use that would help you get along better with current clients…
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| client|close|yourself|find|getting|new|to…
|deals|ways|5|deal
do|closing|trouble| | 8/26/2010 | 5 Good Ways to Close a Client Deal
Do you have trouble closing client deals? ^ |
| you’re|freelancer|challenges|have…
|booked|fully|biggest|ways|3|?top|clients|clients
finding|find| | 8/25/2010 | ?Top 3 Ways I Find Clients
Finding clients is one of the biggest challenges for any freelancer. ^ |
| come|constantly|clients|them.…
|looking|instead|become|client
once|find|profession|known|better| | 8/24/2010 | How to Find Your First Client
Once you become better known in your profession, clients will constantly come to you instead of you looking for them.…
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thank|smallbusinesspr|years|couple| | 10/22/2008 | Moved to a new blog www.PublicRelationsSydney.com.au
Thank you for reading SmallBusinessPR over the last couple of years. ^ |
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it|service|proactively|support.
other|issues|monitor|feeds| | 10/1/2008 | Twitter and Telstra don’t mix
It appears that Telstra has faced a backlash with their Twitter service. ^ |
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in|doing|great||lift|research|taken|frustration|[...]
|councils|businesses|australia|right|week|conference|sydney|getting|best|spot
last|back|noticed|parks. |convention|centre|walking| | 9/29/2008 | Getting the best parking spot
Last week I went to a conference at Sydney Convention Centre and when I walking back to my car I noticed these two car parks. They were right next to the lift - so were great parking spots.
In doing some research it seems that councils and businesses around Australia have taken the frustration out of [...]
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| look|page|half|sunday|decent|taking|saw|opened|great”|image|pdf|thankfully|[...]
|click|here|catriona|eyes|asked|closed|one’s|self
last|friend|after|“you|pring|37|life| | 9/23/2008 | PRing one’s self
Last Sunday I closed my eyes and asked my friend to look at page 37 of Sunday Life to see if I looked half decent. ^ |
| start|looking|photo|happens|isn’t|giving|reference|contacts|know|heaps|[...]
|references|recruiters|online|character|speaking|friend|day|drunken|facebook|page?
i|job|sending|cv|mentioned|going|new| | 9/17/2008 | Have a drunken photo on your Facebook page?
I was speaking to a friend the other day and she mentioned that she is going to start looking for a new job. ^ |
| nestle|media|online|campaign|interesting|social|moves| | 9/8/2008 | Nestle moves to social media
An interesting article in The Australian regarding Nestle latest advertising campaign, they are only using social media. ^ |
| vaio|sony|excited|colours|advice|buying|guy.
the|number|computer|[...]
|frankly|capabilities|ended|saga
anyone|following|carry|case|twitter|new|laptop|know|getting| | 9/4/2008 | Sony Vaio and the carry case saga
Anyone following me on twitter for a while will know I was very excited about getting a new laptop. ^ |
| business|small||nsw|day|network|[...]
|opportunity|great|owners|skills|here|learn|new|free|season|spring|september
today|favourite|september|running|right|08|events| | 9/1/2008 | Small Business September
Today is the first day of my favourite season - Spring - and also the first day of Small Business September 08 in NSW. ^ |
| communication|public|relations|establish|helps|share|here:
public|effective|maintain|acceptance|cooperation|[...]
|mutual|lines|understanding|thought|weeks|new|business|relations
over|past|couple|meetings|asked|definition|defining|networking|functions|people| | 8/29/2008 | Defining public relations
Over the past couple of weeks I have been in new business meetings and also networking functions where people have asked me my definition of public relations. ^ |
| products|remember|package|accountant|white|medical|blue|looked|like!
but|beauty|move|brand|[...]
|women|sick|ago|used|jurlique|time|overhaul?
many|years|hand|cream|boring|distinctly|lovely|rose| | 8/20/2008 | Is it time for a package overhaul?
Many years ago I used a few Jurlique products. ^ |
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|years|fill|best|ago|herd|book|escaping|competitive|review)
one|couple|weeks|pulled|bos2010| | 9/2/2010 | Different: escaping the competitive herd (a book review)
One of the speakers pulled out of BoS2010 a couple of weeks ago, leaving a gap in the schedule that I've been trying to fill since. ^ |
| rider|horse|–|away|fact|fell,...
|walked|protective|special|wearing|jacket|survived|product
if|you’re|pricing|breakthrough|coming|happen|occasionally|that’s|going| | 8/31/2010 | Pricing a breakthrough product
If you’re a horse rider then coming off your horse is something that’s going to happen to you occasionally: This rider survived – walked away, in fact – because he was wearing a special protective jacket. ^ |
| list|tickets|free|bos|http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1635106|2010|neil.davidson@businessofsoftware.org
|line|drop|come|2010
here|software|business|getting|who'll|people| | 8/26/2010 | Free tickets for Business of Software 2010
Here's the list of people who'll be getting free tickets to come to BoS 2010: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1635106 If you're on the list, drop me a line at neil.davidson@businessofsoftware.org
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| graham|questions|resisted|doing|guys|i’ve|big|biggest|reporters|is...
|probably|try|spoke|year|future
paul|paul|trends|i’m|going|conference|business|software| | 8/25/2010 | Paul Graham on trends for the future
Paul Graham spoke at last year's Business of Software conference. ^ |
| ticket|handful|software|business|free|dharmesh|spolsky|joel|godin|shah|speakers|who'll...
|eric|sink|2010
i|hand|pay|forward|year||seth|conference|great| | 8/16/2010 | Pay it forward: how to get a free ticket for Business of Software 2010
I've got a handful of free tickets to hand out for this year's Business of Software conference. ^ |
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|able|otherwise|number|year|software?
every|/|software|discounted|heavily| | 8/13/2010 | How should I hand out free tickets to Business of Software?
Every year I hand out a number of free / heavily discounted tickets to Business of Software. ^ |
| geeks|hired|five|gate’s|growth|struggle|back|holding|red|great|nick|going|hire...
|people|alice|mark|april|wrote|right|#redgate|10|weeks
in|we’re|project|major|that’s|running|“ten|weeks”| | 8/5/2010 | How #redgate hired 10 geeks in five weeks
In April, I wrote: Right now, we’re running a “Ten geeks in five weeks” project. ^ |
| million|dollar|right|setting|aside|buy|desktop|here’s|you...
|web|apps|we’re|gate|challenge
are|second|red|micro|product|sell|isv|software| | 8/2/2010 | The second Red Gate million dollar challenge
Are you a micro ISV or do you have a software product you want to sell? ^ |
| french|revolution|[laurent|mourghet|fell|silk|trade|guignol’s|peddler|1797|started|to...
|creator]|became|wikipedia|entry|guignol|freemium|pulling|teeth
from|equivalent|“when|hard|times|punch|judy|emphasis| | 7/26/2010 | Freemium and pulling teeth
From the Wikipedia entry on Guignol (the French equivalent of Punch and Judy). ^ |
| software|reasons|going|brightest|300|important|find|chance|to...
|people|industry|2010
according|mark|real|business|regular|“the|stephens|bos| | 6/28/2010 | The real reasons why you should be going to Business of Software 2010
According to Mark Stephens, a BoS regular: “The most important reason to go there, however, is that you will find 300 of the brightest people in the Software industry are also going to be there. ^ |
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| zac|bissonnette|money|related|working|command|research|statistics|education|costs|higher|debt|--...
|impressed|interview|met|it."
happiness|matters|careful|panel|together|expert|personal|finance| | 9/2/2010 | "The Less Money Matters to You, the More Careful You Need to Be With It."
Happiness interview: Zac Bissonnette. ^ |
| asking|trying|fateful|questions|wednesday|decision|tough|five| | 9/1/2010 | This Wednesday: the 5 fateful questions to ask yourself if you're trying to make a tough decision. ^ |
| challenge|happiness|2010|haven’t|–|officially|signed|focus|fun|week’s...
|month|collection|fun!
2010|video|start|happier|year|following|project| | 8/31/2010 | Video: Start a Collection. ^ |
| happiness|women|men|differences|focus|overmuch|don’t|reflection|in...
|individuals|think|obscures|research|no.
i|noticed|talk|boost|relationship|part|people|fascinated| | 8/30/2010 | For the most part, in my research and reflection, I don’t focus overmuch on this, because I think it obscures the differences among individuals. ^ |
| makes|repeats|*|back|durable|loved|happiness...
|reading|happy|away|home|lost.”
“nature|“nature|lost.”|wilde|--oscar| | 8/29/2010 | “Nature, Which Makes Nothing Durable, Always Repeats Itself So That Nothing Which It Makes May Be Lost.”
“Nature, which makes nothing durable, always repeats itself so that nothing which it makes may be lost.” --Oscar Wilde * Back at home! ^ |
| blog|stephanie|dolgoff|feel|pop|aging|beauty|image|recent|conference,...
|paths|culture|crossed|body|e-knew|bit|feeling."
happiness|interview|internet|hot|humorous|read|formerly| | 8/26/2010 | I e-knew Stephanie Dolgoff a bit from the internet, because I'd read her blog, Formerly Hot -- "a humorous blog about body image, beauty, aging, and pop culture." ^ |
| life|enjoy|shorter|deeper|possession|depends|greater|attention|and...
|it…the|give|measure|needs|it."
“it|fuller|others|twice|management| | 8/22/2010 | "The Shorter My Possession of Life, the Deeper and Fuller I Must Make It."
“It needs good management to enjoy life. ^ |
| happiness|project|please|consider|read|meantime|book|times|bestseller...
|new|york|vacation.
warning|blatant|p.s|fix|self-promotion|week|vacation|occurred|taking| | 8/20/2010 | How To Get Your "Happiness Project" Fix While I'm on Vacation.
Warning: Blatant self-promotion! ^ |
| project|can’t|benefit|person|rare|right|friday’s...
|jump|join|catch|it’s|change|scenery|take|vacation|vacation.
i’m|everyone’s|look|working|happiness| | 8/20/2010 | Everyone’s project will look different, but it’s the rare person who can’t benefit. ^ |
| project|can’t|benefit|person|rare|right|friday’s...
|jump|join|catch|it’s|change|scenery|take|vacation|vacation.
i’m|everyone’s|look|working|happiness| | 8/20/2010 | Everyone’s project will look different, but it’s the rare person who can’t benefit. ^ |
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| business|small|polls|owners|latest|economic| | 9/2/2010 | Taking a Prudent Course
Some polls out this week tell us that small business owners are becoming more cautious.The latest Intuit poll on small business employment suggests that hiring in small businesses has, once again cooled off. While there were some gains earlier this year, the modest improvement we had been seeing seems to have stalled. The results from a poll by Citigroup offers some insights as to why the optimism for economic improvement among small business owners has once a |
| government|economy|policy|changes|entrepreneurial|increased|chile|impact|public|culture| | 8/31/2010 | The Flame is Fading
The impact of the changes in public policy over the past decades -- increased direct government control over the direction of the economy, higher tax rates, more regulation -- are not just simple on/off switches. Even if we were able to magically turn all of this around tomorrow, the lasting impact would remain for years to come.What we ofter fail to understand is the impact of public policy decisions on our culture. Just as on example, look at unemployment benefi |
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