| 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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michigan|texas|relays|heptahlon|thursday| | 4/3/2009 | Michigan's Wade wins heptathlon
Michigan senior Bettie Wade won the heptahlon Thursday at the Texas Relays, securing the victory with a win in the long jump, the third event she won in the two-day competition.
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| alleged|extortion|attorneys|emanuel|gov|rod|illinois|against|former|familiar|case.
|according|blagojevich|blah-goy'-uh-vich|indictment|chief|staff|obama|victim
president|barack|plan|described|targeted|rahm|congressman| | 4/3/2009 | Attorneys: Emanuel was alleged extortion victim
President Barack Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, was the congressman targeted by an alleged extortion plan described in the indictment against former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (blah-GOY'-uh-vich), according to attorneys familiar with the case.
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| property|senate|approves|suspected|seize|government|drug|convicted.
|criminals|traffickers|law
mexico|seizure|mexico|thursday|allow|legislation|unanimously| | 4/3/2009 | Mexico's Senate approves property seizure law
Mexico's Senate on Thursday unanimously approved legislation that would allow the government to seize property from suspected drug traffickers and other criminals before they are convicted.
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| canada|against|lawsuit|adidas|files|payless|court|shoesource|infringement.
|trademark|ag|payless
adidas|limited|federal|thursday| | 4/3/2009 | Adidas files lawsuit in Canada against Payless
Adidas AG and Adidas Canada Limited said Thursday that they have filed a lawsuit in the Federal Court of Canada against Payless ShoeSource over trademark infringement.
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| cal|poly|coach|competition|division|after|program|return|obispo|california.
|luis|take|san|slo
seattle|university|heads|seattle|u|leaving|school|callero|basketball|joe| | 4/3/2009 | Seattle U coach heads to Cal Poly SLO
Seattle University basketball coach Joe Callero is leaving the school, after the program's return to Division I competition, to take over at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in California.
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| georgia|nevada|hires|mark|fox|replace|dennis|felton.
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in|move|surprise| | 4/3/2009 | AP source: Georgia hires Nevada's Fox
In a surprise move, Georgia has hired Nevada's Mark Fox to replace Dennis Felton.
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| scores|goals|red|backes|5-4|blues'|surging|st|louis|thursday|night.
|wings|victory|detroit|wings
david|career-high|beat|4|blues|4:07|left|go-ahead|four|including| | 4/3/2009 | Backes scores 4 goals, Blues beat Red Wings
David Backes scored a career-high four goals, including the go-ahead score with 4:07 left, in the surging St. Louis Blues' 5-4 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night.
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| federal|reserve|president|executive|chief|minneapolis.
|bank|retire
gary|minneapolis|retiring|stern| | 4/3/2009 | President of Minneapolis Federal Reserve to retire
Gary Stern is retiring as president and chief executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
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| published|photographs|aftermath|shooting|jr|assassinated|newly|lorraine|magazine|web|site.
|motel|memphis|tenn.|killing|aftermath
almost|41|photos|show|mlk|years|martin|luther|king|day|after|rev| | 4/3/2009 | Just published photos show MLK killing aftermath
Almost 41 years to the day after the Rev. ^ |
| australian|finalists|world|—|150,000|dubbed|best|job|dollar|caretaker|tropical|island.
|$108,000|contract|serve|job
a|dj|india|selected|island|dream|journalist|16|announced|friday|canada|german|actress| | 4/3/2009 | Finalists selected for Australian island dream job
A DJ from India, a journalist from Canada and a German actress were among 16 finalists announced Friday for what's been dubbed the "Best Job in the World" — a 150,000 Australian dollar ($108,000) contract to serve as the caretaker of a tropical Australian island.
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|throughout|cities|weeks|raleigh|atlanta
want|reston||baltimore|bagels|coffee|join|already|come| | 2/15/2010 | Entrepreneur's Breakfast - Baltimore, Reston, Raleigh & Atlanta
Want to start a company? ^ |
| carrboro|friday|entrepreneurs|creative|bring|10am|office|speak|community|participate|join|welcome|coffee...
|come|coworking
thanks|vc|questions|brian|coworking|inviting|russell|owner/founder| | 1/28/2010 | Bring Your VC Questions and Come Friday to Carrboro Creative Coworking
Thanks to Brian Russell, owner/founder of Carrboro Creative Coworking for inviting me to speak to the entrepreneurs at their office this Friday at 10am. ^ |
| startup|boost|tech|tsf|triangle|factory| | 1/22/2010 | Triangle StartUp Factory May Give Boost to NC Tech Community
The startup tech community in North Carolina could get a much needed boost soon. ^ |
| venture|capital|southeast|conferences|2|february|2010|conference|&|fl|venture...
|gate|3|champions||raising|here|thinking|attend|2010
if|florida|forum|mid-atlantic|list|upcoming| | 1/18/2010 | Venture Capital Conferences to Attend in 2010
If you are thinking about raising capital, here is a list of some of the upcoming venture conferences in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic: Florida Venture Forum's - 2010 Venture Capital Conference, February 2 & 3, Champions Gate, FL Southeast Venture...
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| venture|capital|southeast|conferences|2|february|2010|conference|&|fl|venture...
|gate|3|champions||raising|here|thinking|attend|2010
if|florida|forum|mid-atlantic|list|upcoming| | 1/18/2010 | Venture Capital Conferences to Attend in 2010
If you are thinking about raising capital, here is a list of some of the upcoming venture conferences in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic: Florida Venture Forum's - 2010 Venture Capital Conference, February 2 & 3, Champions Gate, FL Southeast Venture...
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|here|structured|extra|embrace|transparency
i|increasing|transparency|took|encourage|vcs| | 1/13/2010 | Increasing Company Transparency
I really embrace transparency from our companies. ^ |
| company|think|step|share|recently|importantly|the...
|here|structured|extra|embrace|transparency
i|increasing|transparency|took|encourage|vcs| | 1/13/2010 | Increasing Company Transparency
I really embrace transparency from our companies. ^ |
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|thanks|happy|new|matt|spending|2010
i|asked|vc|predictions|vcs|2010|past|know|prediction| | 12/30/2009 | VC Predictions 2010
I asked a few VCs I know to make a prediction or two for 2010. ^ |
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|thanks|happy|new|matt|spending|2010
i|asked|vc|predictions|vcs|2010|past|know|prediction| | 12/30/2009 | VC Predictions 2010
I asked a few VCs I know to make a prediction or two for 2010. ^ |
| richard|carolina|saas|north|given|background|breakfast|entrepreneurs|scv|companies|nc|strong...
|packed|here|room|davis|equity|companies
we|davis'|talk|analyst|speak|morning|co|needham|&| | 12/17/2009 | Richard Davis' Talk to North Carolina SaaS Companies
We had Richard Davis, an equity analyst from Needham & Co speak this morning at a SCV Entrepreneurs Breakfast. ^ |
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| panos|tsg|finding|products|spoke|joined|firm|1998|23-year-old|beauty|primarily|results|areas|beverage|food|knowledge@wharton|economy|recessionary|build|topics.
|brand|opportunities|strategy|company|favors|businesses|family-owned|impressive|consumer|colleagues|partners|francisco-based|san|loyalty
alex|value|badge'|promoting|customer|inspire|investment|paying|means|past|brought|philosophy|lives|believe|fund|consumers|enhance|interested| | 3/3/2010 | 'Badge' Value: Finding and Promoting Products That Inspire Customer Loyalty
Alex Panos and his colleagues at TSG Consumer Partners, a San Francisco-based investment fund, believe that consumers will always be interested in products that enhance their lives, even if it means paying more than they have in the past. ^ |
| students|read|instead|paper|book|device|course|probably|electronic|materials|billion|$9.9|business.
|textbook-publishing|impact|broad|mention|teachers|elementary-school|netbooks|notebooks|days|textbooks|new|e-textbooks|using|best-sellers
while|u.s|years|high-school|college|predict|experts|10|within| | 3/3/2010 | E-textbooks: The New Best-sellers
While some students may be using notebooks or netbooks to read textbooks these days, some experts predict that within the next 10 years, most U.S. college students -- and many high-school and elementary-school students as well -- will probably be reading course materials on an electronic device instead of in a paper book. ^ |
| debt|greece|financial|problems|european|greek|bank| | 3/3/2010 | Empty Pockets: What Does the Greek Debt Dilemma Mean for the Global Economy?
Fear is growing that Greece may default on a massive pile of debt, creating a ripple effect of problems throughout Europe and beyond. ^ |
| exit|vc|panel|venture|strategies|industry|new| | 3/3/2010 | The bountiful returns of the dotcom years are long gone and venture capital (VC) firms are now struggling to exit their investments via initial public offerings or mergers and acquisitions. ^ |
| olympic|brazil|bids|rio|committee|city|osorio|games|host| | 3/3/2010 | Brazil's Gold: How Rio Won Its Olympic Bid
Last fall, after losing previous bids, Rio de Janeiro -- Brazil's second-largest city -- won the approval of the International Olympic Committee to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. ^ |
| nonprofit|recruits|nation|tfa|career|urban|challenging|rural|districts|school|college|minds|university|spend|right|years|recent|traditional|established|executives|magic|re-create|discussed|pennsylvania|organizations.
|gathering|government|institute|fels|best|used|universities|elite|compete|never|sector|recruiting
the|perils|passion|campuses|wisdom|conventional|rise|path|meteoric|linking|america|teach|against|seekers|job|promised|firms|big-name| | 3/3/2010 | Linking Passion and Career: The Perils of Nonprofit Recruiting
The conventional wisdom on the campuses of elite universities used to be that the nonprofit sector could never compete for top job seekers against big-name firms that promised a meteoric career path. ^ |
| marketing|multicultural|research|consumers|tread|key|carefully|americus|reed|says|campaigns|ad|service|patronizing|aggressive|perceived|ii|rotterdam|university|erasmus|netherlands.
|management|school|verlegh|teamed|professor|wharton|peeter|puntoni|stefano|product|borders|national|fluid|cultural|appeals|advertising|globalization|requires|sensibility|cents|era|touch
in|subtle|ethnic-oriented|shows|new|against|turn|backfire|arsenal|become|identity|ethnic|corporate|part|vital| | 3/3/2010 | Cents and Sensibility: Why Marketing to Multicultural Consumers Requires a Subtle Touch
In an era of globalization and fluid national borders, advertising that appeals to cultural and ethnic identity has become a vital part of the corporate marketing arsenal. ^ |
| business|entrepreneurs|plan|new|products|venture|services|contain|potential| | 3/3/2010 | How Entrepreneurs Can Create Effective Business Plans
When an entrepreneur has identified a potential business opportunity, the next step is developing a business plan for the new venture. ^ |
| marketing|lodish|dogs|plan|start-ups|fail| | 3/3/2010 | "The dogs won't eat the dog food is the way venture capitalists describe it," Lodish says. ^ |
| venture|sammut|new|business|capital|dealing|sources| | 3/3/2010 | Basics of Entrepreneurship: Dealing with Venture Capitalists
A critical step in the creation of a new venture is raising the capital to bring the new business to life. ^ |
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| business|small|owners|operated|filing|online|government|avoiding|tax|season|“business.gov|insights”|tips|preparedness| | 3/10/2010 | Tips for Avoiding Filing Pitfalls
Did you know that the Small Business Administration offers small business owners an online forum to share information and experiences with other business owners and subject matter experts alike?
Business.gov, which has long operated as the government’s official website for small business, not only brings together resources from across government to help small businesses start-up, operate and grow, it also operates an online Community (with more than 8,000 membe |
| business|smbs|analytics|sites|owners|dashboard|new|google|adds|real|provided| | 3/10/2010 | FourSquare Adds Analytics, Real Business Value
Last summer Google made SMBs owners very happy by releasing a new business dashboard for sites that claimed their Google Business Listing. ^ |
| real|small|estate|commercial|business|panel|banks|threatens|crisis|community| | 3/10/2010 | Looming Commercial Real Estate Crisis Threatens Small Businesses
Recently I blogged about President Obama’s proposal to help community banks lend more money to entrepreneurs. ^ |
| business|small|news|roundup|viral|marketing|march|9| | 3/10/2010 | We hope you find these roundups useful and will visit some of the stories we’ve recommended being sure to let them know where you heard about their post or article.
Marketing
Is the idea of viral marketing a bit too contagious? ^ |
| smb|owners|helps|business|events|facebook| | 3/9/2010 | Facebook Helps SMB Owners Make Events More Useful
Facebook has been getting a heck of a lot of buzz lately as the social networking site continues to add value for brands and small business owners. ^ |
| profitable|year|owners|business|2010|know|webinar|small|profitability|ever|–| | 3/9/2010 | Make This Your Most Profitable Year Ever – Profitability Tips
If you’re like a lot of small business owners I’ve talked to since we rang in 2010, you probably sympathize with this statement: “Enough with the doom and gloom already. ^ |
| business|small|news|8|march|here|time| | 3/8/2010 | Small Business News March 8, 2010
It’s time for another Small Business News roundup. Here are the news links and blog posts that are shaking up the small business online community for March 8, 2010 hand picked by the team at Small Business Trends.
Operations
Small Business celebrates the Oscars! ^ |
| publicity|business|small|steps|great|think|free| | 3/8/2010 | 3 Steps to Free Publicity for Your Business
When you’re a small business, positive word-of-mouth is critical to growth. ^ |
| watching|business|television|learn|small|lessons| | 3/7/2010 | Small Business Lessons We Can Learn from Watching Movies
Movies have a big impact on our everyday life. ^ |
| small|business|awards|*|list|media|contests
|social| | 3/7/2010 | This list of competitions and awards for small businesses is brought to you every other week as a community service by Small Business Trends and Smallbiztechnology.com.
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B2B Social Media Integration Case Study Challenge
Enter by March 12, 2010
This is your chance to join an expert panel at the B2B Forum session. ^ |
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in|self|profit.some|called|business
small|ways|capital,manpower,productivity|funding|low| | 3/5/2010 | FUNDING WAYS FOR YOUR SMALL BUSINESS
Small business is called small because of is low start up capital,manpower,productivity and profit.Some owner of this business started by borrowing from friends while some are self financed.
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international|nominations|additional|blogs|2010|blogs. | | 3/3/2010 | Top 10 Small Business Blogs
International Association of Businesses recieved nominations for the 2010 Top Small Business Blogs. For additional blogs, please send your nomination to iabusa@yahoo.com.
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Small Business Trends
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Consumerism Commentary: A Personal Finance […]
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thank|attend|meeting|hall|town| | 3/2/2010 | Small Business Meeting
Thank you to all who braved the snow to attend my small business town hall meeting last Thursday. ^ |
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the|dedicated|assisting|information|service| | 2/22/2010 | Small Business Support Line
The Small Business Support Line and information service is dedicated to assisting small businesses during the global recession and provides an initial single point of contact to access […]
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when|customer|expand|help| | 2/19/2010 | Small Business Marketing Guide
When it comes to small business marketing, you need a strategic plan that will help you expand your customer base and aim to sell more products and services […]
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i|thinking|business
have|order|required| | 2/11/2010 | Start Up a Small Business
Have you been thinking about what is required in order to start up a small business?
I know I was when I first started out back in 2001. ^ |
| |business|iab|award|best|10|2010|small| | 2/2/2010 | The IAB 2010 TOP 10 Small Business Award Nominations
International Association of Businesses announces the 2010 IAB TOP 10 Small Business Award Nominations that are scored by:
Best Blogs – Best Newsletters - Best Websites
1 - Leadership
2 - […]
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small|small|find|toward|financial|concerns|internet|satisfy| | 2/1/2010 | Small Business Owners Find Way Out
Small business owners are looking toward the Internet to satisfy their financial concerns due to the economic meltdown. ^ |
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hi|believer|extending|firm|
i|student| | 1/28/2010 | SME
Hi,
I am a student and firm believer in extending yourself to learn, create, risk and try again...
I recommend any course for small business from Box Hill. ^ |
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bolingbrook|thought| | 1/26/2010 | Bolingbrook Small Business Search Engine Marketing
I like this video and thought you might also.
Bolingbrook Small Business Search Engine Marketing. ^ |
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| facebook|fan|business|page|using|great|7|marketing|tips| | 3/7/2010 | 7 Great Tips for Marketing Your Business Using a Facebook Fan Page
Google recently announced that Facebook results will be integrated into real time search results. ^ |
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as|build|buzz|business| | 3/5/2010 | Get the Word Out!
Once you do your research and contact media members with targeted pitches, there are several other things you can do to build buzz about your business. ^ |
| email|marketing|discussion|business|group|startupnation|enlightenment|introducing| | 3/4/2010 | In partnership with StartupNation, Infusionsoft will host a dedicated discussion group on the latest email marketing practices, strategies and tips that will help your business or startup use email marketing the right way. ^ |
| speaking|percent|}|inspiration|{|message| | 2/27/2010 | Speaking your Message with Passion
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introduce|simple|ideas|story|blog|discussed|extensive|conducting|preparing|research|entries|relations”|public|yourself.
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introduce|“7|pertinent|successful|contact?
after| | 2/26/2010 | Ready to Make Media Contact?
After conducting extensive research and preparing your story ideas (discussed in previous blog entries pertinent to our “7 Steps to Successful Public Relations”), the next step is to contact the media. ^ |
| marketing|business|connected|reasons|media|three| | 2/22/2010 | Three Reasons Why You Should Be
Social media marketing is an important tool in your business marketing strategy, and if you're not connected you absolutely need to be. ^ |
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as|entrepreneur|it’s|difficult|
well|business|start| | 2/19/2010 | Want to Write a Press Release But Not Sure How?
As an entrepreneur, you know you need to send out a press release to announce your new business, but where do you start? ^ |
| landing|page|visitors|create|killer|program|coaching|$29|book|$5,000|url|http://www.startupnation.com/blogs/index.php/2010/02/17/how-to-create-a-killer-landing-page/|});
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understanding|build|people|idea|why?
not|usually|send|home| | 2/17/2010 | How to Create a KILLER Landing Page
Understanding how to build an effective landing page is extremely important. ^ |
| insights|consumer|building|it’s|better|steps|13| | 2/16/2010 | 13 Steps to Building a Consumer Insights Factory
The more you understand about your consumers, the more effectively you will be able to provide them with products and services that delight them. ^ |
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for|small|business|media|hard|work|determination|nights|coverage. |lines|sleepless| | 2/15/2010 | The Art of Getting Buzz in Entrepreneur Magazine
For many small business owners getting a write-up in Entrepreneur magazine is the holy grail of media coverage. A few lines in the magazine can make all those sleepless nights, hard work, and determination seem rewarded. No trophies or plaques required. So what does it take to secure this much coveted ink?
Aronado Placencia, host of [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Art of Getting Buzz in Entrepreneur Magazine", url: "http://www.startupnat |
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| platform|changes|wordperfect|themselves|new|big| | 3/10/2010 | When the platform changes, the deck gets shuffled.Think this only applies to software?The platform for healthcare changed from independent doctor's offices and small practices to hospitals and hmos.The platform for TV changed from airwaves to wires (so HBO and ESPN win, NBC loses).The platform for cars is changing from gas engines to alternatives.And the platform for books is changing (fast!) to e-books and readers. ^ |
| factory|driving|shaft|produce|marketing|order|machine|makes|engine| | 3/9/2010 | The goal of marketing was to sell whatever the factory could produce in a given month, for as little as possible.
And things like customer service and community relations were expenses, things you did in order to keep the factory out of trouble.
So...
What happens when the factory goes away?
What if the organization has no engine in the center that makes something. ^ |
| minutes|five|rock|time|work|goal|ca|day|changes|self-defeating|world-changing|superstar|star|artist|fact| | 3/8/2010 | You can't do it.No, but you might rock five minutes a day.Five minutes to write a blog post that changes everything, or five minutes to deliver an act of generosity that changes someone. ^ |
| minutes|five|rock|time|work|goal|self-defeating|changes|day|superstar|star|ca|world-changing|artist|fact| | 3/8/2010 | You can't do it.No, but you might rock five minutes a day.Five minutes to write a blog post that changes everything, or five minutes to deliver an act of generosity that changes someone. ^ |
| factories|people|away|leave|soon|ones|grow|better|floors......take|new|apparently|organizations|grass|take| | 3/7/2010 | Losing Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie apparently said, "Take away my people, but leave my factories and soon grass will grow on the factory floors......Take away my factories, but leave my people and soon we will have a new and better factory."Is there a typical large corporation working today that still believes this?Most organizations now have it backwards. ^ |
| factories|people|away|leave|soon|grow|floors......take|ones|new|better|take|organizations|apparently|grass| | 3/7/2010 | Losing Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie apparently said, "Take away my people, but leave my factories and soon grass will grow on the factory floors......Take away my factories, but leave my people and soon we will have a new and better factory."Is there a typical large corporation working today that still believes this?Most organizations now have it backwards. ^ |
| book|enjoy|science|tom|wear|peters|share|forget|touring|krista|tippett|told|fiction|ideas|here|lists|off-the-wall| | 3/6/2010 | Spring reading list--big ideas for idea people
Readers have told me that they enjoy my off-the-wall book lists. ^ |
| book|enjoy|science|peters|tom|krista|forget|share|wear|tippett|touring|told|ideas|fiction|off-the-wall|here|lists| | 3/6/2010 | Spring reading list--big ideas for idea people
Readers have told me that they enjoy my off-the-wall book lists. ^ |
| win|writing|order|pulitzer|detours|significant|take|careers|list|road|actually|journalists|drawn|competitions|existing|precisely|way|wrong|moths| | 3/6/2010 | Pulitzer Prizefighting
People are drawn to existing competitions like moths to a flame.It's precisely the wrong way to succeed.Lots of journalists take significant detours in their careers and their writing in order to win a Pulitzer. ^ |
| win|writing|order|pulitzer|detours|significant|take|careers|list|road|actually|journalists|drawn|competitions|existing|precisely|way|wrong|moths| | 3/6/2010 | Pulitzer Prizefighting
People are drawn to existing competitions like moths to a flame.It's precisely the wrong way to succeed.Lots of journalists take significant detours in their careers and their writing in order to win a Pulitzer. ^ |
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| google|domain|name|e-mail|dns|configure|businesses| | 3/4/2010 | Although not necessary, once you’ve configured your e-mail, you can follow the other instructions on your control panel to configure your domain to use Google Docs (which is a suite of online word processing and spreadsheet apps) in addition to Google’s Calendar, Chat, and Sites services.
The entire process will take less than thirty minutes of your time although you may have to wait up to an hour between some steps while Google’s servers verify that you own and control your domain name. ^ |
| great|day|pictures|vancouver|1|check|time| | 2/17/2010 | If you want to see how great, check out my pictures from Day 1 and Day 2.
Having a great time in Vancouver. ^ |
| gullibility|avoid|explains|conclusion|called|annals|read|full|synopsis|i’ve|provided|stupid|right|sucked|doing|fortunately|written|book|steven|greenspan| | 2/8/2010 | How to Avoid Gullibility
We’ve all been sucked into doing something stupid, right? ^ |
| empathetic|explains|martinuzzi|bruna|express|american|open|needs|others|marketers|definition|capacity|care|understand| | 2/5/2010 | How to Be Empathetic
By definition, good marketers are empathetic. ^ |
| twitter|annoying|advice|develop|sage|following|reputation|great|forum|explains|macarthur|american|open|express| | 2/5/2010 | Sage advice for you to develop a great reputation and following on Twitter.
More Twitter tips.
Amber MacArthur explains how to not be annoying on Twitter over at the American Express Open Forum. ^ |
| blog|easy|classier|ten|explain|brit| | 1/28/2010 | I explain how to do this in ten easy steps.
Want to make your blog classier? ^ |
| apple|apple.alltop|200|sources|aggregate|announcement| | 1/27/2010 | We aggregate over 200 sources there.
Follow the Apple announcement at Apple.alltop. ^ |
| tools|small|latest—but|learn|begin|aren’t|cutting|read|posting|edge|times|provided|macarthur|business|social-media|five|list| | 1/25/2010 | 5 Social Media Tools for Small Businesses
Amber MacArthur provided a list of the five social-media tools that small business should begin with. ^ |
| social|howes|minutes|six|companies|social-media|elements|learn|video|great|lewis|media| | 1/25/2010 | 8 ways to use social media
Here’s a great video by Lewis Howes on how companies should use social media. ^ |
| read|story|fact|fact-checking|$900/tweet|paid|premise|wrong|wasn’t|days|isn’t|businessweek|getting|published| | 1/25/2010 | Fact-checking 2.0
If you want to read about how fact-checking isn’t done these days, read how BusinessWeek published a story about how I was getting paid $900/tweet. ^ |
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| referral|refer|people|brand|tape|1000|post|duct|youthis|week|content| | 3/10/2010 | Build Your Brand So People Will Refer You
Build Your Brand So People Will Refer YouThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing
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This post is a special Make a Referral Week guest post featuring education on the subject of referrals and word of mouth marketing and making 1000 referrals to 1000 small businesses – check it out at Make a Referral Week 2010
As part of [...]
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| business|referral|easier|ways|post|tape|week|1000|recommendthis|content|duct| | 3/10/2010 | 5 Ways to Make Your Business Easier to Recommend
5 Ways to Make Your Business Easier to RecommendThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing
Share5 Ways to Make Your Business Easier to RecommendThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing
This post is a special Make a Referral Week guest post featuring education on the subject of referrals and word of mouth marketing and making 1000 referrals to 1000 small businesses – check it out at Make a Referral Week 2010
If I [...]
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| referral|solid|yourself|visits|book|tape|duct|podcast|1000|week|weekthis|content| | 3/10/2010 | Author of Book Yourself Solid Visits Referral Week
Author of Book Yourself Solid Visits Referral WeekThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing
Author of Book Yourself Solid Visits Referral WeekThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing
This post is a special Make a Referral Week guest podcast featuring education on the subject of referrals and word of mouth marketing and making 1000 referrals to 1000 small businesses – check it out at Make a Referral Week 2010
Marketing podcast with [...]
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| referral|mouth|word|doesn’t|post|1000|week|tape|duct|happenthis|content| | 3/9/2010 | Why Word of Mouth Doesn’t Happen
Why Word of Mouth Doesn’t HappenThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing
Why Word of Mouth Doesn’t HappenThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing
This post is a special Make a Referral Week guest post featuring education on the subject of referrals and word of mouth marketing and making 1000 referrals to 1000 small businesses – check it out at Make a Referral Week 2010
Sometimes, what you do is [...]
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| referral|customer|love|new|terrific|tactics|inspire| | 3/9/2010 | 17 Terrific Tactics to Inspire Customer Love (and Get New Business)
17 Terrific Tactics to Inspire Customer Love (and Get New Business)This content from: Duct Tape Marketing
17 Terrific Tactics to Inspire Customer Love (and Get New Business)This content from: Duct Tape Marketing
This post is a special Make a Referral Week guest post featuring education on the subject of referrals and word of mouth marketing and making 1000 referrals to 1000 small businesses – check it out at Make a Referral Wee |
| local|search|google|duct|tape|directories|sale?this|content| | 3/9/2010 | Is Google Local Search For Sale?
Is Google Local Search For Sale?This content from: Duct Tape Marketing
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I’ve always assumed that Google Maps (and other local search directories) would build up the free local directory, drive other for pay players out, get us hooked on their service, and then start charging to be listed in the prime spot. ^ |
| referral|business|engine|tape|duct|1000|post|week|modelthis|content| | 3/9/2010 | Bake a Referral Engine Into Your Business Model
Bake a Referral Engine Into Your Business ModelThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing
Bake a Referral Engine Into Your Business ModelThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing
This post is a special Make a Referral Week guest post featuring education on the subject of referrals and word of mouth marketing and making 1000 referrals to 1000 small businesses – check it out at Make a Referral Week 2010
Have you ever [...]
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| referrals|simple|increase|way|1000|tape|week|post|300%this|content|duct| | 3/9/2010 | A Simple Way to Increase Referrals 300%
A Simple Way to Increase Referrals 300%This content from: Duct Tape Marketing
A Simple Way to Increase Referrals 300%This content from: Duct Tape Marketing
This post is a special Make a Referral Week guest post featuring education on the subject of referrals and word of mouth marketing and making 1000 referrals to 1000 small businesses – check it out at Make a Referral Week 2010
I’m always amazed at [...]
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| referral|marketing|mouth|word|visits|tape|duct|1000|week|post|weekthis|content| | 3/8/2010 | Author of Word of Mouth Marketing Visits Referral Week
Author of Word of Mouth Marketing Visits Referral WeekThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing
Author of Word of Mouth Marketing Visits Referral WeekThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing
This post is a special Make a Referral Week guest post featuring education on the subject of referrals and word of mouth marketing and making 1000 referrals to 1000 small businesses – check it out at Make a Referral Week 2010
Marketing podcast [...]
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| referral|multiplier|1000|tape|week|post|content|effectthis|duct| | 3/8/2010 | The Referral Multiplier Effect
The Referral Multiplier EffectThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing
The Referral Multiplier EffectThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing
This post is a special Make a Referral Week guest post featuring education on the subject of referrals and word of mouth marketing and making 1000 referrals to 1000 small businesses – check it out at Make a Referral Week 2010
After I read an early copy of [...]
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make| | 3/9/2010 | Group, Fan Page or Both?
Make sure your Facebook strategy is the one that works best for your business.
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strategies| | 3/9/2010 | Give 'Em Something to Crave
Strategies for capitalizing on the new 'experience economy'
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do| | 3/9/2010 | Why Isn't My Company Making Money?
Don't wish for success--plan for it.
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sampling|cream|ice| | 3/9/2010 | Pique Interests With a Sample
Sampling isn't just for ice cream shops--put the technique to work for your business.
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|relationship-building|referrals|great|accidents
make|part|networking| | 3/8/2010 | Great Referrals Aren't Accidents
Make networking part of your relationship-building strategy, and you'll see real results.
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| business|sideline|job|full-time|life.
|great|
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3| | 3/8/2010 | Go Ahead, Start That Side Business
3 entrepreneurs offer tips on how to have a full-time job, sideline business and a great life.
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attract|business| | 3/5/2010 | Smartphone Apps Fuel Business Growth
Attract new customers and increase revenue with a niche application.
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when|office|home| | 3/5/2010 | Work-from-Home Doesn't Have to Be a Stigma
When your home is your office, it's all about presentation. ^ |
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|you
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why|play|franchises| | 3/5/2010 | The Truth About Franchise Earnings
Why franchises play it so close to the vest when it comes to money--and what it means to you
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a|passion|mentality|can-do|vision| | 3/5/2010 | The Passion's Only as Good As the Plan
A focused vision and a can-do mentality made Shez Zamrudeen's fashion dream a reality.
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| work|michael|people|bungay|stanier|great| | 2/22/2010 | Do more great work, even if you live in a cubicle
Do more great work with Michael Bungay Stanier from Pamela Slim on Vimeo.
I am so glad that there are people like Michael Bungay Stanier working with people who choose to stay inside corporations by choice or convenience. Michael has been doing wonderful work at Box of Crayons for many years and has infectious enthusiasm.
His book [...]
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each|day|[...]
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my|kids|creating|running|four|quarter|mind.
this|wonderful|busy| | 2/21/2010 | Winter musings
My kids are sleeping and I felt inspired to share a few things on my mind.
This has been a very wonderful and busy first quarter. ^ |
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his|regulars|travel|article|calif.|cutting|hair.
the|south|shop|avenue|normandie|palmdale|far|three-chair|[...]
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the|advice|times|la|elvie|republic|barber|business|local|covered|arizona|paper| | 2/16/2010 | Business advice from a 94-year old barber
The LA Times ran a beautiful story this morning (covered in our local paper the Arizona Republic) about Elvie Lewis, a 94-year old barber in Los Angeles who is still cutting hair.
The article says:
His regulars travel from as far as Palmdale, Calif., to the three-chair shop on South Normandie Avenue in Los Angeles that Lewis [...]
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| new|business|start|strong|keep|relationship|communication|set|ensure|skills|build|interview|here|[...]
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in|30|minute|entrepreneurs|convincing|partner|stressors|destroying|relationship
one|unspoken|spouse|life|require|whole|start-up|smart|idea.
the|rigors| | 2/12/2010 | How to start a business without destroying your relationship
One of the unspoken stressors for new entrepreneurs is convincing a partner or spouse that starting a business is a smart idea.
The rigors of start-up life require a whole new set of communication skills to ensure that you keep your relationship strong while you build your business.
In this 30 minute podcast interview (go here to [...]
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what|way|dilemma|post|sweet|[...]
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those|followed|doing|winding|road|structuring|long|believe|blog|years| | 2/11/2010 | The long winding road to doing what you love
Those of you who have followed this blog for the last few years know that I believe in structuring a business around what you love. ^ |
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(and|permission|stock|photo|[...]
|tell|story|picture|coaching|conversation|day|lead|life?
i|interesting|bright|desire|expand|business|young|woman|talking| | 2/9/2010 | How do you want to lead your life?
I had a very interesting coaching conversation the other day with a bright young woman. ^ |
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i|all-or-nothing|attitude|bring|new|pressure|decisions|like:
“i|entrepreneur|starting|crack| | 2/3/2010 | Your all-or-nothing attitude will bring all stress and no progress
I can always tell when a new entrepreneur is starting to crack under the pressure of decisions. ^ |
| testing|fail|fast,”|mean|barely|scratched|surface.
by|“test|ability|product|service|[...]
|sample|create|small|prototype|early|helps?
i|obsessed|ideas|question|stops|biz|chapter|book|feel|whole|topic|fast|wrote| | 1/28/2010 | Question for you: what stops you from testing your biz ideas early? ^ |
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you|cog
if|business|—|check|here.
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|you’ve|already|taken|wrote|special|efcn|cog
i|never|blog|book|linchpin|today|celebrate|launch|new| | 1/26/2010 | Guest post by Seth Godin: You are not a cog
I have never had a guest post on my blog before. ^ |
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i|excited|give|open|$100|guillebeau
good|co-teaching|guillebeau.
we|working|link|told|week| | 1/18/2010 | Registration now open for $100 Business with me and Chris Guillebeau
Good morning!
I am excited to give you the registration link for the program I told you about last week that I am co-teaching with Chris Guillebeau.
We will be working intensively with an inaugural group in a month-long program aimed to power-charge your micro business. ^ |
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| unemployment|coast|east|thought|positive|surprise|economists|blizzards|t.r|price|chief...
|according|cause|rate|increase|hiring|improving
according|bureau|business|outlook|jobs|small|steady|9.7%|february|held|labor|statistics|u.s| | 3/10/2010 | This was a positive surprise because most economists thought the east coast blizzards would cause the unemployment rate to increase. ^ |
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|supplier|mit|nuclear|accepted|explaining|energy|conference|development|leaders
the|hongmei|zhang|great|americans|respond|center|technology|strategy|deputy|general|manager| | 3/9/2010 | Great Quote on How Chinese and Americans Respond to their Leaders
The quote comes from Hongmei Zhang, deputy general manager at the center for technology strategy and development at Chinese power supplier ENN Group. ^ |
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|u.s|collected|$13.6|number|wall|street|journal|shrinking|capital|industry
the|covers|industry|key|quote|hard|times|vc| | 3/9/2010 | The Shrinking Venture Capital Industry
The Wall Street Journal covers the hard times in the VC industry. ^ |
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the|past|great|seniors|rural|u.s|operations|article|outsourcing| | 3/8/2010 | Great Quote on Seniors Working Past Traditional Retirement Age
The quote comes from an article on outsourcing IT operations to rural U.S. locations instead of overseas. ^ |
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|mid-sized|middle|relatively|exists|interesting|trends|industry
one|movies||industrial|structures|emergence|tracking|years| | 3/8/2010 | Movies - A Barbell Industry
One of the most interesting trends we've tracking for last few years is emergence of barbell industrial structures. ^ |
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cio|world|mustache|include|strangest| | 3/5/2010 | The 10 include social networks for mustache lovers, vampires (or fans of vampires) and 8 other niche social networks. ^ |
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the|required|summarizing|job|excellent| | 3/4/2010 | McKinsey on The Internet of Things
The McKinsey Quarterly's article The Internet of Things (registration required) does an excellent job of summarizing the topic. ^ |
| shopping|finally|point|click|products|order|discover|information|york|times...
|pay|new|phone|forecasted|technology|happening
a|long|happen|cell|trend|starting| | 3/1/2010 | Point and Click Shopping Finally Happening
A long forecasted technology trend that is finally starting to happen is point and click shopping. ^ |
| farms|mobs|crop|covers|monthly|report|plow|shares|word-of-mouth|agricurious|descend|on...
|-web|event|landless|times|continues|love|agricurious
the|new|york|food|movement|field|affair|small|slow| | 2/26/2010 | Crop Mobs for the Agricurious
The New York Times continues its love affair with small farms and the slow food movement. ^ |
| map|divorce|marriage|state|showing|interactive|level|social|demographic...
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ok|small|demographic|across|entertaining|trends|ran| | 2/25/2010 | But I was reviewing demographic trends and ran across an entertaining interactive map showing state level marriage and divorce rates. ^ |
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i|problems|person|dislike|waste|morning|direction.
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is|promising|know|whatever|solve|messages|general|companies|people| | 3/10/2010 | Are you trying to sell yourself as a consultant by sending general messages to people (or companies) you don’t know? ^ |
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|meeting|hang|people|composing|back|cascading|simple|punctuality|matter|plan
it|5-step|late-business-meeting|recovery|respecting|right?
still|organizations|it’s|obvious|people’s|meetings|appointments| | 3/9/2010 | 5-Step Late-Business-Meeting Recovery Plan
It seems so simple: punctuality is a matter of respecting other people’s time. ^ |
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as|important|plan|don’t|care|[...]
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it|happens|completely|think|that’s|show|unattainable|numbers| | 3/8/2010 | Why I Hate Those Huge Market Numbers
It happens way too often: entrepreneurs proud of some huge completely unattainable market numbers. ^ |
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|glad|animals|shrinking|dumbing.
so|warming|climate|habitat|giant|species?
much|celebrities|save|endangered|pandas|print|media|outlets|technological|black|rhinos|socio-economic| | 3/5/2010 | Celebrities Save Which Endangered Species?
Much like global climate and habitat change threatens giant pandas and black rhinos, global socio-economic and technological change threatens writers. ^ |
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|differently|month|california|here’s|talk|remembering|wrong?
this|great|summary:
using|laureate|founder|behavioral|nobel|examples|vacations|colonoscopies| | 3/4/2010 | Here’s the TED summary:
Using examples from vacations to colonoscopies, Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics Daniel Kahneman reveals how our “experiencing selves” and our “remembering selves” perceive happiness differently. ^ |
| private|feels|media|social|unfortunate|plight|facebook|coach|person’s|page.
and|reminder|publishing.
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i|football|team|complained|dismissed|read|university|student| | 3/3/2010 | And the Record Button Pressed
I just read about a university student who was dismissed from the football team because he complained about the coach on his Facebook page.
And there, in this person’s unfortunate plight, we get a good reminder: a lot of what happens in social media feels private, but isn’t. ^ |
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yes|times|apologies|kolodny|question|comment|life?
many|thanks|lora|—|cases|ever|post|here|yesterday:
but| | 3/2/2010 | Has a Business Plan Saved Your Business life?
Many thanks to Lora Kolodny for this question she asked me in a comment to my post here yesterday:
But I have to ask — any other cases? ^ |
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|assumptions|regularly|check|ever|finished.
i’d|think|done
if|plans|never|isn’t|supposed|don’t|obvious|people| | 3/1/2010 | Business Plans are Never Done
If your business plan is finished, your business is finished.
I’d like to think that this is obvious, but a lot of people don’t get it. ^ |
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|used|startup|called|create|visa|midst|time|partisan|cloudy|creation|immigrants|politics
it’s|bad|middle|business|arguments|foil|shouting|politics|small|sides| | 2/26/2010 | In the midst of cloudy partisan politics and shouting on both sides, with small business often in the middle like the foil for the arguments, here’s a federal government move that makes good sense. ^ |
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|lived|fairly|i’ve|ones|isn’t.
i’ve|thoroughly|enjoying|4|i’m|glad|athletes|business|winners|watching|winter|olympic| | 2/25/2010 | 5 Ways Business Is Like Olympics, and 4 Ways I’m Glad it Isn’t.
I’ve been thoroughly enjoying watching the Winter Olympics. ^ |
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| tell|b2b|media|social|world|panel|study|forum|success|story|marketing|session|integrating|awards|small| | 3/9/2010 | More Small Biz Awards and Contests
There are some excellent opportunities for recognition and cash prizes in this weeks' list of contests and awards, which is brought to you every other week by Small Business Trends and Smallbiztechnology.com.
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B2B Social Media Integration Case Study Challenge
Enter by March 12, 2010
This is your chance to join an expert panel at the B2B Forum session. ^ |
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what|capabilities|find|similar|computer|trying|tryouts|basically|2003|remember|boosting|computers|productivity|professionals
i|mobile|years|7|come|2740p|elitebook|forward|screen|glass|pen|wonder.
fast|time| | 3/4/2010 | It's an ultra-thin, multitouch-enabled convertible tablet that provides an interactive experience for businesses in health care, education, sales and more.
What's neat about this tablet PC is that it has touch capabilities, similar to what you'd find on a smart phone (such as the iPhone). ^ |
| web|site|advertising|mediaforge|customer|likely|browsing|browse|reminding|buying|leave|system|times|per|traffic|retail| | 3/3/2010 | Or they go to other web sites, completely unrelated to their purchase and forget about your web site all together.
To help turn browsers into buyers (thanks Eisenberg brothers) and INCREASE sales (not just traffic), mediaFORGE (and other companies) have created a new type of online advertising system. ^ |
| phone|venmo|variety|demonstrations|new|asked|interviewed|video|emailed|service|cell|attended|review|system| | 3/3/2010 | Cell Phone Commerce: Webless System Is Perfect (Review of Venmo)
Yesterday, I attended the monthly New York City Tech Meetup Group., wherein the 400+ gathered attendees saw a variety of demonstrations of new technologies by a variety of companies. ^ |
| services|hosted|email|telephone|features|global|voice| | 3/2/2010 | A fax to email service (eFax), email hosting, and a hosted telephone systems.
Today J2 Global enhanced it's eVoice service and Mark Meyers, director, Voice Services talked with me about this and what it means for growing businesses.
There are several leading "virtual (or hosted) telephone" services and most have quite similar features. ^ |
| phone|system|cell|telephone|cordless|home|juggle|plantronics|set| | 3/2/2010 | Cell Phone and Cordless Phones Need Not Collide: Plantronicsc Calisto
The reason virtual telephone system vendors such as Grasshopper, OneBox, VirtualPBX and Ring Central and Google Voice are popular is because smaller businesses need to juggle their home phones, cell phones and at times other phone lines.
Having one telephone number to call, makes this simpler.
However, in one's home office, it's a pain to juggle between cell phone and cordless phone, as I've been doing way too much.
I rece |
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what|offers|deals|message|happening|related|special|storm|marketing|great|certain|opportunity| | 3/2/2010 | Well a snow storm (or any other occasion) is a great opportunity to email your customers or email CERTAIN customers with special deals, offers or a message related to what's happening at the moment.
This is another reason why it's SO VERY IMPORTANT to segment your customers and profile them. ^ |
| show|google|driving|texting|ramon|&|brent| | 3/2/2010 | Brent & Ramon's 10 Minute Tech Talk Show: Texting While Driving and more
Brent Leary of CRM Essentials and Ramon Ray, Editor & Technology Evangelist of Smallbiztechnology.com produce their second discussion about technology.
This edition focuses on texting while driving, a better option for Yahoo and Google group users, Google's NexusOne, Mobile Commerce and more
Read Brent's recap Listen here!
Next show coming the week of 8 March 2010
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| larry|years|marketers|book|chase|message|offer|value| | 3/2/2010 | 3 Reasons Your Message Must Offer Value Or It's Wasted: Larry Chase of WDFM
I first met Larry Chase, publisher of Web Digest for Marketers (WDFM) about 10 years ago in 2001. ^ |
| social|tools|outlook|programs|microsoft|open|facebook|integrate|connector|media| | 3/1/2010 | Microsoft's Social Media Connector: Use Outlook Dashboard
There are two programs that many business owners always have open - Microsoft Outlook (or some other email program), Intuit's QuickBooks and a web browser with a myriad of open tabs.
One of the most popular genre of tools is of course social media tools for Facebook and Twitter. ^ |
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| chambers|—|business|work|social|service|others|theme| | 3/4/2010 | But there was an unofficial, existential thread running through several of the keynote speeches — namely, finding yourself through public service.
Philanthropist and businessman Raymond Chambers sat with The Economist's Matthew Bishop in a couple of easy chairs at center stage (inviting, of course, hundreds of their closest entrepreneurial friends) and held an "informal" discussion about the ways Chambers has applied many of the business principles he honed in the world of private equity to cre |
| chambers|—|business|work|social|service|others|theme| | 3/4/2010 | But there was an unofficial, existential thread running through several of the keynote speeches — namely, finding yourself through public service.
Philanthropist and businessman Raymond Chambers sat with The Economist's Matthew Bishop in a couple of easy chairs at center stage (inviting, of course, hundreds of their closest entrepreneurial friends) and held an "informal" discussion about the ways Chambers has applied many of the business principles he honed in the world of private equity to cre |
| strategy|companies|thinking|firms|ideas|people| | 2/25/2010 | Lords of Strategy: A Conversation with Walter Kiechel
I spoke recently with Walter Kiechel about his new book, The Lords of Strategy, which describes the rise of the large strategy consulting firms — BCG, McKinsey, and Bain — as well as the business school professors who contributed conceptual frameworks and pragmatic insights to the strategy revolution. ^ |
| change|—|small|people|words|speakers|health|conference| | 2/24/2010 | And indeed, the second day of the conference featured some (though in my view, not nearly enough) people who are doing just that: social entrepreneurs who are revitalizing the blighted cities of the Rust Belt, creating better jobs for immigrant women in New York, bringing affordable glasses to rural India, and founding boarding schools for poor kids in Washington, DC.
Sure, it's nice to think that you can get a bunch of smart people in a room and ideate solutions to the world's most intractable |
| —|change|statistics|narrative|size|water|data|healthier|people| | 2/23/2010 | And to convince us, he presented intense quantitative data culled from his research: tumors arrested (and by how much), heart disease reversed (and how quickly), genes expressed and unexpressed (with color-coded diagrams.) (Yes, living healthier can actually turn harmful genes "off." ^ |
| poole|sandel|lecture|harvard|find|online|nature|whether|4chan|intriguing|learning|philosopher|ted|open|youtube| | 2/12/2010 | Ultimately, he wants to be hooked up via video with students from a slew of different countries and compare cultural and moral issues across continents, real-time, with the goal of dramatically improving the art of teaching moral philosophy. ^ |
| hbr|community|—|answer|editors|exchange|management| | 2/12/2010 | You've shown us that you're deeply passionate about management ideas and about interacting with one another.
As your engagement became clear to us, we wondered how we could deepen that relationship and facilitate more direct connections between the business professionals and management enthusiasts who comprise our audience. ^ |
| day|ted|counts|came|quote|people|product|measures| | 2/11/2010 | During this moment of huge uncertainty in the world, the conference seemed to take on even greater significance as people seemed more willing to entertain a wide range of approaches to the world's problem, given that so much of our conventional wisdom seems to be failing us on so many levels.
Late in the afternoon, Meg Ryan introduced Jamie Oliver who won the TED prize this year for his work to improve nutrition for children in schools. ^ |
| ted|conference|event|line|gift|blown|mind| | 2/10/2010 | Greetings from My First TED
"Prepare to have your mind blown," says one eager TEDster while waiting in line to get our TED gift bags on the evening of the big conference. ^ |
| named|apple|ipad|—|jokes|women|linguistics|likely| | 1/28/2010 | I expect the subject came up but the conversation didn't last long, at least in official meetings when there were senior decision-makers present (it's easier to joke about periods on Twitter than in front of your boss in a co-ed conference room) and the pros of the name — it fits right in with the iPod and iPhone, for a start — seemed to outweigh that particular con. ^ |
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| 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. ^ |
| 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. ^ |
| offered|winning|guidant|j&j|deal|curse|bidding|boston| | 11/19/2009 |
Something similar (with 3 bidders and a fourth who was enabling it) took place with Boston Scientific's recent acquisition of Guidant, a merger that was dubbed by Fortune magazine to be the "second worst deal ever" right behind the AOL-Time Warner merger (which is being unwound even as I write this). ^ |
| offered|winning|guidant|j&j|deal|curse|bidding|boston| | 11/19/2009 |
Something similar (with 3 bidders and a fourth who was enabling it) took place with Boston Scientific's recent acquisition of Guidant, a merger that was dubbed by Fortune magazine to be the "second worst deal ever" right behind the AOL-Time Warner merger (which is being unwound even as I write this). ^ |
| problem|ackoff|school|systems|thinking|program|business|management|russ|students|—| | 11/17/2009 | Remembering Russ Ackoff
Last Wednesday's Wall Street Journal brought the news that Russell Ackoff had passed away at the age of 90, after a long life of influencing management thinking and practice. ^ |
| problem|ackoff|school|systems|thinking|program|business|management|russ|students|—| | 11/17/2009 | Remembering Russ Ackoff
Last Wednesday's Wall Street Journal brought the news that Russell Ackoff had passed away at the age of 90, after a long life of influencing management thinking and practice. ^ |
| growth|groups|idea|companies|business|new|developing|unit| | 10/15/2009 | Without an organizational home, these critical jobs tend not to get done, hampering the organization's ability to grow.
Companies that have done a good job leveraging their incubators or growth groups include IBM with its Emerging Business Opportunity program, Swiss Reinsurance and its new product development group, Air Products and Chemicals and its new business programs, and DuPont, which developed a concept they called the "knowledge intensive university" to get growth on the agenda and kee |
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| franchise|business|franchising|sell|development|concept| | 3/5/2010 | The cheap route usually involves spending about $20,000 with an attorney to do the necessary legal things to enable them to sell franchises. So, armed with their paperwork, they start advertising their franchise concept. ^ |
| blogging|google|bridge|call|franchise|josan|barcelona| | 3/3/2010 | Google Translate Builds A Bridge From Cleveland To Barcelona For Two Franchise Bloggers
Courtesy of bearclau http://www.eerola.com/photos/random/34 Sometimes, this thing we call "the internet," causes me to shake my crown from side to side. ^ |
| days|snow|fun|kids|keep|activities|memories|home|creative| | 3/3/2010 | However, there are a variety of fun activities to do at home on a day like today that will keep the kids busy, and provide an opportunity for learning. ^ |
| franchise|fence|fences|guier|marketing|needs|business|expand|new|companies| | 3/1/2010 | (Combined, it's about a $10 Billion business!) But why turn a family-run operation into a franchise business?“We’ve taken everything we’ve learned in 30-years of building one of the largest and most respected fence companies in the country and packaged into a franchise program,” said Lea Bailes, CEO of Guier Fence. ^ |
| kings|a.d.d|franchise|local|attention|knew| | 2/26/2010 | Reading them on-the-air Reading any farm-related news that was relevant to the local farmers Totally screwing up the pronunciation of "heifer," which enraged the local farmers* * This was the Franchise King's first recorded instance of enraging an entire local population. ^ |
| covelli|awards|restaurant|panera|franchise|bread|owns|mcdonald|end| | 2/26/2010 | The award is given every two years to an owner that exemplifies and consistently maintains the highest-rated restaurant operations and business practices. ^ |
| york|people|franchises|time|franchise|know|post|families|work|handsomely|preying|profit|downsized|emotions|selling|coach| | 2/25/2010 | I've profited handsomely from helping people choose franchises that they were never qualified for, financially. ^ |
| lease|negotiating|business|help|franchisees|root|canals| | 2/23/2010 | (They probably won't actually negotiate your lease, but they'll certainly help you with specific information that you'll need to negotiate with the landlord.) * Working with a great franchisor that helps you through the pleasantries of commercial site location, is akin to receiving oodles of Novacaine during a double root canal, while getting a neck massage from a highly-skilled masseuse of your choosing, and getting a cash refunbd when you leave your Dentist's office! ^ |
| franchise|sales|week|advice|owners|prospective|convert|help|find|high-quality|new|recipe.|
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|premier|better|bottle|recipe|suppliers|industry|figured|2010
this|business|february|22nd|office|leads|company|busy|know|executives|activity| | 2/22/2010 | If your company can help them find high-quality prospective franchise owners that convert into new franchise sales, you'd better bottle your recipe! ^ |
| franchise|speedy|printing|sir|receives|committed|business|recognized|category|honorable|helping|satisfaction|services| | 2/20/2010 | Printing Franchise Receives Satisfaction Award
Sir Speedy, a franchise network of printing and marketing services providers, has received a 2010 Franchisee Satisfaction Award from Franchise Business Review. ^ |
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come|brands|big|customer|video|starbucks’|meaningful|building|april|procter|energy|gamble|&|duke|cincinnati|7|dell|hear| | 3/4/2010 | Starbucks’ video case study: Building Meaningful Customer Engagement
Come to BlogWell: How Big Brands Use Social Media on April 7 in Cincinnati to hear Dell, Duke Energy, Procter & Gamble, Hilton Worldwide, AT&T, Tyson Foods, Rogers Communications, and General Mills share case studies in corporate social media.
You’ll learn how to get started, get past roadblocks, and make your social media program phenomenal [...]
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[welcome|#772|“team|up”|subscribers|received|sign|issue|thought|text|great| | 3/4/2010 | Sign yourself up using the handy form on the right.]
Finding a good teammate means better ideas, more resources, and better buying power. ^ |
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damn|ideas|smart|useful|sernovitz|unusually| | 2/26/2010 | Make it impossible to do it wrong
Damn, I Wish I'd Thought of That - Andy Sernovitz Blog - Unusually Useful Ideas for Smart Marketers. ^ |
| blog|marketers||great|ideas|practical|smart|help|buzz|evangelism|more.
|word|mouth|viral|ideas”|issue
damn|“get|newsletter|#771|wish|unusually|useful|sernovitz|thought|andy| | 2/25/2010 | Newsletter #771: The “Get Great Ideas” Issue
Damn, I Wish I'd Thought of That - Andy Sernovitz Blog - Unusually Useful Ideas for Smart Marketers. ^ |
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damn|wish|service|sure|remember|thought|useful|ideas|unusually|andy|sernovitz| | 2/24/2010 | Make sure they remember your service when you leave
Damn, I Wish I'd Thought of That - Andy Sernovitz Blog - Unusually Useful Ideas for Smart Marketers. ^ |
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|great|help|mouth|viral|word|buzz|smart|wish|thought|solutions
damn|danger|bad|useful|ideas|unusually|andy|sernovitz| | 2/23/2010 | The danger of bad solutions
Damn, I Wish I'd Thought of That - Andy Sernovitz Blog - Unusually Useful Ideas for Smart Marketers. ^ |
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|buzz|evangelism|viral|word|mouth|thought|andy|wish|instructions|better
damn|ideas|smart|useful|sernovitz|unusually| | 2/22/2010 | Make the instructions better
Damn, I Wish I'd Thought of That - Andy Sernovitz Blog - Unusually Useful Ideas for Smart Marketers. ^ |
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|word|mouth|viral|ideas|social|media
damn|original|grateful|dead|wish|unusually|useful|sernovitz|thought|andy| | 2/21/2010 | Grateful Dead: The Original Social Media
Damn, I Wish I'd Thought of That - Andy Sernovitz Blog - Unusually Useful Ideas for Smart Marketers. ^ |
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|help|practical|smart|great|viral|buzz|mouth|word|evangelism|wish|thought|year
damn|sticks|whole|useful|ideas|unusually|andy|sernovitz| | 2/20/2010 | The only marketing that sticks around for a whole year
Damn, I Wish I'd Thought of That - Andy Sernovitz Blog - Unusually Useful Ideas for Smart Marketers. ^ |
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|viral|help|word|mouth|general|james|clark,
damn|dear|british|consul|sernovitz|unusually|useful|wish|thought|andy| | 2/19/2010 | Dear British Consul General James Clark,
Damn, I Wish I'd Thought of That - Andy Sernovitz Blog - Unusually Useful Ideas for Smart Marketers. ^ |
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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. ^ |
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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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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. ^ |
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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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“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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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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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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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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| novices|problem|someone|knowledgeable|new|time|four|solve|business|thinking| | 3/6/2010 |
(An excerpt from “Advantage: Business Competition in the New Normal”) The Value of Knowledgeable Novices History and experience suggest that the right novice well placed is sometimes the best way to solve a problem. ^ |
| interview|peak|experience|job|win|end| | 3/2/2010 | The Peak Interview
Why would a consulting firm like Launchpad Partners that has nothing to do with employment, outplacement, recruitment, retention or HR consulting produce a book like The Peak Interview? ^ |
| brains|puzzles|word|snap|answer|associate|try| | 2/27/2010 | reading/service/stick shadow/chart/drop land/hand/house cast/side/jump Here you may have found yourself doing a great deal more searching, going through the catalogue in you mental dictionary of all the words that are associated with each of the words in the four puzzles. ^ |
| man|doctor|dead|replied|psychiatrist|view|people| | 2/24/2010 |
(An excerpt from the new book: “Advantage: Business Competition in the New Normal”) Mindset Revisit Sometime the point of view is so rigid that the person will be incapable of seeing the issue from a different perspective. ^ |
| physics|einstein|light|earth|new|beamed|business| | 2/22/2010 | Likewise, if you are standing on a train going sixty kilometers per hour, and you throw the ball with the same force X, it will leave your hand at one hundred ten kilometers per hour (fifty + sixty). ^ |
| brain|problem|process|already|ignored|hide| | 2/21/2010 | Often, when we go through this problem definition process we start with something like “Let’s lay out what we already know.” Unfortunately, the way the human brain works, when we are very familiar with a topic or product group, or process, or business model, our brains have already gone through a process of efficiency. ^ |
| productivity|employers|conference|board|survey|jobs| | 1/21/2010 | The beatings will stop when productivity declines.
This from the Conference Board press release:"Americans of all ages and income brackets continue to grow increasingly unhappy at work—a long-term trend that should be a red flag to employers, according to a report released today by The Conference Board. ^ |
| music|notes|acceptable|ideas|new|convergence| | 1/18/2010 | Creativity Defined
On Friday morning I attended a presentation by my friend Adam Shames who does a great job getting people to be creative. ^ |
| companies|people|points|outside|ceo|stretch|came|potential|leadership|engagement|environment|inside|culture|collin| | 12/27/2009 | When you ask the question of a leader CEO “Is there someone inside the company who could take over if you dropped over dead in five minutes” he or she is likely to laugh and say “I’d prefer to retire, thank you very much!” but then can immediately point to two or three people in the organization who would stretch themselves into the role right now. ^ |
| brain|new|skills|questions|knowledge|ideas|innovator| | 12/11/2009 | The Innovator's DNA (HBR article - continued)
In my last blog, I commented on a Harvard Business Review article entitled The Innovator’s DNA and promised I would look next at the ‘five discovery skills’ the authors suggest make up the innovator’s creative intelligence. ^ |
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carrying|scans|$1m|series|i’ve|lost|“buy|sense|programs|phones|makes| | 3/5/2010 | Cardagin Scans $1M Series A for Mobile Loyalty Card Program
Carrying around loyalty cards for different stores can be a pain, so moving loyalty programs to mobile phones makes sense. ^ |
| systems|july|c|round|funding|capital|intel|series| | 3/5/2010 | Intel Leads July Systems $7M Series C for Cross-Platform Mobile Publishing
Mobile media company July Systems announced the week the addition of $7 million in their Series C round of funding led by Intel Capital and existing investors Sequoia Capital and Footprint Ventures. ^ |
| launches|apps|industry|marketing|companies|99|mobile|iphone|$99| | 3/5/2010 | 99 Apps Launches $99 iPhone App for Restauranteurs
When it comes to launching mobile marketing companies, some firms believe it’s best to go after one industry, offering easy and affordable ways for businesses in that industry to get into mobile marketing. ^ |
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mobile|tech|developers|personalized|mobile|users|fans|experience|data|known|features|power|offer|“magic”| | 3/5/2010 | Mobile Users: Fans of Personalized Location Based Services
Mobile tech gives developers power to offer a lot of “magic” features for the user experience given the data known about a user based on GPS location, time of day, and other info. ^ |
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it’s|release|finally|isn’t|chomping|bit|people|fully|behind| | 3/5/2010 | And while the waiting isn’t fully behind us yet, people chomping at the bit to get their hands on the iPad can at least circle a date on their calendars.
Apple today announced that the iPad will be released on April 3rd. ^ |
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although|superior|important|it’s|ahead|place|director|managing|says|o2| | 3/5/2010 | 02 Media: SMS Marketing Still Superior to Mobile Apps
Although mobile apps are clearly all the rage, Shaun Gregory, the managing director of O2 Media, says it’s important not to place apps ahead of sound mobile marketing practices when it comes to utilizing the mobile space most efficiently in the promotional process.
Gregory advised firms to avoid the temptation of becoming wholly preoccupied with creating [...]
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the|available|“regular|[...]
|awareness|various|options|makeuseof.com|points|overlooked|smartphone
an|interesting|piece|text-capable|mobile|reliable|previously|considered|fact| | 3/4/2010 | Any Mobile Phone Can Be a Smartphone
An interesting piece from MakeUseOf.com points to an often overlooked reality than few may have previously considered. ^ |
| mobile|innovation|conference|retail|national|marketing|federation| | 3/4/2010 | National Retail Federation Innovation Conference Loves Mobile Tech
The first-ever National Retail Federation Innovation & Marketing Conference, taking place in San Francisco this week, is all a-buzz about mobile. ^ |
| marketing|mobile|adenyo|company|new|internationally| | 3/4/2010 | Adenyo to Expand Internationally with New $26.9M
Mobile marketing company Adenyo just announced that it has snagged $26.9 million in new funding to accelerate its international growth. ^ |
| salon|sms|no-shows|hair|up-scale|high-traffic|u.k|reminders.
headrush|appointment|usage|medium|enlisted|cut|reduce|[...]
|reminders|help|textmagic|introduce|nice|come|across|reminders
it’s|sees|70%|reduction|use-cases|perfect|example|increased|marketing|beyond|basic|confines| | 3/4/2010 | Hair Salon Sees 70% Reduction In No-Shows With SMS Reminders
It’s always nice to come across use-cases for SMS beyond the basic confines of marketing, and a perfect example is the increased usage of the medium for appointment reminders.
Headrush Hair Salon, an up-scale and high-traffic salon in the U.K, enlisted the help of TextMagic to introduce SMS reminders to cut down on no-shows and reduce [...]
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|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. ^ |
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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; ^ |
| new|speed|by.”
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! ^ |
| it’s|chopping|we’ve|staff|anyone…but|35%|fun|especially|ceo|[...]
|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. ^ |
| donny|idea|gajshost|+|=|big|guest|| | 11/11/2008 | Jeff Chavez’s Guest Appearances on The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? ^ |
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web|hosting|company|[...]
|before!
when|started|web|hugely|that’s|before.”
if|idea…
“pfft|simple|saying|count|before”|it.
ironically|“that’s|interesting|ideas| | 2/25/2010 | That’s been done before.”
If I had to count the phrase that has killed more interesting business ideas than any other, “That’s been done before” would be it.
Ironically, it may also be the phrase that will make your business hugely successful…with one caveat. ^ |
| survey|read|customers|never|pay|hundreds|dollars|likely|online|wanted|[...]
|used|tool|again…
it|docs
|post|google|free|using|10|better|save|created|minutes|you’ll| | 2/18/2010 | How To Survey Your Customers for Free Using Google Docs
Read this post, and in just 10 minutes, you’ll have created your own survey for your customers or readers! ^ |
| wanted|give|opportunity|reading|know|thousands|subscribed|created|short|[...]
|i’ve|tell|want.
to|end|received|lots|emails|you?
i’ve|help|erica.biz|useful|blog|sincerely|appreciate|thoughts|twitters|questions|comments| | 2/9/2010 | How Can I Make Erica.Biz More Useful To You?
I’ve received lots of emails and Twitters with your questions, comments, and thoughts about this blog, and I sincerely appreciate them all. ^ |
| logo|design|someone|winner|site|pay|offer|“contest”|throughout|years:
i’ve|[...]
|logo?
i’ve|used|options|getting|choices|review)
when|“crowdsourcing”|99designs|hire|recommended|try|company|know|personally| | 2/3/2010 | (99designs Review)
When it comes to getting a logo designed, you have a lot of choices. ^ |
| blog|traffic|post|website|december|real-life|friends|subscribers–mostly|negligible|70|years|later|[...]
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by|2009|short|time|please|read|secrets
if|drive|guest|carefully|moved|2007|erica.biz|
i|bought| | 2/1/2010 | Drive More Traffic to Your Blog or Website With Guest Post Secrets
If you have a website, or a blog, and you want more traffic to it, please read this post carefully. ^ |
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i|
flexo’s|succeed|accumulate|story|enjoy|i’ve|[...]
|scene|performing|stage|article|consumerism|commentary|fear|it…
this|guest|tour.
the|harder|try|currently|ten-day|ten-venue| | 1/28/2010 | Flexo is currently on a ten-day, ten-venue tour.
The harder you try to succeed, the more failures you will accumulate. ^ |
| outsource|cleaning|cooking|boring|five|work|life|drudge|everyday|doing|read|hours|time|[...]
|week|free|10+|you’re|tasks
don’t|enjoy|house|steps|freedom|repetitive|easy|steps.if|haven’t|mowing|lawn|jobs| | 1/20/2010 | How to outsource boring jobs in five easy steps.If you haven’t outsourced something like cooking or cleaning yet, and you’re still doing boring drudge work in your everyday life, read on. ^ |
| goals|big|2010|2009|customers|inspiring|#1|350|paying|company|[...]
|incorporated|innovators.
as|explanation|2010!
2009|recap|set|time|#themeword|announcement!
it’s|announcement|unveil|find|ones|read| | 1/1/2010 | Big Announcement!
It’s time to recap my 2009 goals and set some really big ones for 2010. ^ |
| information|creating|product|takes|upcoming|release|product
in|january|formally|it’s|secrets|[...]
|post|called|guest|product.
my|believe|money|product
|complete|guide|exactly|development|process|actual|let’s|look| | 12/29/2009 | The Complete Guide to Creating An Information Product
Do you believe it takes a lot of money to create an information product? ^ |
| december|erica.biz|i’ve|days|recently|tweaking|testing|god|themes.
thank|mckibben–to|work|[...]
|cody|hired|consultants–courtney|crushlabs|hours|4|2007|
in|launched|turns|2!
it’s|blogiversary|theme–the|cases|spent|blog|2008|re-launched|new| | 12/18/2009 | In both these cases, I spent many hours testing and tweaking themes.
Thank God those days are over! ^ |
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there|em|calling|ringing|difference|huge| | 3/6/2010 | You Still Calling 'Em Customers? ^ |
| time|waste|media|benefits|realise|understand|approach|dismissed|misfortune.20|vote(s)
|fad|
||||social|marketing|marketing
social|unwilling|take|looked|businesses| | 3/5/2010 | Unwilling to take the time to understand how to approach it or to realise it's benefits, it is dismissed as a fad. ^ |
| bourne|never|same-i|back|kill|days|early|community…
okay|intelligence|...24|going|
|vote(s)
|thoughts|accomplish|people|creative|objectives|finished|marketing
i|book|latest|ops|black|media|social|jason|spy|intrigue|pulls|thriller|deception|series|action|love| | 3/5/2010 | It pulls me back to my early days in the intelligence community…
Okay, maybe not quite the same-I never had to kill quite so many people to accomplish my objectives. ^ |
| brand|media|niche|social|monitor|examples|great|fall|sales|funnel.
here|sales.20|vote(s)
|steelcase|michigan|
|opportunity|online|become|sales
monitoring|don’t|watch|competitor|letting|keywords|brainer|neglecting| | 3/5/2010 | Don’t Just Monitor Your Brand, Watch the Niche for Sales
Monitoring your brand online and in social media has become a no brainer. ^ |
| sales|product|company|passion|selling|eye|sparkle|drive|achieve|true|thes20|vote(s)
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|love|customers|fewer|superior|force|take|long|
when|start|working|customer|activity|individuals|identify|salespeople|real| | 3/5/2010 |
When I start working with a company and their sales force, it doesn't take long to identify which salespeople have a real passion for their customer, for their product, and for the sales activity. ^ |
| persuade|influence|build|others|listening|tactical|someone|worth|others.19|vote(s)
|points|
|success|create|salespeople
real|2|ways|real|foundational|attributes|ability|based| | 3/5/2010 | 2 Ways to Create Influence and Persuade Others for Salespeople
Real influence, the real ability to persuade others, is based on the foundational attributes of success. ^ |
| attribute|free|#6|guerrilla|media|social| | 3/4/2010 | (unedited excerpt from my upcoming November 2010 book published by Entrepreneur Press and co-authored with Jay Levinson):
#6) Free and Variable
It is important to use free digital give away's that have real value and customer benefits. ^ |
| search|image|engine|google|strategy|marketing|
|implicitly|vote(s)
|strategy.19|optimisation|seo
google|using|tips|version|technique|effective|dedicated| | 3/4/2010 | Tips on using Google Image Search for your SEO
Google Image Search is the version of Google dedicated to images and it is a very effective technique for your search engine marketing strategy and implicitly for your search engine optimisation strategy.19 Vote(s)
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linkedin|5|linkedin|||brand|individuals|spend|tool|businesses|expand| | 3/4/2010 | Online Media Gazette
LinkedIn isn't just a tool for businesses to expand their brand on, but individuals like bloggers can benefit a lot if they spend some time on it. ^ |
| 2.0|intelligence|advantage|competitive|tech|philosophy|face-lift|open|interoperable|opportunity|vote(s)
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competitive|latest|benefactor|social|media|monitoring|tagging|moniker|getting|web|technology|genres| | 3/4/2010 | Competitive Intelligence 2.0, The Social Media Monitoring Advantage
Competitive intelligence 2.0 is just the latest benefactor of Web 2.0 technology. ^ |
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| businesses|post|10|gives|ideas|week’s|specific|category. |work|discus|internet|future|home. |[...]
|describing|business? |series|starting|run|home
interested|detail|we’ll|article|week|100|ideas. | | 3/5/2010 | 10 Businesses You Can Run From Home
Interested in starting a business? This post is the first in a series that will detail 100 Business Ideas. Each week, we’ll post an article describing 10 businesses in a specific category. This week’s post gives you ideas for businesses you can work out of your home. A future post will discus Internet businesses, so [...]
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| entrepreneurs|you’re|news|probably|surprised|currently|rise.
you|graphic|designers|writers|imagining|[...]
|matters.
if|attending|minute|time|valuable?
for|trend|outsourcing|fast|business|growing| | 3/4/2010 | Entrepreneurs, Is Your Time More Valuable?
For an entrepreneur, every minute matters.
If you’re not attending to your business, then you’re not growing as fast as you might want or need to. ^ |
| fuel|entrepreneurial|33|quotes|the blue-flame|fire|burns|innovation|genius|act|deep|below|opinion|[...]
|within|true|entrepreneur.
the|spark|creativity|motivate|flames
quotes. |fascinated|them. |action|insights|spirit|behind|inspire|greatness. |offer| | 3/3/2010 | 33 Quotes to Fuel the Entrepreneurial Flames
Quotes. Entrepreneurs are fascinated with them. They spark our creativity, motivate us to action, and inspire us to greatness. They offer us insights into the spirit behind innovation and genius. ^ |
| teens|seen|never|lifestyle|posting|photos|videos|world|way|updates|recent|doing?
that|[...]
|past|loved|friends|know|ones|pre-twitter|myspace|social|pre-facebook|building|entrepreneurial|future
remember|platforms|networking|enabling|adults|music|share|gathered|hub|young|millions| | 3/2/2010 | Entrepreneurial Teens are Building the Platforms of the Future
Remember MySpace, that pre-Twitter, pre-Facebook social networking hub that gathered millions of teens and young adults, enabling them to share their music, videos and photos in a way the world had never seen, all while posting lifestyle updates to let their friends and loved ones know what they were doing?
That recent past may be a [...]
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know|anyone|–|calling|entrepreneurs|truth|“learning|box”
find|high.
try|people|learning| | 3/2/2010 | Truth is very few people do because the learning curve is so high.
Try this “LEARNING CURVE IN A BOX”
Find out how to make money from a couple of guys that earn a handsome living blogging and marketing for a profit. ^ |
| business|startup|four|years|later. |new|expect|doing|eliminate|owner|moving|[...]
|retirement|closed|choice|due|heard|bleak|statistics|statistic!
we’ve|killers|avoid|becoming|failures. |sba|mere|44%|study|fact|according|recent| | 3/1/2010 | Startup Killers: Avoid Becoming a Statistic!
We’ve all heard the bleak statistics about startup failures. In fact, according to a recent study by the SBA, a mere 44% of new business startups can expect to still be doing business just four years later. Even when we eliminate businesses that were closed by choice, due to retirement, the owner moving on to [...]
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the|business|[...]
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if|entrepreneurs|–|celebrity|apprentice|keep|track|tv. |probably|don’t| | 2/26/2010 | The Celebrity Apprentice – Watch and Learn
If you’re like many entrepreneurs, you probably don’t watch a lot of TV. With all you have to do and keep track of, who has the time? So when you do watch, it’s great if you can actually learn something that will help you in your business while you’re being entertained.
The new season of The [...]
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| seem|entrepreneurs|candle|burn|build|know|bootstrap|business|dreams|reality.
still|[...]
|ends|long|push|probably|mistake|especially|online|–|it’s|you!
one|others.
yes|fascinating|creature|fundamental|misunderstanding|interesting| | 2/25/2010 | Entrepreneurs – It’s Not About You!
One mistake many entrepreneurs seem to make, especially online, is in having a fundamental misunderstanding about how interesting they might seem to others.
Yes, you are a fascinating creature. ^ |
| johnson|texts|derek|world|founder|code”|“short|tatango.com||niche|working|churches|teams|[...]
|universities.
he|groups|large|sports|including|old|popular|girl|biggest|tatango.com
not|college|dropout|ceo|high|washington|24|years|bellingham|school|sent|entrepreneur| | 2/25/2010 | College Dropout Derek Johnson is the CEO of Tatango.com
Not even the most popular girl in the biggest high school in the world has sent more texts than this entrepreneur. ^ |
| making|marketing|love|website|destination|become|heavily|understanding|client’s|experience|discovered|creating|[...]
|successful|entrepreneurs|noel|focuses|thompson|took|movies|movie|young|entrepreneur
noel|film|marketing’s|digital|spectrum|turned|business|specializes| | 2/25/2010 | From a Love of Movie Making to a Young Marketing Entrepreneur
Noel Thompson took a love for movies and film making and turned it into a business that specializes in marketing’s digital spectrum. ^ |
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| sport|market|naming|sun|life|today|talked|brings|angle|business|league|major|acquired|19th|[...]
|10-year|january|financial|toronto-based|announced|deal|enjoy|become|bowl
i’ve|tom|fan|brilliantly|stadium|super|timed|1040|team|sunday|radio|catch|mayenknecht|show|morning| | 2/7/2010 | I catch his morning show on Team 1040 Radio almost every Sunday, and enjoy the business and marketing angle he brings to major league sports. ^ |
| small|technology|program|helped|business|cisco|rewards|heroes| | 2/3/2010 | Cisco Rewards Heroes in Small Business
Network and communications technology giant Cisco Systems has teamed up with Brickfish for a unique program called Heroes of the Human Network which celebrates and rewards small business operators. ^ |
| malcolm|gladwell|packed|party|f5|launch|expo| | 1/28/2010 | F5 Expo Launch Party Introduces Malcolm Gladwell to Packed Audience
I was in attendance at the F5 Expo Launch Party yesterday, January 26th. ^ |
| small|business|tool|namely|products|services|instead|brands|remarkable|search|ideal|customer|[...]
|connect|engines|social|networks|control|communications|technology|come|internet|big|ideas|website
the|longer|middlemen|wield|marketing|handed|owners|amazing| | 1/26/2010 | BIG Ideas for your Small Business Website
The Internet, and the communications technology that has come with it, has handed small business owners an amazing marketing tool. ^ |
| service|verbal|internal|feedback|based|reasons|people|buy|universal|measurement|[...]
|lacks|staff|customers|fine|key|anyone|running|small|question
ask|find|great|asking|cite|quality|customer|chances|business|large|enterprise| | 1/16/2010 | Find Out How Great Your Service Is By Asking This One Question
Ask anyone running a small business or large enterprise, and chances are they will cite the quality of their customer service as one of the key reasons people buy from them. ^ |
| reviews|yelp|user|recommend|restaurants|clothing|site|aggregates|ratings|religious|find|live|[...]
|organizations|it’s|localized|example|dining|more
i’ve|become|uncover|best|local|latest|better|iphone|app|convert|great|website| | 12/31/2009 | Yelp is another example of a site that aggregates user reviews and ratings to recommend everything from restaurants to clothing, to religious organizations. ^ |
| –|narrow|book|market|discipline|focus|dominate| | 12/15/2009 | Narrow Your Business Focus and Dominate Your Market
I recently read an excellent book called The Discipline of Market Leaders: Choose Your Customers, Narrow Your Focus, Dominate Your Market. ^ |
| myspace|year|june|appear|doesn’t|fifth|lost|traffic|it’s|overtaken|facebook|[...]
|mighty|remedy|quick|bleeding|stop|facebook?”
myspace|asked|culture
cnet|biggest|others|youth|focus|counter|artists|today|circles|beat|“how|looming|questions|media|social| | 11/27/2009 | MySpace Should Focus on Youth, Artists and Counter Culture
CNet asked me and a few others one of the biggest questions looming in social media circles today: “How can MySpace Beat Facebook?”
MySpace has lost a fifth of it’s US traffic since June of this year and there doesn’t appear to be a quick remedy to stop the bleeding. ^ |
| apple|sales|season|holiday|fire|mastered|possible.
apple|coming|compete|find|four|year|ever|[...]
|best|performing|fiscal|people|continue|show|ever
even|economy|tank|trigger|deep|discounts|outstanding|profits|pulling| | 11/25/2009 | No Fire Sales at Apple This Holiday Season, Or Ever
Even with the economy in the tank, the people at Apple continue to show outstanding profits and sales, all without pulling the trigger on deep discounts and fire sales to compete this holiday season. ^ |
| hosting|peer|live|malik|om|sebastian|ceo|lineup|heroku
sebastian|technology|excellent|includes:
byron|blogger|stadll|svp|miggins|[...]
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robert|scalr
jason|founder|cto|hoffman|event|putting|futurehosting|called|1|discuss|guests|startups
gigamom|perfect|panel|pst|leading|discussion|9:30am|webstream|broadcasting|3rd|dec| | 11/20/2009 | Om Malik And Guests Discuss Perfect Hosting for Startups
GigamOM and PEER 1 Hosting are putting on an event called FutureHosting and broadcasting it live on webstream, Dec 3rd at 9:30am PST. ^ |
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| application|it’s|entrepreneurs|new|thought|time|likely|software| | 3/1/2010 | Photo/video/bookmark/whatever sharing
As humans, we like to share stuff. The appeal of this application is it’s broad appeal (hey, my girlfriend needs a way to share her photos from her recent trip to Brazil).
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that building an application in any of these categories is doomed to failure. I just find it curious that these specific themes tend to occur again and again.
Did I miss any? Which application categories do you think entrepreneurs are lured by |
| problem|solving|working|cared|it’s|wasn’t|wish| | 2/22/2010 |
It wasn’t until much later (well after I had sold that first company), that I gave the topic some additional thought. How do you know whether or not you care about the problem you’re working on? Here’s my litmus test:
1. Define the problem you’re solving in reasonably broad terms.
2. Answer yes/no: If the problem was somehow magically “solved” (to your satisfaction), but you weren’t the one that solved it, would you be fine with it?
Let me clarify by shifting back to my story: In the |
| vc|innovation|business|invest|investors|look|making| | 2/18/2010 | Why Venture Capitalists Avoid Innovation: They Like Making Money
The following is a guest post from Andy Singleton, the founder of Assemba. Assembla provides online workspaces for distributed software teams, and helps many startups build their products.
Any given innovation is much more likely to fail than to succeed. Innovation as a whole may even be unprofitable for the innovators. Fortunately, we keep doing it, because in economic terms, innovations are durable (they last foreve |
| likely|terms|note|you’re|it’s|rounds|going|deal|raising| | 2/8/2010 | a termsheet with a deadline). So, try to keep your conversations moving forward with several VCs are a similar pace. The good news is that nothing accelerates the process of other VCs more than knowing that you’ve already gotten a termsheet. Once you get that first termsheet, you’re likely to get more as the VCs try to jostle for position.
6. Beware deal fatigue: Even in good times, fund-raising is an arduous process. Be prepared for yet another round of meetings, yet another leve |
| =|apple|irock|tablet|new|request|group. |access|onstartups|linkedin|
looking|chiseled|startup|fanatics? |people|twitter|follow|here|
|@dharmesh|members|100,000+|growing|way|daily.oh|tweetmeme_service|http://onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/11677/breaking-prehistoric-steve-jobs-introduces-the-new-irock-cartoon.aspx'|bit.ly'|dharmesh';
though|tweetmeme_source|steve|prehistoric|jobs|[cartoon]
tweetmeme_url|introduces|sparked|idea|whole|transformed|thing. |caught|easy|announcement| | 1/27/2010 | tweetmeme_source = 'dharmesh';
Though it's easy to get caught up in Apple's new tablet announcement, let's not forget the original idea that sparked the whole thing. It's the iRock -- it transformed how people chiseled. ^ |
| marketing|worked|customers|developers|customer|people|ask|money|know|needed|startup| | 1/26/2010 | The product changes daily, the definition of the perfect customer changes as new data appears, marketing messages are invented and discarded, and just when you think you've got the right combination the world changes around you. ^ |
| startup|advice|share|early|come|focus|best|=|exactly|words|three| | 1/8/2010 | [tweet]Challenge: You're way smarter than I am. Please come up with your own startup triplets and share them. Leave a comment or post it to twitter (wish hashtag #StartupTriplets). I think you'll find it fun -- and addicting. I'll take the best ones and pull them together into a future post -- or even a book. You could be famous!Ready? Go!
Looking for other startup fanatics? Request access to the OnStartups LinkedIn Group. 100,000+ members and growing daily.Oh, and by the way, you shoul |
| features|customers|early|
do|product|people| | 12/21/2009 | Even when the thinking makes me awfully uncomfortable and goes against my strongly held beliefs. I couldn't be a stronger advocate of "Release Early, Release Often", so it took a bit of effort to post this article "as is". But, as I hope you'll see, Jason does make some pretty good points. Well worth debating -Dharmesh You can't throw a stone in the blogosphere without hitting someone arguing in favor of releasing software as early as possible. ^ |
| price|think|pricing|software|product|it’s| | 11/23/2009 | How To Price Software Without Just Rolling The Dice
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I’m going to open this article with a short (and true) story. I officially
kicked off my marketing software company,
HubSpot, about 17 months ago. If you’ve read my blog for any period of time,
you likely know that I’m a big beliver in the “charge early, ch |
| know|microsoft|we’re|wasn’t|going|it’s|google| | 11/21/2009 | In any
case, we actually put him on the list to let go.
Me: Oh, I see, so you’re really saying that the whole
notion of attracting developers onto the Microsoft platform — particularly
getting startups on board while they’re still young and impressionable is no
longer a strategic priority.
CHMP: Well, I wouldn’t quite put it that way. We’re still
all about “developers, developers, developers”.
Me: And you don’t think that Don was helping out enough in
terms of putting a semi-tolerabl |
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| pork|blueberry|pour|oz|12|pepper. |season|kosher|salt|jar|pork. |cut|[...]
|evenly|seedless|jelly|spread|year|eve|delicious|new|cabernet|roasted|loin
i|hard|tenderloin|oven-ready|container|lb|all!). |place|2.5| | 1/4/2010 | Blueberry Cabernet Roasted Pork Loin
I made this on New Year's eve and it was delicious (and not hard to make at all!). Place a 2.5 LB pork tenderloin on an oven-ready container, and season well with kosher salt and pepper. Then, pour on a 12 oz jar of seedless blueberry jelly and spread evenly over the pork. Then, cut [...]
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| bottles|sells|power|water|head|walgreens|find|display:
each|$19.99|more.
if|sigg.
keep|browsing|[...]
|brand|similar|$3.99. |difference?|example|testament|brands.
head|following|coffee|mugs|brands
the|probably|sigg|reusable|you’ll|closest|whole|foods| | 12/30/2009 | Water bottles, coffee mugs and the power of brands
The following example is a testament to the power of brands.
Head over to your closest Whole Foods and you’ll probably see this Sigg reusable water bottle display:
Each bottle sells for $19.99 or more.
If you head to Walgreens, you will find very similar bottles selling for $3.99. The difference?: the brand is not Sigg.
Keep browsing through [...]
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| gift|years|shows|ago|consumer|reports|couple|close|used|later. |[...]
|30%|people|receive|article|cards|popular|items|don’t|forget|cards!
gift|christmas|portable|found|everywhere. |season. |convenient|easily| | 12/24/2009 | Don’t forget to use your gift cards!
Gift cards are one of the most popular items during Christmas season. They are convenient, easily portable and can be found everywhere. However, this article on Consumer Reports from a couple of years ago, shows us that close to 30% of the people who receive one as a gift hasn't used it one year later. [...]
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| bamboo|bike|three|aguinaldo|justin|entrepreneurs|ny|studio|called|brooklyn|based|remarkable|behind|[...]
|outfit|force|murray|sean|odlin|marty|company|ceases|never|me.
i|amaze|creativity|marketing|niche|studio
entrepreneurial|example|excellent|link|npr|report|found|twitter|going|today|feeds| | 12/24/2009 | Niche Marketing Example: Bamboo Bike Studio
Entrepreneurial creativity never ceases to amaze me.
I was going through some Twitter feeds today, and found a link to this excellent report on NPR about a company called Bamboo Bike Studio, based in Brooklyn, NY. ^ |
| wines|american|buy|three|exceptional|south| | 12/6/2009 | Three exceptional South American wines you can buy for less than $20
Today I went shopping for wine for my company's sales meeting dinner and I picked up, among others, three exceptional South American wines that you can buy for around $20.
The first one is an Argentinian Malbec, Luigi Bosca D.O.C., made with grapes from La Linda vineyards. This wine is made in accordance to the strict [...]
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| personal|tweet|sending|easy|pretty|[...]
|sooner|open|world|life|separate|business?
can|brand|broadcasting|channel|person| | 12/5/2009 | Is it personal or is it just business?
Can you really separate your personal life from your personal brand? ^ |
| media|social|three-legged|using|effectively|means|stool|doesn’t|expert|proverbial|paying|tools
|people
strategy:
before|[...]
|elements:
strategy
|attention|three|basic|tools|by-nc-sa|2.0
with|consultants|cc|marketing|stool
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marc0047/|/|popping|record|straight|knowing|set|faster|realtors|2006| | 11/27/2009 | Social Media Marketing: A Three-Legged Stool
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marc0047/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
With social media consultants popping up faster than Realtors in 2006, we need to set the record straight: knowing how to use the tools doesn’t make you a social media expert. ^ |
| name|company|hvls|build|large|manufacturer|fan|brand.
in|1999|industrial|lexington|kentucky|[...]
|fans|opened|business|by-nc-sa|2.0
your|important|brand
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulofierro/|/|cc|brand|i’m|show|alone|signals|cases|example| | 11/21/2009 | In some cases, like in the example I’m about to show you, a name alone can build a brand.
In 1999 the HVLS Fan Company, a manufacturer of large industrial fans, opened for business in Lexington, Kentucky. ^ |
| restaurant|bk|new|burger|launched|bk’s|sports|recently|look. |clearly|stands|[...]
|drive|upscale|futuristic|sit|live|five|minutes|king|gets|branding
i|away|passed|located|building. |king’s|headquarters|today| | 11/11/2009 | Burger King Gets Branding
I live five minutes away from Burger King’s headquarters, and today I passed by a BK restaurant located next to their building. This is one of the few restaurants that sports BK’s recently launched new look. The new BK, more upscale and futuristic (and more sit down than drive through) clearly stands out from other [...]
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| car|ready|hours|½|promised|1|delivered|within|[...]
|presented|questionnaire|asked|clerk|by-nc-sa|2.0
a|cc|sandbagging
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chaimann/|/|weeks|oil|change|dealer|ago|took| | 11/7/2009 | Sandbagging
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chaimann/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
A few weeks ago I took my car to the dealer for an oil change and the clerk promised it would be ready in about 1 ½ hours. ^ |
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| employee|smile|genuine|appreciate|company.”|accompany|it’s|react|[...]
|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. ^ |
| rick|hicks|interviewed|10|greg|years|ago|co-author|nine|found|[...]
|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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| read|bestseller|overnight|book’s|subtitle|published|happy,”|became|pretty|“the|secrets|people—their|[...]
|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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| time|answer|selling|stay|subject|event| | 3/5/2010 | How do you answer the question, “should I stay or should I go?”
I will typically consider three things:
Does the subject of the event address a problem my customers are facing?
Does the subject of the event address an idea I want to pursue but have not had time to research?
Is the speaker or featured presenter someone I want to make a connection with?
If the answer to any of these is yes, I’ll go. ^ |
| organization|attend|time|meetings|regular|table|sit|people| | 3/4/2010 | Sales Tip of the Day: STIR IT UP
Chances are you attend regular meetings of some organization in your marketplace, whether it is a Chamber, service organization (like Rotary, Lions, Kiwanis), professional association or leads group.
Do you sit at the same table with the same people every time?? ^ |
| talk|customer|sales|memorable|surprising|obvious|worthy|goal|everyone|buzz|constant|stories|shared|outstanding|times|service| | 3/3/2010 | Sales Tip of the Day: SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT
Many times I have shared with you stories of outstanding customer service and salesmanship.
It should be obvious that being surprising and memorable (worthy of buzz) must be your constant goal in sales. ^ |
| randomly|sales|eventually|selling|process|write|keep|chance|masterpiece|away|big|similar|plugging|typewriters|heard|old|sitting|ever|roomful|banging|chimpanzees|saying| | 3/2/2010 | Sales Tip of the Day: SITTING AT THE WHEEL
Have you ever heard the old saying that a roomful of chimpanzees randomly banging on typewriters will eventually, through random chance, write a masterpiece novel?
Selling is similar in that, if you keep plugging away at it, you will eventually get a big sale, even though you don’t know how you did it. ^ |
| •|words|impact|largest|discover|
•|here|number|study|years|put|highest|ago|university|harvard| | 3/1/2010 | Sales Tip of the Day: WORDS
A few years ago, Harvard University did a study of which words had the highest impact on the largest number of people.
Here they are:
• Discover
• Easy
• Guarantee
• Health
• Love
• Money
• New
• Proven
• Results
• Safety
• Save
• You
How many of these words are in your selling materials, brochures, or presentations? ^ |
| people|prospects|find|give|serving|new|companies|organizations|customers|influential|contact|away|wish|associations|internet|way|knew| | 2/26/2010 | Sales Tip of the Day: GIVE IT AWAY
Do you wish more people knew about you and what you do?
Go on the internet and find out which companies, associations and organizations are serving the same customers and prospects you do. ^ |
| feeling|ever|prospect|attention|regretted|paying|right|warning|instincts|signal|bad|gotten|send|ignored| | 2/25/2010 | Have you ever ignored that feeling and regretted it later?
Start paying attention when your instincts send you a warning signal that something is not quite right. ^ |
| customers|new|find|current|business|needs| | 2/24/2010 |
And seasonally, he gave customers an option for holiday light removal, or installation.
By taking a moment to step back from his business and look at other needs his current customers had, he multiplied sales without having to find new customers.
Chances are very good that you can do the same thing, and it is probably easier than you think.
All you need to do is open your eyes and see what else your current customers need help with.
© 2010 YOU ROCK!™ Communications
COMING SOO |
| customer|wrong|explain|received|wasn’t| you|time|number|fix|happened|didn’t|way| if|left|right|delivered|better|calls|somehow|tell|complains| | 2/23/2010 | It wasn’t delivered on time, or they received the wrong thing, or one of any of a number of things didn’t go the way they expected.
You could explain the why it happened. ^ |
| wrong|customer|explain|received|number|fix|delivered|time|didn’t| if|happened|tell|way| you|calls|complains|better|left|wasn’t|somehow|right| | 2/23/2010 | It wasn’t delivered on time, or they received the wrong thing, or one of any of a number of things didn’t go the way they expected.
You could explain the why it happened. ^ |
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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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| new|site|banner|ad|recently…
|iac-ez|that’s|there’s|premium|freelancefolder’s|introducing|noticed|iac-ez
you|sponsor| | 3/5/2010 | Introducing FreelanceFolder’s New Premium Sponsor, IAC-EZ
You may have noticed there’s a new banner ad at the top of the site. ^ |
| reminds|mother’s|thinking|“free”|“nothing|in…
|cliched|saying|apps|better?
everyone|open|source|myself|included|loves|free| | 3/5/2010 | Are Open Source Apps Always Better?
Everyone loves free stuff, myself included. ^ |
| disappointed|client|best|we…
|turned|work|happen|steps|seven|uh-oh|client
it|unhappy|deal| | 3/4/2010 | Seven Steps to Deal with an Unhappy Client
It can happen to the best of us: a client is disappointed with the work we turned it. ^ |
| impression|chance|second|defining|factor…
|determining|moments|drive|impressions|bad|potential|never|away
you|clients| | 3/3/2010 | Bad First Impressions That Can Drive Potential Clients Away
You never get a second chance to make a first impression. ^ |
| design|you’ll|site|visits|hear|awesome|talk|the…
|someone|beautiful|code|making|itself
a|glory|gets|website’s| | 3/2/2010 | Making Your Code as Beautiful as the Design Itself
A website’s design gets all the glory. ^ |
| meet|prospective|whether|debate|face-to-face|meeting|with…
|ongoing|reasons|seven|clients
should|face-to-face?
there’s|client| | 3/1/2010 | Seven Reasons Not to Meet with Prospective Clients
Should you meet a prospective client face-to-face?
There’s an ongoing debate about whether or not having a face-to-face meeting with…
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| learn|someone|best|make…
|mistakes|else’s|thread|open|interview|it’s|next?
freelancers| | 2/28/2010 | Open Thread: Who Would You Like Us to Interview Next?
Freelancers can and do learn from each other. ^ |
| marketmetweet|marketing|application|twitter|manage…
|allows|branding.
marketmetweet|new|clients|find|help|playing|i’ve|twitter?
lately| | 2/26/2010 | MarketMeTweet: Will It Help You Find Clients on Twitter?
Lately, I’ve been playing around with MarketMeTweet, a new Twitter application for marketing and branding.
MarketMeTweet allows you to manage…
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| icon|medialoot|free|tired|seeing|set…
|freelancefolder|announcements|getting|incredibly|new|detailed|know|set
i| | 2/25/2010 | New from MediaLoot: Incredibly Detailed Free Icon Set
I know some of you might be getting tired of seeing MediaLoot announcements on FreelanceFolder, but a free icon set…
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| myself|freelancer|bills|paid,…
|stay|freelancing
this|failed|time|successful|pretty| | 2/25/2010 | Why I Failed at Freelancing
This time around, I have been a pretty successful freelancer if I do say so myself. ^ |
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|feed
http://feeds.feedburner.com/publicrelationssydney
cheers
catriona
|to:
www.publicrelationssydney.com.au
so|reading|www.publicrelationssydney.com.au
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. ^ |
| twitter|telstra|using|customer|offer|relations|successfully|built|companies|comcast|responses|directing|[...]
|used|little|botnet-generated|faced|backlash|appears|don’t|mix
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. ^ |
| parking|car|spots.
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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| fantastic|here’s|sneak|6th|speakers|going|year|longer|higher...
|preview|summary|video|start|promoting|business|#bos2010|coming|up
i’m|boston|october|4th|software|2010|it’s| | 3/3/2010 | #BoS2010 coming up
I’m about to start promoting Business of Software 2010. ^ |
| beer|drank|alex|coded|week|coast|pizza|ate|office|back|conceived,...
|they’d|nagashree|dom|stumbled|rob|suffolk|week?
three|tools|ago|months|software|happen|downs|company|themselves|lock|barn|converted|red|four|volunteered|gaters| | 2/4/2010 | What will happen when a software company downs tools for a week?
Three months ago, four Red Gaters volunteered to lock themselves into a converted barn on the Suffolk coast for a week, ate pizza, drank beer and coded. ^ |
| steve|jobs|magic|software|interfaces|curious|vacuum*|topics|our...
|ability|create|news|tell||happen|chance
have|ingeniously|simple|tools|pint|english|ale|ever|wondered|pulling| | 2/3/2010 | don't happen by chance
Have you ever wondered what pulling a pint of English ale can tell you about software interfaces? ^ |
| he’s|puzzled|starts|questions|seconds|chair|typing...
|shift|typing|computer|sitting|doctor’s|rise|expert
i’m|office|symptoms|asked|i’ve|described| | 2/3/2010 | The rise of the expert
I’m sitting in my doctor’s office. ^ |
| million|november|valued|worth|$180,000|later|29th|1991|the...
|$54|$36|day|30th|$9000|determine|price
in|1989|piccie|window|product|virgin|mary|little|tiny|oil|painting| | 2/2/2010 | Why product doesn't determine price
In 1989 this tiny oil painting of the Virgin Mary was valued at some $9000. ^ |
| book||marketing|great|shah|brian|dharmesh|nonetheless|wave....
|creating|digital|hubspot|halligan|company|expected|review
inbound|found|@bhalligan|inbound|@dharmesh|media|blogs|social|using|google| | 11/9/2009 | Inbound marketing by @dharmesh and @bhalligan - a book review
Inbound marketing - get found using Google, social media and blogs is a great book. ^ |
| 2009|jason|software|gave|pecha|marketing|startups|blogger|geekery|kecha|attendees|going|to...
|advice|speach|bos|2008||tips|@asmartbear|business|take|advantage|time|founder|smart|bear|cohen|#bos2009)
this|guest|post| | 11/3/2009 | How to take advantage of your time at Business of Software 2009 - tips from @asmartbear (#bos2009)
This is a guest post by Jason Cohen, founder of Smart Bear Software and blogger about startups, marketing, and geekery. ^ |
| incubator|couple|examples|dollar|challenge|accidental|combine|long|take|done...
|occasional|nagging|frustration|million|four|smart|people|#codingbythesea|–|throw|house|gate|try|new|seaside|shake
at|red| | 11/2/2009 | #codingbythesea – throw four smart people into a house by the seaside and shake
At Red Gate we like to try new things. ^ |
| 2009|it’s|going|.pdf|here|awesome|sign|here.
|places|left|program
i’ve|posted|business|software|bos|@thatdesigner|download|program|thank| | 10/21/2009 | Business of Software 2009 program
I’ve just posted up the BoS 2009 program (thank you @thatdesigner). ^ |
| air|equipment|harmonicas|controllers|considering|after|radio|amplifiers|create|decided|not...
|oscilloscope|electrodes|muscle-building|finally|housewives|guide|short|pricing
in|software|dice|roll|usefully||product|launch|build|struggled|young|1938|ready|engineers| | 10/20/2009 | Don't just roll the dice - a usefully short guide to software pricing
In 1938, two young engineers were ready to launch their first product. ^ |
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| project|join|benefit|can’t|catch|right|jump|friday’s...
|person|happiness|working|have.
i|everyone’s|rare|it’s|look| | 3/5/2010 | Everyone’s project will look different, but it’s the rare person who can’t benefit. ^ |
| talk|happiness|bookshop|fox|efforts|joseph|hyatt|glamorous|bar...
|space|bellevue|beautiful|event|philadelphia.
last|book|is…a|great|thanks|kind|project|night|philadelphia| | 3/4/2010 | Happiness Is…a Great Book Event in Philadelphia.
Last night, I was in Philadelphia to talk about The Happiness Project, thanks to the kind efforts of the Joseph Fox Bookshop and the Hyatt at the Bellevue. ^ |
| myths|day|happiness|common|list|wednesday|ten| | 3/3/2010 | This Wednesday: 10 common myths about happiness. ^ |
| france|julia|move|husband|became...
|describes|transferred|french|food|fell|love|
this|weekend|child|happiness|lesson|child’s|life|book|read|wonderful| | 3/2/2010 |
This weekend, I read a wonderful book, Julia Child’s My Life in France. ^ |
| learn|remember|clearer|school|way|law|reliance,”|suddenly|saw...
|after|concept|“acting|plus|weekly|stop"|hate|hear|video.
once|allows|world|phrase|new|word| | 3/1/2010 | Plus the Weekly Video.
Once in a while, I learn a new word or phrase that allows me to see the world in a clearer way. ^ |
| highest|love|needs|attempt|write|writer|chronicling|266|days...
|full-length|play|playwright|lord|tennyson|it."
"we|alfred|blog|birth|*|intrigued| | 2/27/2010 | "We Needs Must Love the Highest When We See It."
"We needs must love the highest when we see it." ^ |
| projects|can’t|benefit|person|it’s|rare|right|friday’s...
|jump|join|catch|call|end|started|finish|you’ve|everyone’s|look|happiness|them.
i|working| | 2/26/2010 | Everyone’s project will look different, but it’s the rare person who can’t benefit. ^ |
| happiness|paradoxes|i’ve|wednesday|project|contemplate| | 2/24/2010 | This Wednesday: 9 paradoxes of happiness to contemplate as you think about your happiness project. ^ |
| africa|book|introduction|compared|book’s|war|brave|prompted|re-read|dinesen’s|isak|i...
|months|ago|gazelle.
several|happiness|visits|group|o'donnell | |