Do you have your “Social Space”?
After 17 years of running businesses I have always marveled at the fact that we need to name everything in the business world. We have to give everything a three letter abbreviation or we have to create a buzz word for something that no one really gets, but heck if it has a catchy phrase, then by all mean it has to work! I do admit some of the names are so catchy that even I throw them out there. Like Web 2.0 or SERP ( Search Engine Results Positioning... Read More
Your best customer was once your worst
The old saying a picture is worth a thousand words has helped photographers and visual artists for centuries. Now I want to introduce to you a saying that will profit you thousands of dollars and help you successfully grow your business for the years to come. ”Your mistakes will make you rich, if you but admit to them.” Simple enough right? Wrong, trick question there. This is perhaps the hardest lesson to learn in business and... Read More
Keep it simple and save a tree
In reading one of Seth Godin’s blogs and seeing this on the New York Times AND after a network luncheon this afternoon, I couldn’t shut my brain off about content. Yes content. Take a look at the links, I want to take this a little different direction on this. Why is it that we, business owners, think we need to say so much about what we do? It is fine to talk while networking or elaborate in a speech, but when we are sharing our message about... Read More
