Monthly Archives: July 2010
Climb Up on the Rooftop!
Good morning, and happy Friday! When I was the ‘junior kid’ working at my first real advertising sales position (ok, many years ago!) I thought the old-timers in the office were jaded, cynical and fossilized in their thinking about customers … Continue reading
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Making Love to a Gorilla
I have heard the phrase that being in business and judging your market is like making love to a gorilla – you don’t stop when you think you’re done, but when they think you’re done. Business columnist Cliff Ennico addresses … Continue reading
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An $8000 Pizza
Sales guru and author Art Sobczak is another one of the handful of business leaders I read daily. Here, he summarizes a disappointing telephone experience with a local pizza house: “A number of years ago a marketing exec with Dominos … Continue reading
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Deliberate Practice- the Key to Mastery
Thank you to DelancyPlace.com (one of my daily addictions!) and author David Shenk (The Genius In Us All) for this thoughtful piece: In today’s excerpt – practice. Rather than being the result of genetics or inherent genius, truly outstanding skill … Continue reading
Filed under adult learning, Best Practices, brain pathways, Clarity, community, Developing content, humanity, learning, mastery, neuroscience, philosophy, writing
Gift Wrapping Jello
When I first started ANCO Business Solutions I knew that we had to develop a ‘product mix’. Consulting businesses (I have worked with a few!) are notorious for being hard to nail down; kind of like gift wrapping jello. When … Continue reading
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Building a Niche in a Connected World
More and more I subscribe to the idea that success is most likely in this new global age by peeling off our social masks, becoming increasingly authentic, and then aligning ourselves with others who ‘get it’; a process I have … Continue reading
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Are You Suffering From Symptoms of Inner Peace?
This came across my desk from Linda Ment at Wellness Technologies, very cool thought for the day. Symptoms of Inner Peace Copyright © 1984 Saskia Davis www.symptomsofinnerpeace.net Watch for signs of peace. The hearts of great many have already been … Continue reading
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Scratch Your Own Itch?
Lately I am listening to the book Re-Work. The authors talk about developing a business or product based on needs that we ourselves have, in their words to “scratch your own itch”. I started thinking about the basis on which my business was … Continue reading
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The Creative Side of EWI Lethbridge
Kelly Vander Hooft has been a friend through the Chamber for several years, and brings great energy and spirit to her role as Programming Chair for EWI Lethbridge. Kelly was born and raised in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Right out of … Continue reading
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Creating Readable Newsletters
9 Helpful Tips for Creating Newsletters That Readers Love to Read Content 1. Keep it short. Newsletters generally are best kept to the highlights or summary of your topic. If you are using an electronic version, create the possibility for … Continue reading
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