Category Archives: business
Life Is Good
Just getting caught up on a few odds and ends…. Life is very exciting right now. We’ve just come through an amazing political campaign creating brand, web, social media, advertising and mail components for John Kolk running in the nomination … Continue reading
Can You Predict The Future?
12 Little Words That Will Help You Predict the Future written by Cliff Ennico It’s a rough economy out there, but even scarier than the persistent threats of recession; deflation; countries defaulting on their debt; government’s inability to balance the … Continue reading
Filed under business, Best Practices, Customer Service, learning, adult learning, government, economics
Where Does Your Marketing Start?
At our firm, we are knee-deep in a couple of really fascinating marketing projects right now and, as usual, every client situation still presents opportunities to learn even though I have been working in marketing for close to 20 years. … Continue reading
Filed under Best Practices, Boards, business, Clarity, collaborate, communication, Customer Service, marketing, social marketing
The Big Picture
Thank you to gratitude guru Wes Hopper for sharing this insight: “It will make an immense difference with your faith and spirit whether you look upon civilization as a good thing which is becoming better or as a bad and … Continue reading
Filed under adult learning, business, Clarity, Life's Lessons, Motivation, philosophy, sales motivation, setting goals
Seeing The Big Picture Even In Crisis
This piece from Delancey Place is an important reminder in the face of the near-panic we are seeing from American leaders: “In today’s excerpt – in a banking crisis, such as the one the U.S. faced in 2007/2008 and whose … Continue reading
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“If It Is To Be…”
I know we all have times where we are simply overloaded with the demands of work, family and community, but there was something in this piece from SparkPeople that hit home for me. It’s been hot and I know there … Continue reading
Filed under adult learning, Best Practices, business, Clarity, Life's Lessons, Motivation, sales motivation
Tell Your Story Well
Here’s a great, easy to understand piece on storytelling for business by writer Matthew E. May , Founder, Shibumi Creative Works April 21, 2011 Judging by the number of books published in the last six months on the topic of … Continue reading
I Love Mondays
And I love Wizard of Ads guru Roy H. Williams for his brilliant insights on marketing and human behavior. From Roy, here is this week’s Monday Morning Memo: Relevance, Real-evance, Relate-evence Relevance has always been an important part of effective … Continue reading
Filed under advertising, Best Practices, business, Clarity, communication, Customer Service, marketing, philosophy
Changing Your Negative To A Positive
Can Your Negative Actually be a Positive? Some very smart thinking from the SoundAdvice newsletter and Michelle@clearskyradio.com “Once consumers have perceptions about you or your business, positive or negative, changing those perceptions can be a monumental task. A marketing consultant … Continue reading
Filed under advertising, business, Customer Service, EWI, sales, Uncategorized
Building Confidence in Your Speaking Ability
Here, from Ragan.com an article on delivering a great presentation in front of an intimidating audience: 12 keys to delivering a killer presentation Don’t neglect a crucial part of your duties to yourself and your audience as a professional speaker … Continue reading
Filed under adult learning, Best Practices, business, Clarity, Public Speaking, writing
