The best way to get a good idea...

DON! The Idea Guy Linus Pauling said the best way to get a good idea was to get a lot of ideas -- but the question then becomes, how do you get a lot of ideas? The answer is easy... DON THE IDEA GUY!

01 May 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Five Buck Brainstorms

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I am happy to announce the relaunch of a newly revamped and reinvented twist on an idea I had a few years back to sell custom brainstorms for just $5 each. The new www.FiveBuckBrainstorms.com offers original Don The Idea Guy brainstorms on a variety of topics that I choose — and that you can submit [...]

29 April 2013 ~ 0 Comments

KickStart Your Week : Whitney Bishop

KickStart Your Week : Whitney Bishop

On this episode of KickStart Your Week, Tomas Lydahl and I had a lot of fun speaking with (and learning from) another fellow Gitomer Certified Speaker,  Whitney Bishop. Whitney Bishop is a Change Agent, Non Profit Leader, Trainer and Facilitator who guides individuals, teams and organizations through change and transition.  Whitney uses one-on-one and group sessions [...]

22 April 2013 ~ 0 Comments

KickStart Your Week : Laurie Brown

KickStart Your Week : Laurie Brown

This week Tomas Lydahl and I had a great experience interviewing fellow Gitomer Certified Speaker Laurie Brown. Laurie is the owner of The Difference, a Customer Service and Presentation Skills training company. Laurie has over twenty-five years experience as a speaker and trainer. A key asset that Laurie brings to her work is her range [...]

15 April 2013 ~ Comments Off

KickStart Your Week : Joey Reiman

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In this week’s featured episode of KickStart Your Week, I was pretty thrilled to be able to speak to a guy who helped form the basis of my “ideas for sale” business model. Joey Reiman’s earlier book, “Thinking For A Living” made a big impact on the way I valued ideas, and the way I [...]

09 April 2013 ~ Comments Off

Lead-Foot Advertising

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In rush to show results from social media advertising, many companies are using tools that have been newly made available to them by those same social media companies who are in a rush to show revenue increases from advertising sources (I’m talking to you Facebook and Twitter) that ultimately annoy — not engage — the [...]