Think about your best friends and most trusted confidants. How did they achieve that upper ranking from among all the other people you’ve met in your life? Now think about the people in your life that would list YOU as one of their best friends and trusted confidants. Lots of the same people, right? So, […]
If you have a better idea, a better concept, a more advanced innovation; then by all means sound off. If you have a better idea to improve a product or service, cultivate customer connections, grow the business, increase profits; then your voice should be heard. If you have a better idea that improves nations, brings […]
One of my personal creative strengths has always been the ability to generate ideas for a specific client and their specific industry. I’ve developed that ability by immersing myself in a client’s business. I subscribe to trade publications, join industry mailing lists, visit industry websites, and basically just soak up as much information as I […]
Amazon says it can ship items before customers order. Is this some sort of mind reading trick? Hardly. They’ve just been paying attention to their customers. Want to read the minds of YOUR customers? Here are a few tips to help you. 1. Wish List Amazon allows users to keep multiple list of things they […]
Among Dictionary.com’s definitions of the word “Eclipse” are the following: A reduction or loss of splendor, status, reputation, etc. To make less outstanding or important by comparison. In the past I’ve always told my consulting clients that Facebook was a great place to find and connect with people who are interested in the products and […]
I once considered myself a “Google Anal(ytics) Retentive”. When Google Analytics first launched, they made it so simple and easy to install a few lines of code on your site in order to view “valuable” data about your website traffic that I became enamored with this toy. I could generate pages and pages of reports […]
There are two ways for you rise above the crowd, stand head and shoulders over your competitors, and make your way to the top of the heap. The first way is to build yourself up Gain the knowledge you need, pay your dues, and make the mistakes required to enable you to avoid those mistakes […]