After inspiration strikes and a brilliant idea is sparked in your mind, do you share it with the world or hide it away? Hoarding ideas isn’t good for you and it isn’t good for the rest of the world. When you hoard ideas you just end up with a big pile of sticky notes or […]
When you were a kid you would play with all the toys. You’d get every single item out of the toybox and spread them across the living room or yard and mix ’em all together to create one giant game set. G.I. Joe’s rode on the back of Hot Wheels cars like they were rocket-powered […]
When you’re sitting in your workspace and are surrounded by all sorts of office supplies, you can choose to write down your ideas on pretty much anything from a whiteboard to a desktop calendar to a pad of Post-its, but when you’re on the road and going mobile — you want to make certain you […]
A Hollywood reboot of movies and TV series seem to be the latest go-to trend for producing content. How many different Batman movies have there been? Seems like they just finish rebooting it with one actor and they immediately introduce the next. I was just getting used to Ben Affleck in the cape and cowl […]
Even if your ideas are as good as bacon, sometimes the customer just isn’t connecting with your energy and they say “no” to your idea because they just don’t like the idea you brought to them. Offering creative new ideas is a great way to get a meeting with a prospect, but your ideas not only […]
Back when the fast food burger advertising wars were in full effect, it was interesting to see just how many different ways they could position their burgers to compete against each other. I mean, a cheeseburger is a cheeseburger. Right? The competing burger ads were never about who was cheaper… it was about you deserving […]
When a customer brings you into the room, they are looking for a new point of view. A new opinion. An outside expert’s advice and insight into the situations being faced by their company. When a salesperson, customer service representative, consultant, graphic designer, or other outside contractor experiences self doubt and pulls their punches by […]