Emily Bell of The Guardian, a 200 year old news organization in the UK, is talking Twategy. It would seem that the brush fire of the main stream flocking to social media has caused a flutter among the large organizations. It is not uncommon for a CEO or high level executive to grab the reigns of social media, we even have the opportunity to Tweet with the stars as seen by Ashton Kutcher hitting the one million...

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If you have called a business lately and been asked to, “Press one for blah…blah…blah.” You have entered into press one hell. I have yet to witness a person that gets excited when they are faced with a myriad of menu choices, an endless stream of menus, followed by a voicemail box at the end. And yet business continue to create these mazes. Do they intend to irritate their customers?...

How many times have you ended a day and the first thought is – wow, that was a busy day. Have you ever followed that thought up with – but I didn’t get anything done! This is not uncommon. As a matter of fact busy does not equate to getting things done. In light of this being a problem for many busy business professionals I took a moment to analyze my own business. When doing such a task...

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Is the phone ringing off-the-hook? Are emails piling in? Are customers just clamoring at the doors before they open for business? Solutions to Crickets The answer to these questions should always be a resounding, “YES!” If that is the case, I must congratulate you. If the answer is, “Sort of, ” then you definitely have something right. If your answer is, “Not really.” Have...

“I learned a valuable lesson this weekend – Nay! I was the valuable lesson this weekend.” Let me explain. This last weekend, my wife and decided that it was time to have one of those “Huge Yard Sales” that every urban community enjoys. It was really a lot of fun, and we met a lot of great people in the process. It turned out to be record-breaking heat, in excess of 100 degrees – 102 degrees...

Kazaam! Disaster Strikes Disaster can strike anyone, but someone in BNI is in a special category.  Let me take you to a moment in time for a member by the name of Jamie that had a fire ravage through her home and destroy everything.  The only thing that wasn’t destroyed was Jamie’s car, parked neatly at the curb, containing her briefcase from work which she had forgotten to bring in the night before. The...