At South by Southwest, I again ran into Frank Robinson, Lockhart, TX. He was just coming out of the session on visual note taking, and he taught me three things about drawing and thinking. A mistake is something you did unintentionally, that looks different than what you wanted. If you can draw out the problem,…
Every once in a while, someone will tell me, “I could never brag.” Well, let me tell you something; you can brag here. I give you permission. Even though I call this the Brag Basket, it’s not really about bragging. It’s about sharing. I started this so you can introduce yourself, share some good news,…
Because there are so many sole proprietor businesses, two questions come up over and over: Can you sell a sole proprietor business? and Can a sole proprietor have more than one owner? Can you sell a sole proprietorship? Pirate Bob, Sole Proprietor Yes. You are not selling stock like you would in a corporation, and…
Third Tribe has turned into my marketing mastermind group. I’m taking time to talk about it today, because the monthly fee goes to $97 per month after Monday, May 31, 2010. If you want to lock in $47 per month for the life of your membership, now is the time to join. Third Tribe was…
Tourism has more to gain from social media marketing than any other industry. That’s my opinion. It’s also why Sheila Scarborough and I created Tourism Currents. Two quick updates from Tourism Currents: We’re getting close to reopening the courses to a new round of students. If you want to know more about how to use…
Last week, a simple Facebook post about tourism turned into an impromptu brainstorming session. Let’s add to it. Here’s the original post, a tweet I borrowed from @Miss_Dazey: from @Miss_Dazey: “Personal opinion: Small businesses should promote tourism. Tourists like neat local places, don’t always know about them.” Becky McCray Karen Hoeltzel Payne and Deb During…
Seen at the Kansas Cosmosphere: Up to the day of President Kennedy’s speech [announcing the plan to go to the moon within the decade], NASA and the US military had attempted 80 satellite launches, and 49 had been failures. Success rate 39% What is your success rate? Would setting an audacious goal help you improve? …
A local merchant had a radio ad where at the end… they mentioned their local competition and asked us to keep $$ local. Very cool. @codyks on Twitter Now that is a commitment to shop local. Also particularly good for small towns. If you’re promoting shop local in your town, take a look at our…
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