On February 11 our friend Ramon Ray is co-producing the Third Annual Small Business Summit 2008 in New York City. (OK, that’s not very small town, but, hey, you New Englanders might want to make the trip.) He expects 400 attendees, up from 330 people last year and 40 exhibitors. Speakers include small business owners,…
Each Friday, I open the brag basket as a fun place to brag or promote yourself and your projects. Fridays are doubly special, though. We are also celebrating Frozen Pea Friday for Susan Reynolds. I encourage you to join me and donate the cost of a bag of frozen peas (or more) to cancer-fighting research…
Chris Brogan wrote a great post about promoting your media to the online world. That made me think about increasing your audience by reaching out to new people. Jon Swanson and I decided to collaborate on a follow up, how to promote your online 2.0 media to the offline 0.0 world. Here are my suggestions:…
I love a small business technology challenge! BarbaraKB on Twitter asked for someone to respond to an article in BusinessWeek, wherein Gene Marks listed off some tech ‘solutions’ he says small businesses “can’t use.” Can’t? All small businesses? Marks is, I think, off the mark. Let’s go through his list of 10 “overhyped and underwhelming…
Each Friday, I open the brag basket as a fun place to brag or promote yourself and your projects. Fridays are doubly special, though. We are also celebrating Frozen Pea Friday for Susan Reynolds. I encourage you to join me and donate the cost of a bag of frozen peas (or more) to cancer-fighting research…
Why are failures important? We learn from our blunders. Here’s another perspective on this idea. “The capacity to blunder slightly is the real marvel of DNA. Without this special attribute, we would still be anaerobic bacteria and there would be no music.” – Lewis Thomas, author of Lives of a Cell Hat tip to “Pistachio”…
Ted Demopoulos is a frequent speaker at conferences, conventions, and other business events, author of What No One Ever Tells You About Blogging and Podcasting: Real-Life Advice from 101 People Who Successfully Leverage the Power of the Blogosphere, and coauthor of Blogging for Business. He’s also a friend of mine, and he contributed to The…
Each Friday, I open the brag basket as a fun place to brag or promote yourself and your projects. Fridays are doubly special, though. We are also celebrating Frozen Pea Friday for Susan Reynolds. I encourage you to join me and donate the cost of a bag of frozen peas (or more) to cancer-fighting research…
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