Audio: Change of Seasons – Time for Reflection
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Text: Change of Season: Time for Reflection
Listen to the audio version here. The hum of lawn mowers around here tells me that we are past spring cleaning and on to summer action. New projects are launching, and every day the pace of business is accelerating. Take time to reflect. Our recent series on failure was based on Larry Wilson’s quote, “I…
Advertising: Less is Much More
A terrific article on advertising, from BusinessWeek, referred by Smallbusiness.com Newswire. Don’t confuse advertising with journalism. Journalism’s mission is to inform the audience by presenting all the relevant facts about a given topic.…But advertising is different. … advertising needs to come across more like theater. Over the years, an unspoken social contract has developed. Consumers…
Don’t miss the Brag Basket!
The very first Brag Basket is now open and people are posting! You are cordially invited to join them by adding a comment bragging about something notable you did this week in your business. Please put your comment on the original Friday post. Comments are open at least through the weekend. So review your week…
Innovation: How to come up with Big Ideas
Successful entrepreneur Bob Parsons has a tip for coming up with big ideas: So here’s my tip. Take time – preferably away from your business — and talk about your business with your employees. Talk about what’s right and talk about what’s wrong. During your discussions, you should have no particular goal in mind other…
Tool: Jajah telephone Mother’s Day free offer
I found this announcement on BlogHer: I’m Frederik from JAJAH and just wanted to let you know that we are giving away 100 minutes of free telephony for Mother’s Day (worldwide landline and mobile). Our concept is pretty easy, all you have to do is just typing in your own phone number and the number…
Best online tools – delegate your work to the web
Great new tools are introduced every day that can help your small business. Too many tools, in fact, for anyone to keep up with! To help you, I’m collecting information on new web services and sharing it here. Now, I don’t pretend to be an expert in web 2.0 tech, so I’ll link you to…
Brag Basket: Your chance to review your week in business
Welcome to the very first Brag Basket post. Here’s how it works: 1. Think about your business this week; what went well, what didn’t work. 2. Pick one noteworthy accomplishment, splendid failure, or favorite moment. 3. Post a comment and brag about it! That’s it. We’ll do this each Friday. Our hope is that this…
