Thanks, Chris Brogan for dropping by to comment on “Not Free Agents. Guild Members!” This is great! It’s exciting to see the conversation carry on. I’m interested in the number six part of the discussion. I can’t disagree, but am wondering why that number works. I happened to read Chris’ original post and one over…
from Kristen Osolind: Microsoft is scheduled to launch Origami, a new handheld device reportedly designed to appeal to women, on March 9th. It’s billed as “an easy-to-use flexible device that folds and unfolds to perform 8 consumer electronics functions.” The rumored 8 functions: digital camera, video camcorder, smartphone, MP3 player, PDA, Internet access and Internet…
Yaro Starak has put together a great post on Blogging for Beginners and blog traffic. If you blog, or are considering it, this is an excellent read!
The research behind some recent posts reminded me of what we already know. Rural and small town small biz get no respect. You can find all the info in the world for entrepreneurs and small businesses with up to 500 employees. You and I both know that in our world, 500 employees qualifies you as…
By Anita Campbell, author of Small Business Trends So how do I follow business trends? Many many ways, but I will describe fiveof them. First, I subscribe to magazines. Second, I read multiple newspapers. Third, I use many of the RSS feedmonitoring tools and specialty search engines that have hit the market at adizzying pace…
The Del.icio.us Popular list is one of the methods I too have been using for several months now. From perusing the bookmarks on the Del.icio.us Popular pages, you can see the problems that people are trying to solve. For instance, right now the Popular pages contain several bookmarks related to (1) email triage, and (2)…
“Motivation alone is not enough. If you have an idiot and you motivate him, now you have a motivated idiot.” Jim Rohn Knowwhatimean? [Jim Rohn] [motivation]
More on the subject of combating “brain drain.” This time: how to get your alumni back, at any stage of life. Action Items for Everyone: Hold awe inspiring alumni reunions. Cross the Year boundaries and combine all the classes. Do this more than once every millenia. (Waynoka does it every 5 years.) Pick one online…
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