Building upon 2011

Another year has passed and truly the seasons are getting shorter and shorter. Simply said I am getting older and hopefully wiser. Each New Year I take a hard look back and analyze that year’s business plan and create a new one. I realize it is still is a tough economic time we are facing [...]

Modern Marketing

Did you know that by the end of 2011 the number of text messages sent is expected to break the 8 billion mark in the U.S.? What does this mean exactly? Besides it indicating Americans are too lazy to pick up the phone and actually TALK it can be a positive sign for business owners. [...]

The five key business truths my kids reminded me of over April vacation.

For the first time in a long time we didn’t go away for a family April vacation. Truth be told I missed the long drive from Boston to Miami. Maybe next year or this summer. Persistence: Boy oh boy were my kids relentless when they wanted to have an evening party. They were not harassing, [...]

Top 5 Social Communications tips for the Executive Suite

As the social communications freight train turns in to a high- speed locomotive C-Level Executives are being forced to truly embrace the idea of positioning their companies in the social space. Not just for the short, but for long-term growth and sustainability. I have seen way to many general posts that speak about the utilization [...]

What does “buying local” mean for your business?

“Be Loyal, Buy Local” – You’ve probably heard this slogan before or some variation of it, e.g “Think Globally, act locally.” But what does it mean for your business? And what affect does it have on your community? In a nut shell, when products are purchased at locally owned businesses rather than nationally owned, more money is [...]

business priorities: a quick check

I bet you thought today’s blog would be about the Verizon iPhone or Facebook’s forcing everyone to update to the new profile layout. But it’s not. You could read about that anywhere. Just as you could look at nearly any other blog in this space and find entry after entry talking about the social media tools [...]

New Years Resolution?

So you have made it through another year. Hopefully you got out of 2010 pretty unscaved with revenues rebounding in the last few quarters. If you were part of the lucky few you saw revenues steadily increase throughout the year. So what should you do going into 2011? Do you just make a New Years [...]

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