The number of social networking sites has exploded in the past few years, with truly social outlets such as Facebook learning to share MySpace with people who want to get LinkedIn on Plaxo. I constantly get invites from former colleagues, family and friends to join them online at one network or another. The latest social [...]
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End-of-year self review part 3: updating yourself
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We discussed what small businesses can be doing to prepare for the coming year in Part 2 of the series. Today, we’ll get into the fun stuff: focusing on you.
Your personal “look” says a lot to clients. Whether you’re in the office every day or work at home in sweats and tee shirt, eventually, [...]
End-of-year self review part 2: preparing your small business for the New Year
Filed under: How To, Project Management, Small Business, Uncategorized
We discussed basic office organization in part 1 of the series. Today, we’ll focus on the home-based office. We recommend starting with the organization discussed in part 1, as it will make your small business tasks we’ll be tackling here much, much easier.
Step 1: Review your professional materials
While we live in a primarily digital world, [...]
End-of-year self review, part 1: organizing your office life for a happy New Year
Filed under: Consulting, How To, Project Management, Small Business, Uncategorized
It’s the end of the year, when offices are mostly empty and the self-employed are at the movies. Whether you volunteered to stay at work “in case a client calls” or you’re just taking it easy in the home office, you have work to do. In this three part series, we’ll discuss the key tasks [...]
Stupid Marketing Tricks: TNT’s fake mix tape doesn’t ‘Say Anything’ interesting
Filed under: Customer Focus, Marketing, Uncategorized | Tags: Marketing
Cable network TNT sent its marketing team in the wayback machine this week to send out a “sneak peek” at a new show, Men of a Certain Age. Which, based on the cast (Scott Bakula, Andre Braugher and Ray Romano) is somewhere in the late 40s to early 50s. Presumably, these men of a certain [...]