Archive for This and That

5 Minutes To a Better Business You.

Just yesterday I was reading the article “How 30 Minutes a Day Can Increase Your Intelligence” which talked about adding 30 minutes a day to expand your horizons.  It was for the most part about reading 30 minutes a day.  I do a lot of reading and this got me wondering if everyone out there [...]

Round-up Friday: Random Tips for the Business Owner

This week it seems there was a mishmash of topics on articles that I found useful but all will help you with business and marketing development.  So let’s get started. First up, is from Small Business Trends discussing event promotion.  What I found interesting was what they defined as an event and how to use [...]

Can you see me now?

Well it is official, as of last week I have joined the “B” club.  No it is not what you think…I have joined the Bifocals club.  I now have to succumb to getting bifocals with this prescription, actually trifocals but this is bad enough as it is.  I know it was coming but decided to [...]

Knowledge is Power. Or Is It?

Let me start by saying I am a big proponent of education and professional development but there is a difference between knowledge and education.  Education is the vessel to knowledge and knowledge gives you the information you need to ask the right questions and make an informed decision.  Knowledge is gained through experiences, reading, mentoring, [...]

How to Loose a Sales, Rant

We are in the middle of another remodel and surprisingly this one is going quite well.  Since all tasks at hand are taking not as long and coming in under budget we decided to tackle the windows now instead of later.  Which brings me to my rant. I called three companies to have them come [...]

Round-up Friday: From Social Media to Borrowering eBooks

This weeks round-up really is a mishmash of topics that I found interesting. We all know by now that social media is a great piece to our marketing puzzle and according to Hubspot ” 41% of B2B companies and 62% of B2C companies that use Facebook have acquired a customer because of it. In addition, [...]