Know your customer well. It's the golden rule. We have all heard about it. We all know it and yet so many will still take a chance picking up the phone and dialing a random with a number from a list or their CRM hoping to charm their prospect and coax them into buying. It's not just phone based, emails and direct mails are often send with a hit or Read More
I thought I focus on nine ways that Twitter can be more useful for you. It's still not a tool for everybody (I don't really believe any tool can be). But hopefully these tips offer you some ideas on using the site well, regardless of what stage you happen to be in. Read More
Effort is important, but... Read More
Do you believe that you can achieve success or you cant? Believe in yourself whenever no one else will. Read More
British inventor, entrepreneur, and industrialist Dyson first came to notice with his design of the Ballbarrow, which won a Building Design Innovation Award (1977). Having sold his interests in this product, he developed the innovative G-Force vacuum cleaner. Unable to interest any European manufacturers to invest in its manufacture he worked with Read More
There's now an easy way to find partners and suppliers - and with video it can be entertaning too. Check out the new video based service provider directory. Read More
In terms of innovation, 2008 rolled on as ever. It's obviously hard to judge just how many new start-ups there were in the world, but in a part-fun part-research blog posting, Music Ally has attempted to list how many web start-ups there were just in relation to their own niche, which is obviously music....Read more on cmypitch.com Read More
Some time ago we realized that a number of our webinar attendees were already tweeting about our presentations. We were long-time users of Twitter for marketing purposes and we recognized this as another opportunity to extend our reach and create buzz, listen and engage with our community, and add additional value to our events. Read More
Consider this riff from a professionaly printed freestanding sign in front of a Peet's in San Jose: "Unlike Any Coffee You've Ever Tasted Before." Wait. Why the capitals? "Unlike any coffee you've ever tasted before." "Before" is redundant. "Unlike any coffee you've ever tasted." Read More
Here are 6 steps to make that process as easy, enjoyable, and productive as possible when working with the designer who will ultimately create structural and navigational elements of the client's website. It's important to be involved in the design process from the start, as I'm sure you've got valuable nuggets to impart, right from the wireframe Read More
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