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I know, I know, you’ve all heard the “ask why five times” cliché over and over and over. Why repeat it again? I’ll tell you why. It’s because of a story I heard just last week from an extremely successful rep with more than 30 years of experience Read More

Since its beginning until now, the Internet has exponentially grown into something that has a profound impact on our work, knowledge, worldviews and daily lives. Reports like users spending more than 25 hours a month on Facebook; a single website, leaves us wondering the amount of time we spent on the Net. Read More

Want the "edgy" feel of a social media presence while maintaining total control over your brand image? Want to put yourself out there with a marketing message built on feedback from your customers and a transparent approach to all aspects of your business but aren't prepared to make the substantial changes necessary when your customers tell you you're headed in the wrong direction? That a lesson currently being learned the hard way by the traditional media industry. Social media branding requires a dramatically new approach to your customers and your product Read More

Yes, Facebook is now facing legal suits over it’s privacy issues! A Toronto based lawfirm, known for previous suits over breast implants and chocolate makers, has just launched a new class action lawsuit against Facebook, where they’ve alleged that Facebook has mishanded sensitive user data–the latest development in a resurgence of action against the social network’s privacy policies Read More

I don’t quite know how to react to the feedback I’m getting on my series of selling with finance blog posts. It ranges from comments like, “Excellent, this is so critical,” & “I commend you,” to “I wouldn’t waste my time reading this irrelevant-to-sales stuff,” and “Sorry, I skipped that post because I don’t understand finance and don’t need to.” There’s not actually too much in between. Seems pretty polarized with vastly more of the latter Read More

BizSugar is a COMMUNITY. A wonderful one made up of successful businesspeople. Could we start a project to give something back? An award or scholarship to a struggling entrepreneur? To a needy student? A disabled veteran? The spouse of a slain police officer?

Such a project would instill within us the spirit of giving and the PR for BizSugar could be ENORMOUS! My thoughts in this post.. Read More

These 101 social media tools will help you improve everything from social media marketing to social media measurement and metrics-gathering. A very nice reference list to bookmark Read More

Last week I was listening to the latest This Week in Tech podcast, in which one of the guests was speaking about the concept of Email Apena - a temporary absence or suspension of breathing.. Read More

Critical question: Would a CEO, CFO or C-Whatever-O rather talk to you about features, benefits, price and discounts or an ROI of 78% and $486 grand of positive net cash flow Read More

Avatar means incarnation, appearance, or manifestation. What is your online Avatar? What constitutes an acceptable online image? Find out in this article Read More