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After working for over 20 years on various projects simultaneously I have tried to figure out the very best To Do system. I have done the hacked Get Things Done, Franklin Covey binders that were so stuffed that you couldn't... Read More

Anyone contemplating doing business with you will go to Google or another major search engine and research you, your key executives and your company. What they find in the search results will determine whether you have a new client/customer or whether that potential client has been driven away by negative comments and an overall negative perception of you, your company and your executives. Read More

When I first opened my computer store, I envisioned myself behind a desk or workbench, building, selling and repairing PCs, but not necessarily in that order. To be honest, I mostly thought about building and repairing them. I really didn't think much about the selling part at all. In fact, the who Read More

It’s getting to be quite a social jungle out there, even before the announcement of Google Buzz, and that’s a good thing – particularly if you’re an individual or business ever on the lookout to attract new customers and stay connected with existing ones. Read More

A look at how different perspectives impact business basics in cross-cultural sales. And identifying different perspectives is one of the first skills international sales people develop. Read More

Rupert Murdoch became the owner of his first newspaper, the Adelaide News, at the ripe old age of 22. Today he owns 170 newspapers, including the crown jewel, the Wall Street Journal. He explains why the Wall Street Journal's circulation has grown since September 2007 (a month after Murdoch bought it), while the other ten largest newspapers in the U.S. have shrunk. Why? The answer may surprise Read More

On this Presidents day we will take a look back at what President Reagan had to say about small business.  Americans faced a challenge in the 1980's, much like Read More

Robb Mandelbaum, in his You're the Boss column in the small business section of the New York Times, reports trouble for small business legislation in Congress as support for hiring and investing incentives and to spur small business lending face some resistance. Both are key components of the Obama Administration's plan to bolster small business, but whether these measures can make it through the Read More

Lawsuits are expensive, time-consuming, and can considerably hinder a small business. Detailed, well-drafted, and skillfully negotiated contracts are worth the Read More

Social media monitoring software immediately returns efficiency to your day by consolidating your monitoring destinations. However, as is the case with any great data collection, it simply generates more questions. One of those questions most recently top of mind with our clients is: Who, in all the chatter, is influential?

Here are some of the ways we look at mapping influence. Read More