I work with three heating and air conditioning companies. They're on their way here to Columbia for our first meeting of the minds. Why not? They all know each other a little, but wouldn't it be …
Small Business Social Media: “There Is No Wizard!”
Last week, I sat through a presentation on social media put on by a local community magazine - many towns have them - that feature articles about, coincidentally, sponsors and do "Best of" polls and …
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Godin: The Least I Could Do
Love this, but Seth Godin posted it over the weekend, so in case you missed it ... One way to think about running a successful business is to figure out what the least you can do is, and do that. …
Two Kinds of Compliments
"Young man, I want to pay you two compliments," he said - with a wink in his voice before even so much as 'hello' in our weekly phone call. These calls always make me nervous. What if we're tracking …
Notes from a Media Sales Roundtable
In truth, our get-together yesterday afternoon to discuss our frustrations with media ad reps and potential fixes for those frustrations took place at a rectangular table. Sorry. I've sent the 46 …
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The Difference Between Success and Failure
The difference between success and failure isn't the business. It's the business owner. One of my new clients emailed me this story. I'm not sure of its author, but it appears - like so many good …
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