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IMHO :) 6 Characteristics of Small Business Owners

06/21/201312/01/2015Blog, humor, leadership, management, small business, Social Mediabusiness, Clueless, connection, corporate franchise, entrepreneur, family birthday, franchise department, happy friends, Magazines and E-zines, National Small Business Week, Networking and Peer Support, Percentage, productivity, Small business, small business owner, small business owners, time management, United States

People ask why I only work with Small Businesses in the U.S. Because American Small Business owners are Passionate and crazy about their business! Not that there is anything wrong with working for a corporation, Read More

The 1st Cell Phone Call – a Retrospective

04/03/201311/27/2015Blog, marketing, small business, Social MediaBell System, billboards, boomers, business, Communications, connection, Facebook, high school, internet, LinkedIn, Ma Bell, magazines, Marketing, Martin Cooper, Mobile phone, Motorola DynaTAC, newspaper, nostalgia, phone extension, productivity, Skype, Small business, Social Media, Social network, success, technology, time management, twitter, United States, Web browser

Mashable posted this morning about today making 40 years since the first cell phone call was made. I had to stop and calculate how young I was at the time…

From Skadeedle [Infographic]: Email Marketing Etiquette Dos & Don’ts

03/08/2013Blog, leadership, management, marketing, non-profit, small business, Social MediaAlt attribute, business, Communications, connection, customer loyalty, customer service, Education and Training, Email marketing, entrepreneur, Exponential growth, exponential increase, Google, infographic, internet, Marketing, minor detail, Opt-out, retail, Sales, Skadeedle, Small business, small business marketing, Smartphone, Social Media, Social network, success, technology, United States

Email Marketers! You can’t afford not to address each point on the infographic from Skadeedle below! Don’t risk an “Opt-out” or an unsubscribe because you overlooked what you might think of as a minor detail.

The Win-Win of Social Media Through Unexpected Uses. Pt. 2: Hidden Genius of QR Codes!

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Still think QR Codes are useless? When QR codes (QR = quick response) were introduced, success was implied. And then… nothing… because there weren’t enough people with phones with scanning ability. BUT, with SmartPhone purchases on an exponential rise, …

It’s the Holidays, Take a Break! 15 Signs You May Be Addicted to Technology

12/24/201212/01/2015Blog, humor, non-profit, small business, Social MediaBlack Friday, blogging, Christmas, Communications, connection, Facebook, gaming, Holiday, IPhone, Social Media, technology, Telephone, Thanksgiving, transportation, YouTube

Our generation doesn’t ring the doorbell, they text or call to say they’re outside.

As much as we are seeing Black Friday bleed into Thanksgiving Thursdays, Christmas is still, thankfully, a day when MOST businesses are closed… Maybe WE need to “close,” too. Are you guilty? Ok, admit it… do you have any (or all) of these signs of technology addiction?

Why Consumers DO Buy Rather Than Why They SHOULD Buy.

12/01/201212/01/2015Blog, leadership, management, marketing, non-profit, small businessAffinity Marketing, blogging, business, Communications, connection, Consulting, Consumer, corporate marketing, customer loyalty, customer service, david ogilvy, Education and Training, entrepreneur, Facebook, good fortune, LinkedIn, Marketing, marketing department, productivity, recognition, retail, Sales, Small business, Social Media, twitter, wonderment

What I learned in a hurry about working in Marketing is that one side is about convincing the buyer they want or need your product or service, the other side of the coin is about convincing the seller they need to market their product or service.