We were driving down 280 today (@tonylegrone) and I (@garrett98), when a discussion about chicken strips started. Turns out Dairy Queen has changed vendors or products when it comes to chicken strips. As Tony said, “They use to be huge and juicy!” Now they are these skimpy and very average strips. We went through all the reasons why a company would go from a premium product to a very garden variety and sub par brand of strips.

In a good economy . . .

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Now, were an auspicious couple for sure, but this evening was a lesson in both; social media and embracing the new marketing methods.

Constantly people in my field (consulting) are getting hammered with Social Media questions. Last week I was asked, “Is it just the cost of doing business, or is there real benefit?” So, here is a very simple “case in point.”

I’m sitting literally two and a half feet from my wife. She has a blog that she does to . . .

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If by some cosmic chance you read my post about choosing a good domain name for your website.

There is a super great article on the same subject over at Smashing Magazine. Please read it. It goes into greater detail and philosophy on naming and you can learn a lot from it.

–> The Effective Strategy For Choosing Right Domain Names

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First, sorry for the hiatus on the blog. Our group has been going crazy with a few clients and blogging took a back seat. But we’ve got a few topics we’ll be covering this week.

In our last blog, we talked about the ten dangerous tendencies some business owners and top managment posses. Now, we’re going to cover WHY they are so detrimental to procuding and cultivating a strong work force. So, here we go:

1. The idea that, we’ve done it . . .

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