So, Tony Legrone – @tonylegrone – knows that I love my, NetNewsWire. I use NetNewsWire to capture all the RSS feeds from the blogs I enjoy. Just as a quick promo, some of my favorites are:
B’ham Blogging Academy – Also, you can follow Wade Kwon @wadeontweets
LA Kings Blog (By Rich Hammond)
Seth Godins Blog – @caetee Turned me onto this one… good call kiddo.
B’ham Entrepreneur Blog – @briancauble is the guy running this, and pound for pound, one of the best . . .
Look anywhere, from the nightly news to the business section of Barnes & Noble. Social Media is all the rage and is worth the press it is getting, no doubt – well, accept Ad Agencies. I kid! I kid! (@griner gets it, really.Lucky is, well… Lucky to have him! Ya, my humor is that bad.)
This blog isn’t about whether or not your business SHOULD be leveraging social media and networking to further your message and more importantly, to connect with your . . .
Billy Mays passed this week and it’s not just sad, but perhaps the end of an era. Mays said, “I was the last guy trained on the Atlantic City Boardwalk.” This post isn’t so much about the passing of Mr. Mays, who was a pro of his craft and will be missed, but more about the changing of the guard, from “pitch” selling to consultive assistance.
As I’ve trained sales teams in the US, I’ve taught the different styles and approaches that . . .
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If there was a drill-tipped-business-concept I could clip into a power drill, I’d clamp my clients head in a vice and drill this mantra into their head:
“It’s not about you!”
Say it with me now, “It’s not about me. It’s not about me. It’s not about me.”
Corporations spend millions of dollars every year to find out what makes the consumer tick. It’s rumored that FaceBooks key value is not advertising ability, but the consumer information it holds for would be marketers. Corp’s know . . .
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 . . .
Continue reading “Do We Discount or Do We Give A Little Less In This Economy?”
