Are you open the same hours as all of your competitors? If so, do you have to be? I understand if your business is located within a mall where hours of operation are more restricted, this could be tough. If … Continue reading →

It seems like there’s a mixed message when it comes to sales advice. On the one hand, we talk about creating effective calls to action, but at the same time, we’re supposed to avoid coming across sounding like a salesman. … Continue reading →

If you take yourself outside of the whole social-media-for-business mindset and think about your own personal social media usage, it’s easy to call to mind a time that we have either been so impressed or disgusted with a product or … Continue reading →

It’s easy to get caught up in the Kumbaya, community-centered attitude of social media. You give shout-outs to people who are doing a good job or RT people who have tweeted something insightful. In fact these forms of communal support … Continue reading →

If someone asked you 10 years ago what is the best way to find a qualified job candidate, your answer would probably include phrases like sift through resumes, peruse cover letters, stiff, dry, boring use of the English language. Let’s … Continue reading →

There was a fascinating article in the Wall St. Journal yesterday on the future of nuclear energy in the wake of what’s going in in Japan entitled Nuclear Overreactions, Modern life requires learning from disasters, not fleeing all risk.  I … Continue reading →

It’s been said that "you can’t innovate without collaboration, and without innovation, companies fail.” While that’s a nice call to arms, both innovation and collaboration take work. Bringing people together to collaborate and innovate, especially in a virtual setting, can … Continue reading →

This is simply awesome. Talk about leadership. Talk about motivation. Talk about being a team player. McCarthy had players fitted for Super Bowl rings Saturday night In a show of bravodo over the top even for the way Packers coach … Continue reading →

A few weeks back, I was railing on Twitter about how much I hated Sirius Satellite Radio for allowing you to sign up online (for the online service I was using) and then making you call in order to cancel.  … Continue reading →

Last week we covered the first 5 trends. This week, we take the final 5. McKinsey recently published an article entitled Clouds, big data, and smart assets: Ten tech-enabled business trends to watch on the ten "tech-enabled" business trends that … Continue reading →