November 2009
19 posts
Obama's Promised Small Business Support Rhetoric,...
Obama’s promises are simply more rhetoric that lacks substance and is designed to placate media and the American people. A White House small-business forum is being criticized by the American Small Business League as “a sham” because the group says the Obama administration has failed to honor its promises to small businesses. The forum held Wednesday included Small Business...
Blogging for Business: A Story Funnel
I don’t suggest that I know everything about Blogging for Business. My friends Michael Martine and Grant Griffiths know a lot more than I ever will. This is my home grown attempt at understanding what I need to do to be more consistent and genuine with my efforts as I blog for business. Feedback appreciated. I’ve been online since 1998 and for six years I wrote daily articles for my...
OMG Twitter Song Funny Funny Funny
Twitter users will appreciate this… Greg Balanko-Dickson1-866-281-8281http://www.SmallBusinessSherpa.comhttp://CollaboratingEntrepreneur.comIt’s The Quality Questions That You Ask, That Give You The Quality of Life You Enjoy! Posted via email from Greg’s Daily Thoughts | Comment »
Vision, Failure and Vulnerability: Traits of Great...
I was happy to come across this post from Anthony Tjan (CEO of Cue Ball) on the Harvard Business publishing site. Vulnerability is not a trait that naturally comes to mind when you think of an entrepreneur. We think of risk taking, renegade behaviour, and wild creativity. Anthony says there’s a difference between passive and active vulnerability… The nuance lies in the type of...
Will Health Reform Legislation Create A Crisis For...
The house bill plans to require employers with more than $500,000 in revenue will be required to offer coverage to their employees AND contribute t least 72.5% of the premium cost for singles and 65 for family coverage. If they fail to comply businesses would pay a penalty of 2 percent to 8 percent. “Right now, health care costs me $750,000 a year,” Prybutok said. “I’d...
Is a business coach like having a partner who...
Tonight I decided to dop by StartUps.com to see if there were any questions I could answer, when I was pleasantly surprised to find a former coaching client sharing his experience working with me. I am undergoing a similar transformation, moving from a 100% consulting biz to 100% product sales biz. I knew I hated consulting, but wasn’t sure what the next step was or how to get out of...
How to break free from paralizing emotions
First Up: Using A Framework to Escape From Paralyzing Emotions A: AGREE With Yourself That You Don’t Want To Be In This Mood Right Now. C: CLARIFY The Mood or Emotion You Want To Move Towards T: TAKE Responsibility For Taking Immediate Action. F: “What Would I Need To FOCUS On To Feel this Way?” A: “What Would I Need To ACT On To Feel The Way I Want To?” S: “What Would I Need To SURROUND Myself...
The Where, When & How Of Marketing In Social Media
Being shy in business never results in much worthy discussing therefore being open to promoting yourself and getting the word out about your business is pretty darn important. Marketing Profs has a great post detailing research on the role of social networks and social media sites in the “buying” process. What’s unique is how different platforms and the people within respond to...
How will you define relationships that yield in...
How will we define success in social media marketing in 2010 and beyond? Certainly, Chris Brogan has a lot to say about social media marketing and I find this particular question to be very thought-provoking and useful to get focused on how we want to model success in social media for our businesses. How do we develop relationships that yield? – It’s great to have 100,000 friends on Twitter....
How will you define relationships that yield in...
How will we define success in social media marketing in 2010 and beyond? Certainly, Chris Brogan has a lot to say about social media marketing and I find this particular question to be very thought-provoking and useful to get focused on how we want to model success in social media for our businesses. How do we develop relationships that yield? – It’s great to have 100,000 friends on Twitter....
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold...
What's it like to be 19 and lucky? Ask Taylor...
This guy was lucky! How many times does that happen on a game show? Posted via web from Greg’s Daily Thoughts | Comment »
What Is Reality? How do we know what is real and...
Fascinating study of reality and how colours getting converted to sound can be a tool to help visually impaired to find objects. Courtesy The Chris Voss Show. http://thechrisvossshow.com/?p=1277 Posted via web from Greg’s Daily Thoughts | Comment »
Moving Quotes from the CEO of the Decade
“Your time is limited so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other peoples thinking. Don’t let the noise of others opinions drown out your own inner voice and most important have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else...
Ideas For Making Social Media A Two-Way Street
This is a great tip I pulled from John Hayden. Great tips John! Constructing an outbound road Get a Facebook Page and put a fanbox on your site. If you’re on Twitter, put a follow me button on your site. While we’re at it, get a blog – it’ll have an RSS feed folks can grab. If you’re a museum, have an outbound link to your Flickr gallery. If Plurk is your home, put a link on your site. ...
Uncommon Social Media Plan, Synergy & Integration...
I have summarized these social media (SM) integration tips from Social Media Today. What I like is these are not your typical tips for why you should use social media but how to “integrate” SM into your opverall marketing mix. 3 Step Social Media Adoption Plan Devise an appropriate, tactically-agnostic social media strategy Audit your current marketing, and add social media...
Come out of the closet Collaborating...
Did you know, I’m a Collaborating Entrepreneur? Earlier this year I put a call out to entrepreneurs to help me on my march to impact 1 million entrepreneurs. Two entrepreneurs answered the call, Marianne St. Clair and Shonika Proctor. Together we have been collaborating on a concept we call the CCC Triad. In the process we have spent a great deal of time supporting one another to move our...
Do Your Customers Feel You've Taken Care Of Them...
Do Your Customers Feel You’ve Taken Care Of Them OR Taken Advantage Of Them?Would your customers say you “take care of” them or would they feel “taken advantage of”? I never thought I’d be writing about something like this but there have been two experiences that have happened recently and has motivated me to share iMIndMap what I’ve observed. Buzan...
Creating a post via Google Wave and Posterous!
Creating a post via Google Wave and Posterous! Found a Google Wave extension that allows me to add to Posterous from Wave.Lets see if this works!? If you see this it worked! via google-wave-robot Posted via web from Greg’s Daily Thoughts | Comment »