Facebook can be a fabulous tool for building your business, finding new customers and even building your email list. IF you know how to use it. It’s all fine and good to get lots of fans on Facebook, but chances are most of those fans don’t read your updates. You probably get lost amongst all the other stuff coming through on Facebook. So it’s not a very reliable way to keep … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2012
A Pay for Performance Twist
In a conversation with a trusted advisor this morning, I had a rather revolutionary suggestion thrown at me. We were complaining about employee motivation and work quality solutions and how none of them actually seemed to address the motivation and reward head on. My advisor threw out the suggestion "what if people were only paid for the kind of work they completed? It would … [Read more...]
Meeting Up
With so much electronic communication, I know that many of you are as hungry as I am for more in-person connections. Twitter, texting, e-mail, and Skype are fine for business or for personal outreach and updates, but nothing takes the place of a good old fashioned sit-down talk, or a person-to-person meeting with your friend, business client, or potential vendor. With so … [Read more...]
What Do Leadership Coaching Services Offer?
Guest post by Jeffrey Sooey (learn more about Jeffrey at the end of this article) There are different coaching services to meet our many and varied needs. There are leadership coaching services and executive and corporate coaching services. These services may be similar but they also have their distinct differences which can assist you when dealing with a specific … [Read more...]
Putting Your Blog To Work For You
Guest post by Charity Cason (learn more about Charity at the end of this article) In this age of social media and blogging, it's more important than ever to make sure that your blog is marketing your business effectively 24 hours a day. There are so many mistakes that new bloggers make which can be easily avoided from the outset. Let's face it; business people are good at what … [Read more...]
Managing the “Great Expectations” of the Next Sales Generation
Guest post by Lynn Schleeter (learn more about Lynn at the end of this post) “The death of the traditional salesman has been greatly exaggerated,” heralded a recent column in The Economist (October 22, 2011). Why does the media always have to dredge up the Willy Lomans of the world every time the sales function is covered? Sales has made leaps and bounds since Arthur Miller … [Read more...]
Expect Positive Hiring by Women Business Owners in 2012
PRESS RELEASE Atlanta, Georgia, February 6, 2012. The 2012 outlook for women-owned businesses is positive; 26.1% will increase hiring during the first quarter of 2012 while only 13.3% will decrease hiring. Women business hiring will be strongest in the South and Midwest and especially in IT related industries. These results are according to the Gazelle Index; the first … [Read more...]
Women Take the Reins of the Green Economy
PRESS RELEASE Feb. 1, 2012 Women Take the Reins of the Green Economy Unprecedented Event Brings Together Influential Women to Develop Environmental Solutions DELHI, India – Fifty of the most influential women in business, media and civil society came together today to increase the participation and leadership of women in India and key countries of South Asia in the … [Read more...]
Restoring the American Dream
PRESS RELEASE 52 Experts and Thought Leaders from around the world unite to change lives via ground breaking book, Ready, Aim, Excel! White Haven Pa.– January 17, 2012 – “Fear stops 90% of people from ever achieving their dreams” says, author expert, Bert Martinez. Let go of your fears, try something new, and step into a promising future, allowing these 52 leadership … [Read more...]
Leadership Development: Throw the Ball and Catch It Too
Tom Brady’s wife, Gisele, will go down in history with a quote that goes well beyond football. Walking down the corridor to the safety of an elevator, she was taunted by fans about how the Super Bowl game ended and out came the now famous words about not being able to throw a ball and catch it at the same time. Maybe it was the shame of losing (someone had to), maybe it … [Read more...]